Collaborate Disseminate
[AncientJames] gives us a detailed look at Vortex, one of his impressive volumetric displays made with two back-to-back LED panels that spin at high speed with a Raspberry Pi 4 …read more Continue reading Stunning Volumetric 3D Display Goes For a Spin
There’s an old joke about inviting a girl up to your dorm room to ‘look at your etchings’– but if you’re going to do that, you’d best have some etchings, …read more Continue reading Etching Press Aims To Impress
In the streaming era it’s easy to forget that there’s still a lot of stuff being broadcast over the radio for anyone who cares enough to dial in their receiver. …read more Continue reading The Sounds of the World, One Random Album at a Time
Although most archaeological finds from ancient civilizations aren’t quite as exciting as what you might expect from the movies, occasionally you come across something that’s truly special. The Lycurgus Cup …read more Continue reading Replicating the Color-Changing Effect of the Lycurgus Cup
[kati]’s Clotty might run DOOM and game-ify the menstrual tracking process with a playful Tamagotchi-like aspect, but don’t let that distract you. It is, at its heart, a personal menstrual …read more Continue reading Clotty The Custom Period Tracker Can, Of Course, Run DOOM
Sometimes, you want to build a simple project– the minimum viable product that solves your problem and nothing else. Other times you might be feeling a little extra, and want …read more Continue reading The Hexa-Bouncer May Be The Most Overengineered Thing You See This Week
When you look into the night sky, you can’t help but wish to bring the outer worlds to your doorstep. One of the best ways to do that is to …read more Continue reading The Big Moon Plot
Flip dot displays are cool, and more people realize that after [mitxela]’s fluid simulation on flip dots installation was on display at EMF 2026. As glorious as the result is, …read more Continue reading Enormous Fluid Simulation on Flip Dots is also Enormous Amount of Work
Flip disc displays can be quite a task to drive, what with having some sort of actuator mechanism for each and every dot in the display. [Zimm] has built an …read more Continue reading A Flip Disc Display That Does It Slow And Steady
For users of a certain age, fractal patterns and computers are nearly synonymous. Typing in BASIC programs and seeing the Mandelbrot set or other fractals slowly render on screen is …read more Continue reading Analog Optical Feedback Generates 4K Fractals With No Computer