Wonderful collection of painted hands.

"Field of Light" by Bruce Munro (currently installed at the Eden Project in Corwall, UK) consists of 6,000 acrylic stems connected with fiber optic cables ending in a clear glass sphere. The stems themselves hold no power, so there are 11 external projectors that send light to the balls while the entire installation covers an area of 60 x 20 meters with over 24,000 meters of fiber optic cable. Pretty impressive build, although we wouldn't want to be untangling these cables after the install is over.

via DeZeen

30 incredible satellite images - this one is my favorite...

Garden City, Kansas, USA - Home to the largest zoological facility in Kansas, Garden City is known for its depiction in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.The croplands surrounding the city are irrigated by a vast underground aquifer, creating bands of bright red healthy vegetation that dot the image.

This Bubble calendar via BBG is pretty cute, if you have extra packaging material laying around you could make your own.

?This tail-pipe hack is meant to make some noise every time the vehicle (in this case a motorcycle) spits out enough carbon monoxide that could be harmful to the environment. Since this might end up getting you into an accident, so we don't condone this type of modification, still it's kind of nice to hear the sound of trumpets rather than the usual gas guzzling motor sounds your bike normally spits out.

via Wrong Distance

Job Koelewijn's infinity bookcase via Neatorama.

There seems to be a theme here...

Want some clock? Saw off a piece...

Want some radio? Saw off a piece...

This is a really cool time-lapse sequence of Robert Burden's painting of "Voltron". It's really amazing to see the entire creative process that Robert goes through to complete this work of art.

More about Robert Burden [BoingBoing]

These weaponized suitcases via NOTCOT remind me of my laptop bag.

Clever global warming rug... made by Nanimarquina via BoJ.

"Road Kill Carpet"

Bunny rug.

The North Wind Blew South from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Australian photographer Keith Loutit makes enchanting short films using time-lapse and tilt-shift photos. It's hard to believe these take place in the real world. Via Bent Objects

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The "Breath Bra" was created as a simple excersize using a LilyPad Arduino to record its wearer's breath over the course of a day or week and transmit the data over a Bluetooth connection to their cellphone (in this case a Nokia N95). Check out the link below for code on this build.

Breath Bra

Antjes makes these lovely felted bacon iPod / iPhone cases via Giz.

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Maker of the day - Matty Sallin, Bacon-cooking alarm clock.

Bacon Wrap.

HOW TO - Bacon Tiara.

Bacon Scarf.

Fleece Bacon Scarf.

MMmmm bacon....costume.

HOW TO - Make bacon soap.

HOW TO - Make Bacon Curls.

HOW TO - Make bacon.

The AntiCraft Does Bacon Crafts.

Electro bacon.

Bacon tomb.

?The "Spiral Sunrise" by Esther Polak visualizes the sun's rising and setting through a solar-powered robot that is tethered to a tree and moves in circular rings around the tree. The robot carries an open sandglass so that when it moves, it draws a line of sand and the thickness of the line depends on the speed the robot is moving. Interesting way to show patterns of sunlight over the course of a day.

Spiral Sunrise - Media Lab Prado

San Francisco street cars in plastic? The Eiffel Tower in cheap bronze? A paperweight of the Great Pyraminds? When most people go to a landmark or tourist attraction, they take home a little kitsch to remind them of their trip. Michael Hughes prefers to re-do the attraction - inverting it in his own unique way and reversing the roll of the reminder and that which one is normally reminded of.

(image via: Daily Mail)

Born in Britain and now living in Germany, Michael Hughes is a freelance photographer who has gained international attention lately with his quirky photographs of tacky souvenirs perfectly lined up with monuments and landmarks. The attention has been so great, in fact, that the photographer was offered a book deal. He isn’t just about the souvenirs, though - visit his site to see some of his other fascinating projects and click below to learn more about this hilarious project.

I really like the Amorphic Robot Works, and "Growing, Raining Tree" is one of my favorites pieces. I really hope I have the opportunity to experience their work in person some day.

Like the biological specimen, Growing, Raining Tree responds to elements in its environment and is sensitive to movement around its perimeter. As you approach the pool surrounding the Tree, its limbs slowly come to greet you. Once they reach your location, the branches pull back and begin to drip rhythmically in response to your presence. When the Tree has no visitors, it takes a resting posture that many have described as "willow-like."

More about Growing, Raining Tree by Amorphic Robot Works

Has anyone tried this service? It's Spoonflower - a custom fabric print on-demand service via Photojojo. They're based out of an old sock mill in downtown Mebane, North Carolina and allow tours - sounds pretty rad.

?This 10 foot tall potted plant consisting of extra-large power cords is a sculpture entitled "PowerPlant" by John Pashilk. John makes impressively large flower-related sculptures in public spaces. Check out the link to see some more of his impressive creations.

"POWERPLANT" by John Pashilk @ CalShakes

The "Visible Sound" project attempts to create a physical version of the sound around it by sewing sound waves in realtime. Although this was just a concept, we like ways of making invisible objects like sound waves into tangible forms.

visible Sound

Laser cut jewelry - Floppy disk ring via the CRAFT pool.

?Robert Sollis, a student at the Royal College of Art wrote an email to Google asking for a marker to be placed on Google Maps for the college's temporary site in Kensington Gardens. All he got back from Google was an automated response, so he decided to create his own marker out of individual carpet tiles, each measuring 185mm square which directly corresponds to Google's pixel information from their satellite images. Pretty impressive build that also reminds us of the MAP project.

Google Carpet via It's Nice That