Jill Haefele's "human:nature" headphones are populated with live crickets that rustle and chirp behind a mesh screen. A meditative break from the endless clatter of the modern world.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/human-nature/

#wabisabi #electronics #itpnyu #headphones #crickets

A visit to Opus 40, a huge bluestone earthworks sculpture in Saugerties, New York influenced by Arts & Crafts yet also rich in wabi-sabi style.
https://wabitronics.com/inspirations/opus-40/

#wabisabi #electronics #artsandcrafts #sculpture #opus40 #sculpture #earthworks

Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/

#wabisabi #electronics #robotics #itp #moma #empathy

Impermanence, asymmetry, seasonality and connection to nature are hallmarks of this Brooklyn Japanese garden. Could our electronic devices bring similar peace and relaxation?
https://wabitronics.com/inspirations/brooklyn-japanese-garden/

#wabisabi #electronics #japanesegarden #koi #bonsai #bbg #brooklyn

Rory Nugent’s wonderful Solar Xylophone uses the sun to make music outdoors. The result is a peaceful release of musical notes that’s always different, written by the sun and edited by the dappling of that sunlight through the trees.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/solar-xylophone/

#wabisabi #electronics #woodworking #musicalinstruments #makezine #itpnyu #xylophone

We recently spent an afternoon in the Japanese Friendship Garden near downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It’s a quiet green refuge in the Arizona desert.
https://wabitronics.com/inspirations/japanese-friendship-garden/

#wabisabi #electronics #japanesegarden #koi #bonsai

Researching Internet of Things (IoT) cloud platforms for a new series of connected projects, for students, makers, scientists and artists. It should start out free and simple, with paid tiers available as needed. Here’s a brief overview I put together for myself.
https://wabitronics.com/tools/iot-platforms-for-makers/

#wabisabi #electronics #itpnyu #iot #adafruit #thingspeak #thingsboard #blynk #datacake #tagoio #pico #raspberrypi

Ben Light recycled scrap 2x4 lumber to make a more organic and humane housing for electronic projects, creating enclosures that evoke the wabi-sabi aesthetic.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/2x4-enclosure/

#wabisabi #electronics #woodworking #makezine #tanizaki #itpnyu

Is emptiness really empty? Cosmic ray detectors and the case for wab-sabi. https://wabitronics.com/examples/cosmic-ray-detector/

#physics #wabisabi #electronics #amnh #instructables #makezine #cern