There aren’t any instructions as such, but the parts are listed and the configuration described for this Flaming Oscilloscope. As simple as the device is you shouldn’t have any problem building your own, and this one is silly fun and educational basic physics in a single home made object.
A few blogs I like include The Way The Future Blogs, Frederik Pohl’s entry into the online world, and a bit of a play on his book title, The Way The Future Was. Another good one is Today in Astronomy, and both blogs give a historical perspective to the business of the future. Battlestar Galactica does its final episode tonight, and just a few days ago the cast spoke at the U.N. about human rights. Joss Whedon did a Q and A about Dollhouse, and Fancast covered it. For the 10th anniversary of Farscape, Season 1 is online on Fancast, so you can watch the whole thing. Finally for tonight, a friend passed me a link to an amazing video; this maniac creates an outer space painting using spray paint and random items from his kitchen… in 60 seconds! Enjoy…
Erik Johansson takes pictures and then digitally manipulates them. So do lots of other people, but not many get such interesting results. If I had to guess, I don’t think he’s from outer space, but the universe next door wouldn’t surprise me. I thought the link to this artist came from Six Revisions, but now I can’t find it to confirm. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t visit that site; lots of great info about building your own piece of the web to be found there.
I have not seen a project that excites me like this one in a while. Someone who appreciates Doug Adams (or else why would he go with the name Douglas442) is building a Steampunk Tardis! At least the central control panel; for a full look at what is involved with creating a Tardis, check out the Weird SciFi Tardis page, and the Tardis Tech Data site. There was a Victorian-era Tardis control room in the original Tom Baker years of the series, which I will link here as soon as I can find an online reference, and an Steampunk Tardis Art version. Then there are things like a Steampunk Dalek and a whole lot more. Or maybe you are just looking for some Steampunk Wallpaper. I also found a video of a Steampunk Tardis Key you might enjoy, after seeing this real world version… I have a lot more to add here, but this should get you started…
Instructables has a good how-to for building a Tardis model from cerial boxes and other found objects. For the less physically inclined, the Second Life metaverse has all the Alliance Sims (like Info Island) setting up a Sci-Fi theme for March. If you want to help create it, contact any Alliance Sims group, like Sci Fi & Fantasy Portal, and volunteer your virtual time and skills.
Not just any gas mask, but cold war era soviet masks were used to create these Gas Mask Kazoos. And that’s just one of many projects you can find at Make.com; another is the Discreet Companion Ladies’ Raygun. Then there is Instructables with DIY info for things like Body Casting and Chocolate Molding… you have to love the internet.