NYC idea man Tyler DeAngelo recently created 5th Ave Frogger, which pulls real-time traffic data to drive the cars in this classic arcade game. Tip o' the hat to you, Mr. DeAngelo. 

5th Ave Frogger is an attempt to imagine what the Frogger arcade game would be like if it was created today. This version of Frogger is similar to the original, except the traffic you dodge in 5th Ave Frogger is actually traveling down 5th Ave in New York City as you play.

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My servo-driven heart blew past 180° when I saw/heard this. So, I've been digging Medio Mutante's dirty, analog, domestic jamón synth vibe for a while now. This live clip features their first performance of Deportes y Sangre at Wierd Records in NYC. Animal.

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The Maker Faire is like an engineer's craft show on acid. There's dudes riding around in go-carts that look like cupcakes, sixty-year-olds playing Jules Verne in the Steam Punk pavilion and lots of fire. This first video features Mark Galt's intoxicating "Quadruped" kinetic sculpture at the Bay Area Maker Faire in May 2010.

SCHEMATIC: More videos and photos from Maker Faire 2010...

Mark Galt - Electric Motor Man

Atoms & Electrons - Apple IIe + Twitter

So this fellow bought an Apple IIe for $15 and rigged it up to turn twitter avatars and feeds into 8-bit artwork. Wicked!

Life-Sized Mousetrap

Remember that game mousetrap? How about a life-sized version for your backyard?

Purincess Labs - Deathwheel 3000dx

With a perverse sense of humor and penchant for fun, classmate Purin's Deathwheel 3000dx was a huge hit at Maker Faire.

Goligorsky Laboratory - Super Relax Concept Electric Research Vehicle (Tandem Bicycle)

David Goligorsky, Design's Oscar Wilde, developed this electric tandem as part of his graduate thesis project at Stanford's Design Program. Also shown is a road bike David designed and built, as well as "Hyper-Lincoln" whose red LED eyes signal out The Gettysburg Address in Morse code. This guys is off the chain. Sorry, bad joke.

VIGR is in the house. 4+ hour rare vinyl set. Need I say more? Hope to see you there! I'll try to keep track of the setlist...