A Message on a Body

A tattoo of a message written in the binary language of 1's and 0's. See the original picture here. Anyone willing to do the ASCII translation?

Binary Cross-Stitch

A cross-stitch of the ASCII encoding of an engineering project manager's last name. Talk about retelling an old story in a new way... welcome to the modern age of binary craftiness! This fine example of the 1's and 0's came from a post on a Craftster forum.

The Binary Bookstore

The Binary Bookstore. Conceptual art . The best thing about these books is that you don't have to read them... you just kind of get it. These binary translations of "Genesis," "Romeo and Juliet," and "War of the Worlds" retell classic stories in a new way: with machine language... Each volume is packed with nothing but 1's and 0's (ahem... and punctuation for "readability").

Find out more about the Binary Book series.

A Binary Pillow

From GeekSugar, this pillow encapsulates the good stuff. Soft and comfortable, you can rest your head upon all 48 of the 1's and 0's necessary to encode the word "Pillow" in hardcore ASCII binary.

Binary Dominoes

Binay Dominoes. Brilliant. Tiles that can always be played, as each tile has one of two choices: one dot or no dots. Hmmm. Are doubles hard to come by? If I were to design a game based upon powers of two, I would definitely consider dominoes. What an easy way to represent a one... one dot....

An entry in the prototypes contest by www.worth1000.com

Binary Power in a Convenient Book

Educational activities related to powers of 2, Binary Power is a book designed to help students learn fundamental concepts related to the binary numbering system. This instructional tool includes a range of activities, from deciphering the postal zip code system to investigating computer design and memory.

A Ring with A Secret Binary Message

Though deviating from the typical Unicode associations between numbers and letters, Green Karat produces a ring which has an engraved binary message (of up to 20 characters). Similar to a simple decoder-ring, artist Gideon Weisz uses 1 - A, 10 - B, 11-C, 100-D, ... Engraved tracks represent a one, and blank tracks represent a 0, a perfect one-two combination for representing binary digits!

DigiColor Binary Game

DigiColor has created two versions of their colorful binary counting toy. One small and one large, both plastic games are really cool. Colorful plastic balls travel down a binary tree and land in the appropriate bit bucket to represent the sum of the decimal numbers to the left of each toy. A good way to learn simple binary arithmetic, because four bit binary involves only the decimal numbers 0 -15 and the first four powers of 2.

Howtoons.com Counting in Binary Poster

Beautiful! Drawn by the creative artists at Howtoons.com, this is an excellent demonstration of how to count in binary with your hands (and feet). Fingers and toes are used as binary digits (pun definitely intended), providing a visual reminder that 1 indicates True and 0 indicates False.

Learn how to count in binary with your fingers and toes by downloading the Howtoons.com poster.

A Customized Binary Bracelet

Andrew Goss puts a digital spin on the classic ID bracelet by translating letters and dates into binary code. Looks like he's using 8-bit ASCII encoding... The perfect way to keep track of your robots.

Find out more about this binary creation.

A Binary Marble Adding Machine

Matthias Wandel demonstrates his fantastic creation: A Binary Marble Adding Machine. Made of wood, the machine uses marbles to represent binary digits (6 bits).

Read more about the 6-bit Binary Marble Adding Machine here!.