I spotted these sketchbook notes by Austin Kleon on Flickr, of a presentation that Heather Gold gave for VizThinkU. I wasn't at the talk, but it's amazing to me how much of the gist of it these two pages seem to convey.
Heather Gold on unpresenting for VizthinkU
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This appears to be a "satellite kit" for $8k via /.
Planet Earth has entered the age of the Personal Satellite with the introduction of Interorbital's TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit. The new IOS TubeSat PS Kit is the low-cost alternative to the CubeSat. It has three-quarters of the mass (0.75-kg) and volume of a CubeSat, but still offers plenty of room for most experiments or functions. And, best of all, the price of the TubeSat kit actually includes the price of a launch into Low-Earth-Orbit on an IOS NEPTUNE 30 launch vehicle. Since the TubeSats are placed into self-decaying orbits 310 kilometers (192 miles) above the Earth's surface, they do not contribute to any long-term build-up of orbital debris. After a few weeks of operation, they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up. TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2010.
A TubeSat is designed to function as a Basic Satellite Bus or as a simple stand-alone satellite. Each TubeSat kit includes the satellite's structural components, safety hardware, solar panels, batteries, power management hardware and software, transceiver, antennas, microcomputer, and the required programming tools. With these components alone, the builder can construct a satellite that puts out enough power to be picked up on the ground by a hand-held HAM radio receiver. Simple applications include broadcasting a repeating message from orbit or programming the satellite to function as a private orbital HAM radio relay station. These are just two examples. The TubeSat also allows the builder to add his or her own experiment or function to the basic TubeSat kit.
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These shirts definitely caught my attention when they showed up on the MAKE Flickr pool. David Adams, of the newly-launched Atoms Apparel, writes:
We are some makers and hardware hackers in Seattle that started a screen printing project this summer to make some hardware hacker shirts. We got such a great response from our friends that we decided to gear up and start printing professional-quality shirts for makers, geeks, DIYers, and hardware hackers. LED shirts, hot glue gun, transistors, oscilloscope shirt, etc. We've made most of the screen printing gear ourselves and the shirts have turned out very nice. Hope you'll have a look. My plastic is definitely getting nervous in my wallet.
Atoms Apparel
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Star Simpson came up with this awesome plane-sleeping "hack." She outfitted a pair of kid's water wings with sheaths sewn from old T-shirt fabric. Looks comfy to me!
Sound Sleep on a Long Flight
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Large scale coffee art... video here.
Leonardo Da Venti latte: A total of 3,604 cups of coffee, each shaded by various amounts of cream or left black, were arranged to form a Mona Lisa for this digital print-out in Sydney. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this! 
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