art :: Nerdbots

Kansas City nerds, Nicholas and Angela's robot obsession has turned into a lucrative business. Their home turned "robot factory" transforms old orphaned appliance parts gleaned from antique and thrift shops into beguiling and loveable robots called Nerdbots. Each Nerdbot has it's own personality depending on the mix master, biscuit tin, fuse box or jumper cables it was born from.

Which one is your fave? I love them all!
Check out these loveable hunks of salvaged junk at nerdbots.

They're JUST COOL!

BREAKFAST PRINTER

For the designaholic in you, this innovative toaster / printer is just what you ordered up for breakfast.

'..made of aluminium and plastics, Zuse is a toaster equipped with optical sensor which activates digital toasting once it senses the presence of bread. Inspired by the early matrix printers and designed to work as a traditional print maker, it burns line-by-line black and white pictures with 12 by 12 pixel resolution into the toast. Comes with a memory chip which stores multiple images...'

from inseq design, courtesy of appliantcist

WITHOUT DOORS

We couldn't enter

do we want to?

Nor could we leave

its pretty here...lets not...

Nor could we keep things out

awww...he's cute...lets not keep him out

Without doors we couldn't keep

little girls like calla from raiding the fridge
(however these doors don't seem to keep her out)




the grandkids away from messes
(aven & calla, my young artists at work)

they're having so much fun sooooo...whatever! Get into the paint closet!

Doors hide clutter

although these mugs are cool - why would you want to hide them?


Doors keep us safe
how easy would it be to pick this lock?

When I was young no one locked their doors - city or country. Life was safer back then of course.

But everyone did have doors.


except Josh & Sasha - still without doors ;)

IT'S HOT

Hot weather has never been a favorite of mine except in my teen years when we would slather ourselves with baby oil and iodine and bake in the backyard. No sunscreen back then and we even made reflectors from tinfoil and cardboard to quadruple the rays of the sun! What? Were we CRAZY???! But we didn't know any better and the ozone layer was still a thick blanket of protection. And heck, we didn't even know what an ozone layer was! Back in those days wouldnt my friends and I have killed for this ingenious SUN TENT that rotated with the sun. Our golden tans would be so even and effortless. And the envy of everyone.

Combine that with todays new fangled portable air conditioning units and we'd have the summer made.

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So finally it has arrived. They told us it would but I was in my weather denial mode. After all this has been the the strangest spring and it seems the weatherman hasn't once gotten it right. So, yup, it's here. That dreaded HEAT WAVE . Right now it is 93 degrees with no sign of letting up. So I'm at the computer surfing for another air conditioner. I especially like these new portable ones that roll from room to room. They are plain and simple in design so will go with any interior, plus they need no window installation. Highly efficient they even take humidity out of the air to make it seem even cooler.

Get this one at Walmart - plus enjoy FREE SHIPPING!

KITCHEN WIDGET

My kitchen is dated. A hodge podge of mismatched cabinets and appliances. But get a gander of this one. It spins, it cooks, it cleans, it makes coffee and chops veggies. It cools your wine and warms last nights leftovers. And all in a minute amount of precious space. Maybe we'll see it on next years roster of info-mercials bearing the RONCO label. All I know is - I WANT ONE! It is JUST COOL!

The winning entry in DesignBoom's kitchen is the heart of the home contest you can see more here>>>>>