Collaborate Disseminate
Nixie tubes come in many shapes and sizes, but in only one color: the warm orange glow that makes them so desirable. They don’t usually come in large numbers, either: …read more Continue reading [Dalibor Farný]’s Enormous Nixies Light Up Contemporary Art Museum
The days of cathode ray tubes, or CRTs, are firmly behind us, and that’s generally a good thing. Display tubes were heavy, bulky and fragile, and needed complicated high-voltage electronics …read more Continue reading This Eye is Watching You From its Tiny CRT
In a straight fight between a houseplant and a human, you might expect the plant to be at a significant disadvantage. So [David Bowen] has decided to even the odds …read more Continue reading (Mostly) Harmless Houseplant Wields Machete
Sisyphus is an art installation by [Kachi Chan] featuring two scales of robots engaged in endless cyclic interaction. Smaller robots build brick arches while a giant robot pushes them down. …read more Continue reading Robot Repeatedly Rearranges Remnants in the Round
What’s this? Another fabulous creation from [Niklas Roy] and [Kati Hyyppä] that combines art and electronics with our zeitgeist and a lot of recycled bits and bobs? You got it. …read more Continue reading Pandemic Gives Passersby a Window on Cyborg Control
When [Tavis] and his father were inspired to lend their talents to building a robot sculpture, they split the duties. [Tavis]’ father built a robot head, and [Tavis] utilized designs …read more Continue reading Artful Nixie Bot Sculpture Sees, Thinks, and Talks
After taking mental note of the number of surveillance cameras pointed at him while standing in line at the local Home Depot, [Mac Pierce] was inspired to create A Scanner …read more Continue reading Building An Army Of Faux Cameras in the name of Art
Marvelously conceived and exquisitely executed, this huge ball made up of hexagon tiles combines the best of blinky LEDs and animatronics into one amorphic ball.
The creation of [Nicholas Perillo] of Augmentl along with [MindBuffer], full details of …read more
Continue reading “MORPH” LED Ball is a There-Is-No-Spoon, Reality-Bending Art Installation
Art is something that is always hard to classify, but by and large is most celebrated when it stimulates an emotional response for the intended audience. We’d say [Alexander Miller] achieved that in spades, with his elegant piece The Emergence and Decay of Computation.
An installation piece done for The …read more
Continue reading Receipt Printers End It All In Moving Art Piece
Art installations are an interesting business, which more and more often tend to include electronic or mechanical aspects to their creation. Compared to more mainstream engineering, things in this space are often done quite a bit differently. [Jan Enning-Kleinejan] worked on an installation called Prendre la parole, and shared the …read more
Continue reading Lessons Learned From An Art Installation Build