Collaborate Disseminate
Continuing the wave of extraordinary digital art sales manifested by new blockchain-based NFT technology, an artwork co-created by the famous humanoid robot Sophia has now sold for just under US$700,000.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTag… Continue reading Sophia the robot sells digital NFT artwork for nearly $700,000
Pens! They just might be the cheapest, most important piece of technology ever overlooked by a large group of people on a daily basis. Pens are everywhere from your desk …read more Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Things: Pens
A research paper from Dalian University of Technology in China and City University of Hong Kong (direct PDF link) outlines a system that automatically generates comic books from videos. But …read more Continue reading Read Your Movies as Automatically Generated Comic Books
Flip-dot displays look and sound awesome. At least to all of us electronics geeks who dumpster dive for second-hand panels to add to our collections of esoteric display technology. But …read more Continue reading Flip-Dots Enter the Realm of Fine Art
We’ve all been there — through the magic of the internet, you see someone else’s stunning project and you just have to replicate it. For [Jenny Ma], that project was …read more Continue reading An Algorithm for Art: Thread Portraits
Retired scientist [Mark Howe] spent the last couple months making an animatronic movie featuring his LEGO lunar lander in a video recreation of the Apollo 11 moon landing (also embedded …read more Continue reading LEGO Lunar Lander Animatronic Movie Released
Influential architect Frank Gehry has developed a distinctive style over the decades, with his love of asymmetry and irregular forms giving rise to unusual projects like the brown paper bag. This continues with an almost-complete steel-clad tower that’… Continue reading Frank Gehry twists steel into Van Gogh-inspired tower
A digital artist called “Beeple” is now one of the top three most valuable artists alive – in any medium – after he sold a JPG file of his work for US$69,346,250. Welcome to the crazy world of NFTs, and the latest wild gold rush to hit the internet.
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Art, Christie’s, Crazy, Auction
Continue reading Money for nothing: NFTs spark a new digital gold rush
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