Protei 007

Via Instructables

Protei_007 is the seventh prototype for a project called Protei, which is an open source, articulated, segmented, robotic, unmanned, sailboat, originally built to sail upwind, dragging a long oil-absorbent boom, to aid in the cleanup of oil near spill sites. However, Protei is being developed into a more modular and adaptable design for an affordable, easy-to-build, boat, that can be utilized for various purposes, including nuclear waste monitoring, biological sampling, and plastic trash collection.

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This Big Bird Costume’s Covered in 3000 Feathers

Becoming Big Bird from Sesame Street is no small undertaking. The character towers over everyone, and when Replica Prop Forum (RPF) user georgecosplay made a replica, he designed it to be over seven feet tall. Wow. He fabricated the entirety of the costume from the eyes on the head to the frame underneath the body. Big Bird’s skin is made from yellow fleece and covered with about 3,000 feathers. Though much of the cosplay construction sounds challenging, I’m guessing the most tedious part was applying the feathers. George did so by hand; he glued each feather onto the fleece individually.

Learn more about the build and view design notes at The RPF and see more George’s costumes on Instagram.

via Kotaku

This Big Bird Costume’s Covered in 3000 Feathers

Becoming Big Bird from Sesame Street is no small undertaking. The character towers over everyone, and when Replica Prop Forum (RPF) user georgecosplay made a replica, he designed it to be over seven feet tall. Wow. He fabricated the entirety of the costume from the eyes on the head to the frame underneath the body. Big Bird’s skin is made from yellow fleece and covered with about 3,000 feathers. Though much of the cosplay construction sounds challenging, I’m guessing the most tedious part was applying the feathers. George did so by hand; he glued each feather onto the fleece individually.

Learn more about the build and view design notes at The RPF and see more George’s costumes on Instagram.

via Kotaku

How to Clean Your Computer Inside and Out #MakerEducation

Super-duper handy post from WIRED.

IT’S A TEDIOUS task you’ve been putting off for what could be years. But the moment has come: You’re going to clean your computer inside and out. That means scrubbing down those keys and wiping the fossilized fingerprints off your screen. It also means deleting all the files you secretly downloaded when you were trying to figure out how to make a GIF, and finally tidying up your feeds on social media.

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“Electrical Tessellation” Combines Art + Music + Arduino + Synthesizer | #ArtTuesday

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New video of my last artwork "Electrical tessellation" #geometric #papercircuits #art #Music #arduino #ym2612 #synthesizer #tessellation #mosaic #copper #titanium #niobium pic.twitter.com/zHFISQnRWt

— Kasser (@ArtKasser) April 26, 2018

Catzillas: Giant Cats In Urban Landscapes #ArtTuesday

Via S&U

Indonesian artist Fransdita Muafidin has created a series of photomontages with cats among the urban landscapes from around the world. It’s truly magnificent.

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“Electrical Tessellation” Combines Art + Music + Arduino + Synthesizer | #ArtTuesday

Turn your speakers on and press play:

New video of my last artwork "Electrical tessellation" #geometric #papercircuits #art #Music #arduino #ym2612 #synthesizer #tessellation #mosaic #copper #titanium #niobium pic.twitter.com/zHFISQnRWt

— Kasser (@ArtKasser) April 26, 2018