Collaborate Disseminate
Perlin noise is best explained in visual terms: if a 2D slice of truly random noise looks like even and harsh static, then a random 2D slice of Perlin noise will have a natural-looking blotchy structure, with smooth gradients. [Jacob …read more
Continue reading Perlin Noise Helps Make Trippy Typographic Art
What can we say? It’s 2021, and we could probably all use a psychotic glow worm lamp in our lives about now to lighten the mood and/or provide a new focal point for sitting and staring. Tired of dragging out …read more
Holograms are one of those sci-fi promises that always seem to remain just out of reach. Now a former MIT Media Lab researcher is crowdfunding a desktop 3D hologram printer that can create images that pop out in 3D, and even appear to move.Continue Rea… Continue reading Desktop hologram printer produces custom 3D motion art at home
As a hacker community, we are no strangers to beautiful and unique musical instruments. A sympathetic nail violin built by [Nicolas Bras] is a welcome addition to the eclectic family. Working up from the simple idea of a nail in …read more
Liquid handling workstations are commonly used in drug development, and look like small CNC machines with droppers on the ends which can dispense liquid into any container in a grid array. They are also extraordinarily expensive, as is most specialty …read more
Here at Hackaday we’re no strangers to the colorful glow of LEDs. But what if there was more to appreciate beneath the surface? Back in 2011 [Windell] over at Evil Mad Scientist dug into a certain variety of LED and …read more
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
Work was recently completed on Richard Rogers’ final project for the firm he founded back in 1977, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The now-retired Pritzker Prize-winning architect has gone out on a high – literally – with a striking art gallery that e… Continue reading Richard Rogers art gallery floats over a forest in France
Any unsuspecting swimmers diving off the coast of Cannes, France, may think they’ve stumbled onto some kind of ancient Easter Island-type civilization swept into the sea long ago, but they’d actually be seeing the work of underwater artist Jason deCair… Continue reading Massive sunken heads take up residence on the seabed
Construction work is underway on a striking new arts center by influential British firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). Named the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre, the project is defined by a huge eye-catching angular roof canopy that’s inspired by the flig… Continue reading ZHA’s avian-inspired arts center takes flight in China