Comments on: Junkbot clockwork spiders with lightbulbs http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1586123 sockdoll Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1586123 I gasped when I first saw this and thought that it might actually walk around and light up, but in the next second realized that it was instead probably just an assemblage-type piece. It's still super fun to look at, especially in nice macro shots like that. I wish that I had used my experiences as a sculpture and jewelry making student and electronics assembly technician to make things like this before arthritis scuttled my plans for a life doing fine work with my hands. The Internet seems to make it trivial to get your work in front of an appreciative audience these days. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking. I gasped when I first saw this and thought that it might actually walk around and light up, but in the next second realized that it was instead probably just an assemblage-type piece. It’s still super fun to look at, especially in nice macro shots like that.

I wish that I had used my experiences as a sculpture and jewelry making student and electronics assembly technician to make things like this before arthritis scuttled my plans for a life doing fine work with my hands. The Internet seems to make it trivial to get your work in front of an appreciative audience these days. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1585895 robcat2075 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1585895 Is this the sort of stuff that gets artists arrested at airports? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/watch-feared-bomb-detenator-article-1.1203660 No explosives found, but still in jail. Is this the sort of stuff that gets artists arrested at airports?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/watch-feared-bomb-detenator-article-1.1203660

No explosives found, but still in jail.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1585855 tristan eldritch Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1585855 You, sir, are threading perilously on the verge of an infinite reply regress. You, sir, are threading perilously on the verge of an infinite reply regress.

]]> By: Dave Horton http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1585853 Dave Horton Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1585853 I could make a comment just like yours. It's not very interesting, really. I mean anyone can make a droll remark about someone else's creativity when they don't express any of their own. I could make a comment just like yours. It’s not very interesting, really. I mean anyone can make a droll remark about someone else’s creativity when they don’t express any of their own.

]]> By: Dave Horton http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1585852 Dave Horton Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1585852 It would be awesome if he could put a switchable LED in the bulb. It would be awesome if he could put a switchable LED in the bulb.

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1585772 SedanChair Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1585772 Yeah and how about that Mark Rothko? He just painted one color on a canvas. I could do that myself Yeah and how about that Mark Rothko? He just painted one color on a canvas. I could do that myself

]]> By: tudza http://boingboing.net/2012/11/17/junkbot-clockwork-spiders-with.html#comment-1585743 tudza Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194803#comment-1585743 Unless these actually walk, I'd say they are certainly short of amazing.  This seems on a par with making doll furniture from beer cans.  Certainly more portable than the dinosaurs made from old truck parts you can see sold at the side of the highway. I don't see why you can't make one yourself. Oh wait, you need to make yourself a watch that gets you arrested in California. Circuit board and switches, ooh scary! Unless these actually walk, I’d say they are certainly short of amazing.  This seems on a par with making doll furniture from beer cans.  Certainly more portable than the dinosaurs made from old truck parts you can see sold at the side of the highway.

I don’t see why you can’t make one yourself.

Oh wait, you need to make yourself a watch that gets you arrested in California. Circuit board and switches, ooh scary!

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