WeatherSTAR 4000+
NetbyMatt re-created the old school look and feel of The Weather Channel cable channel. You can input your own location and enjoy it with some of the original music on WeatherSTAR 4000+
Shadow art
João Paulo Gonçalves creates art by precisely cutting and placing blocks to produce the shadow of an entirely different image when illuminated from the center using a reflector bulb.
Metal keycaps
dango.niko shows off her Acco MU02 keyboard with rosewood switches and Awekeys Viking metal keycaps. The resulting thocky sound is amazing.
3D Lightfield display
The 18″ or 27″ Light Field Display from Looking Glass Factory delivers 5k 3D visuals without a headset or special glasses.
Futuristic trash can
Blytical created a trash can that uses a proximity sensor to open a mechanical iris for your garbage. Seems pretty cool to me!
LodiGlass’s VW Bug
I’ve seen lowered cars before, but nothing like this from LodiGlass.
The relationship between Computing and its history is that of a willful amnesiac.
“[…] pop culture holds a disdain for history. Pop culture is all about identity and feeling like you’re participating. It has nothing to do with cooperation, the past or the future—it’s living in the present. I think the same is true of most people who write code for money. They have no idea where [their culture came from]—and the Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made.
—Alan Kay, on Computing, Dr. Dobb’s Interview with Alan Kay 2012
Realistic SCR-8 Boombox
We had one of these when I was younger. Back when ghetto blasters and boomboxes were THE thing to have.
Levitating flying sword toy
No Country for Old Men
Driver: “I hope you’re right.”
Moss: “Trust me”, Moss said.
Driver: “I hate hearin them words”, the driver said. “I always did.”
Moss: “Have you ever said them?”
Driver: “Yeah. I’ve said em. That’s how come I know what they’re worth.”