#Flowers
29 postsGame Idea 25 - Flowers shop (Theme: Unsettlingly wholesome)
Sell flowers to townsfolk who love you, while harvesting the flowers from the town, making the town gloomier and the demand higher.
Read postIdea 100 - Lavender Farm
Plans for a Gulf Islands lavender farm with distillery, beehives, chickens, and a hillside field for retirement.
Read postIdea 091 - Honeypot terrarium
A Conway's Game of Life visualization of bots attacking fake BACnet honeypot devices exposed to the internet.
Read postIdea 086 - Origami Terrarium Diorama
Paper origami flowers and plants sealed in a glass terrarium or mason jar so they stay dust-free.
Read postIdea 084 - Pressed lotus flower lamp
A lotus-shaped lamp of LED-lit acrylic shards holding pressed flowers, in a 3D printed base.
Read postIdea 083 - Dried flower art installation
A staircase tunnel of dried flowers sandwiched between acrylic plates and lit from within.
Read postIdea 069 - One Liners
A dump of 36 throwaway one-line ideas, posted on idea day 69 to clear the backlog.
Read postIdea 068 - Talking Toy story teller
A Furby-style robotic toy that uses ChatGPT and text to speech to tell interactive stories that children steer with three buttons.
Read postIdea 061 - The Dark Side Of The Moon in a million parts
Generative line drawings in sand, one per song on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, drawn by a CNC zen garden.
Read postIdea 058 - In a million parts
A series of small artworks, one per quotable line from a book, movie, or album, made and shared on a steady schedule.
Read postIdea 050 - Tessellating Illuminated Origami Wall Sculpture
An interactive origami tessellation wall sculpture with an individually addressable RGB LED in each cell.
Read postIdea 046 - Cherry Blossom Timelapse
Time lapse videos of the cherry blossoms blooming in the park, shot on a GoPro, a Raspberry Pi camera and a Sony a6400.
Read postIdea 044 - Bio Punk Conference badge
A conference badge with an animated electronic pet whose DNA mixes with another badge's pet when the two are connected.
Read postIdea 041 - BioPunks Garden
A screensaver-style game where you breed genetically engineered plants by combining DNA from different species, meant to be played over a year.
Read postIdea 029 - SproutSwipe
Idea: an app that uses phone sensors to list plants suited to a space, then shows them in augmented reality, like a dating app for plants.
Read postIdea 025 - Skull card game
Idea: laser-cut or PCB versions of the Skull card game.
Read postIdea 011 - Birdhouse Crypto Puzzle
Idea: birdhouses that double as cryptographic puzzles for humans to solve.
Read postIdea 001 - Cherry Blossom Profile Photo Booths
Idea: a free portrait photo booth in a park during cherry blossom season, as practice for portrait photography with consenting strangers.
Read postYear in review 2021
Year in review 2021: 31,893 bird photos, 363 species, moving from Vancouver to Burnaby, and a year of working from home stats.
Read postNov 2018 brain dump
November 2018 bookmarks on Wobble Garden, PCB art, SI playing cards, sand tables, and Islamic geometric design books.
Read postMushroom growing kit and automation
Growing an oyster mushroom kit and over-engineering it with an ESP8266, DS18B20 sensors, MQTT, and Twilio alerts.
Read postCNC Zen Garden - Vancouver Maker Faire 2016 Post Mortem
Post mortem of the CNC zen garden at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2016: a RAMPS short, skipped steps, and the fixes that worked.
Read postDay 37 - Flower of life panel
The Flower of Life panel for the Pocket Universe dome, the most requested design when suggestions were asked for.
Read postThe Noun Project - Laser cutter Tips, tricks and resources
Using Noun Project icons as a source for laser-cut pendants, engravings, and geocoin designs.
Read postSimple acrylic pendants
Quick laser-cut acrylic Hibiscus and ukulele pendants as gifts for family stops on a World Maker Faire trip.
Read postFlower plug
A bathtub plug shaped like a flower that shifts from pink to deep purple once the water hits a safe temperature.
Read postEgglings - Plants in eggs
Ceramic Egglings look like real eggs, crack one open and add water to grow red pepper, lavender, or strawberries inside.
Read postThings to do in vancouver
A personal running list of Vancouver spots and events, from Treetops Adventure and La Casa Gelato to the Parade of Lost Souls.
Read postQueen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth Park sits at the highest point in Vancouver with 360 degree skyline views, gardens, and the Bloedel Conservatory.
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