Collaborate Disseminate
There’s a scene in Bladerunner where Deckard puts a photograph in a magical machine that lets him zoom and enhance without limit, and even see around obstacles. In today’s climate, this is starting to seem more plausible, what with all the cameras everywhere. [Jasper van Loenen] explores this concept in …read more
Continue reading Esper Makes Virtual Reality From Live Reality
Every once in a while, this job helps you to discover something new and completely fascinating that has little to do with hacking but is worth sharing nonetheless. Turning a single brass bolt into a beautiful Cupid’s bow is certainly one of those times.
Watching [Pablo Cimadevila] work in the …read more
Margot Krasojević has unveiled a new conceptual work, and as we’ve come to expect from the architect, it’s thought-provoking, abstract, and ambitious. The proposal envisions a coastal sculpture gallery that uses hydroelectricity to power up to 200 home… Continue reading Concept art gallery would provide hydroelectric power
[Dan]’s project from last year slipped past us until now, but his Ghost Frame is a great example of tying some modern hackable hardware together with online resources into a clean result, and we like the clear idea behind it. The Ghost Frame is so named because its purpose is …read more
Continue reading Ghost Frame Shows People (and Cats) That Don’t Exist
Flexible circuits have been around longer than you might expect, although they only recently rounded the bend and bounced into the hobbyist’s toolbox. When Boldport fanatic [Laura Lindzay] found out about them, her immediate dream project was to make an origami butterfly that does something cool, though she wasn’t sure …read more
Continue reading Origami Butterfly: A Flex PCB Adventure Unfolds
If we write about sound reproduction, there is a good chance we found a home-made amplifier or an upcycled speaker system. In this case, you don’t use your ears to appreciate the sound; you use your hands or eyes. [ElatisEagles] converted an amplitude sound graph into a wearable bead. Even …read more
A gallery is tricked into giving millions to a fraudster, software tells doctors to push opioids onto patients, and an artist finds a novel way to trick Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam.
All this and more is discussed in the latest… Continue reading Smashing Security #164: A bitter pill to swallow
Scammers got away with a $3.1m BEC heist, art dealer and museum blame each other, and ownership of a valuable landscape is up in the air. Continue reading Fraudsters posed as art dealer, bilked museum for millions
Scammers got away with a $3.1m BEC heist, art dealer and museum blame each other, and ownership of a valuable landscape is up in the air. Continue reading Fraudsters posed as art dealer, bilked museum for millions
It has recently been possible to pay a service a little bit of money and learn more about your own DNA. You might find out you really aren’t Italian after all or that you are more or less susceptible to some ailments. [Paul Klinger] had his DNA mapped and decided …read more