By Marc, 6 October 2009

The Zak Meadow Collection

Zak Meadow is a comic strip that ran in Room Magazine (an alternative arts monthly based in Windsor, Ontario) from 1997 to 2001.  These photocopied zines were originally published between 1998 and 2000.

By Marc, 19 March 2009

RepRap to the Sea

Self replicating water based plastic recycling unit.

SROPSU - Self Replicating Oceanic Plastic Salvage Unit

Here is a pataphysical approach to the  Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

SROPSU is a self replicating sea borne plastic dissembly/replication unit.  The abundant scrap plastic floating in the world’s oceans is taken into its maw with a conveyor belt.  The plastic is molecularly recombined to self replicate RepRap in the fabricator end of the unit.  When there are enough RepRaps to tackle the patch, they switch production modes and start creating useful things like furniture, housewares and footwear that wash ashore in tidy bundles to be collected by school children.

By Marc, 1 February 2009

Molecular Disassembling Unit

 

Molecular Disassembling Unit

This image of a mushroom enabled garbage composter was inspired by a video podcast of Paul Stamets talking about his extensive research into the bioremediation capabilities of mycelium networks (aka mushrooms).

Here is link to a transcript of another great interview with Stamets about the remarkable nature of mushrooms.