LED Layer Makes Plywood Glow
Plywood is an interesting material: made up of many layers of thin wood plys, it can be built up into elegantly curved shapes. Do you need to limit it to …read more Continue reading LED Layer Makes Plywood Glow
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Rebooting An 1973 Art Installation Running On A Nova
Electronics-based art installations are often fleeting and specific things that only a select few people who are in the right place or time get to experience before they are lost to …read more Continue reading Rebooting An 1973 Art Installation Running On A Nova
“Man and Machine” vs “Man vs Machine”
Every time we end up talking about 3D printers, Al Williams starts off on how bad he is in a machine shop. I’m absolutely sure that he’s exaggerating, but the …read more Continue reading “Man and Machine” vs “Man vs Machine”
Posthumous Composition Being Performed by the Composer
Alvin Lucier was an American experimental composer whose compositions were arguably as much science experiments as they were music. The piece he is best known for, I Am Sitting in …read more Continue reading Posthumous Composition Being Performed by the Composer
The Lowly Wall Wart Laid Bare
Getting a look at the internals of a garden variety “wall wart” isn’t the sort of thing that’s likely to excite the average Hackaday reader. You’ve probably cracked one open …read more Continue reading The Lowly Wall Wart Laid Bare
Contagious Ideas
We ran a story about a wall-mounted plotter bot this week, Mural. It’s a simple, but very well implemented, take on a theme that we’ve seen over and over again …read more Continue reading Contagious Ideas
Generative Art Machine Does it One Euro at a Time
[Niklas Roy] obviously had a great time building this generative art cabinet that puts you in the role of the curator – ever-changing images show on the screen, but it’s …read more Continue reading Generative Art Machine Does it One Euro at a Time
Chemistry Meets Mechatronics in This Engaging Art Piece
There’s a classic grade school science experiment that involves extracting juice from red cabbage leaves and using it as a pH indicator. It relies on anthocyanins, pigmented compounds that give …read more Continue reading Chemistry Meets Mechatronics in This Engaging Art Piece
The Strange Afterlife of the Xbox Kinect
The tale of the Microsoft Xbox Kinect is one of those sad situations where a great product was used in an application that turned out to be a bit of …read more Continue reading The Strange Afterlife of the Xbox Kinect
Using Four Rolls Of Film To Make One Big Photo
Typically, if you’re shooting 35 mm film, you’re using it in an old point-and-shoot or maybe a nice SLR. You might even make some sizeable prints if you take a …read more Continue reading Using Four Rolls Of Film To Make One Big Photo