I met this artist recently. Patrick Carrara is a Brooklyn artist who built office furniture with an airplane wing and screw propeller. http://carraraandshearer.com/industrial-design-2/airplane-office/
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Dec 03 2011
ARGO Electronics – Canal Street – Good Place For Junk
ARGO Electronics on Canal Street and 6th Ave is a great place to get used electronics and cheap junk for your projects: View Larger Map
Nov 26 2011
Exploded Clock Radio
Here’s a photo of an exploded radio by Todd Mclelan. Some really nice photos of exploded and taken apart objects on his site. Here’s a full photo shoot of his work.
Nov 02 2011
Tweephone Brings Twitter To Rotary Phones
Tweephone is a cool way to connect to twitter over a dead / lost technology. Tweephone is the first analogue twitter client.
Oct 25 2011
Dead Tech assignment- NES usb controller
For this assignment the class is tasked with revitalizing dead or out dated technology. I have decided to refit an old nes controller to work with a the usb ports so that I may play video games on my computer. I have found an old nes controller and an old out of use …
Oct 19 2011
Game controls hacks
Here’s 9 pages of game controls hacks. Enjoy! http://hacknmod.com/topics/nes_atari/page/5/
Oct 17 2011
A Collection of Many Problems (In Memory of the Dead Media Handbook) – Garnet Hertz, 2009
Hey, everyone, here is a reference book for you all. Title: A Collection of Many Problems Format: Bookwork and Card Set Bookwork: 166 pages, 4.25″ x 6.875″ perfect binding, white interior paper (60# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink, Telharmonium Press (Artist’s Proof Edition 1) September 2009. Related Exhibition, …
Oct 11 2011
Neil Seldman Lecture!
Here are my notes from Neil Seldman‘s Talk about Recycling in the US to our class on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Neil Seldman Talk Sustainability, decentralization, democracy, development, solid waste New Rules – laws needed for sustainable economy Economic development in rural areas. Garbage, solid waste Municipal Solid Waste – throw out 250 million tons …
Oct 05 2011
Dead Tech Application – Floppy Drives
Here’s some dead tech and other mechanical bits being used to make music. The first one is a pair of old floppy drives playing the Imperial March from Star Wars. Another from the same guy uses an old keyboard as an digital piano. This one is less dead tech but it …
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