Drawings

Science

When In Doubt, Get A Sharpie-Armed Robot To Do Your Work

8:20PM July 22, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Terrible drawers of the world, unite – and arm yourselves with a 3-axis CNC machine that’s been outfitted with a Sharpie pen for converting a vector image file to a tangible drawing in seconds. More »


Mobile

Express Your Abstract Side With Sktch For iOS

1:26PM July 20, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Everyone and their brother has downloaded a brushes-based drawing app for their iPad. Those apps are fine, but if you’re looking for a something outside the box, you need to check out Sktch. More »


Had Darwin Discovered The Angry Birds…

8:20PM November 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I imagine his sketches would’ve looked something like this. Looking for that perfect gift for ornithologist gamers? A printed-out, laminated copy of this drawing would look terrific on their bathroom wall. [Zero-Lives via BuzzFeed via LaughingSquid]


What Google Maps Icons Would Look Like In The Real World

4:00AM September 13, 2010 | Casey Chan

Alejo Malia imagined what the world would look like if Google Maps Icons were real. And to tell you the truth, I’d kinda want to live in a world like this. Having gigantic logos everywhere would make finding things way easier. More »


Let The Egg-Bot Draw Your Egg A Plaid Jacket

1:40AM September 10, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Robots help us accomplish many complex tasks, from diffusing bombs to assembling automobiles. Now, with the open source Egg-Bot, we can add “drawing on spherical surfaces” to that list. Not that complex, you say? Well just look at this diagram: More »


Please, Somebody Make These Beautiful HTML5 Animations Into A Game

9:20AM July 30, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Maybe it is because I’m a sucker for old-school ’90s graphic adventures, but I love these just for what they are: Beautiful 8-bit cycling animations made using HTML5. They’re so good that someone should write a game around them. More »


Back To The Future II Concept Drawings: Extreme Hoverboard Envy

11:00AM April 6, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Every time I get sad I don’t have a hoverboard, I remind myself that Back to the Future II takes place in 2015. There’s still time! And as these exquisite original concept drawings show, there’s so much more to crave. More »


Geek Out

Truth, Dear Readers

10:00AM September 19, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The circle on the left could also read, “champions regret”. [Indexed]


Science

Drawings of Early Microscopes Show Artistry in the Pursuit of Science

7:45AM August 24, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Ah, where would science be if not for the contributions of the humble microscope? Did you know that the development of the world’s first microscope began in 11th century Iraq, when scientist and polymath Ibn al-Haytham recorded all sorts of data about lenses, binocular vision, mirrors and observable properties of light his The Book of Optics? That would make this pioneering technology more than a thousand years old. BibliOdyssey has amassed a great collection of drawings of pre-20th century microscopes and some of them look more like art pieces than instruments of science. Check out my favourites: [Bibliodyssey via MAKE]

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