Collaborate Disseminate
Benjamin Von Wong wants to raise awareness about e-waste with his hyperreal sculptures. Continue reading Check Out These Amazing Sculptures Made From 4,000 Pounds of Old Electronics
“Hello, we’re from the internet” is an art project that took over the MoMA’s Jackson Pollock room without permission. Continue reading Internet Artists Invaded the MoMA With a Guerrilla Augmented Reality Exhibit
This is an older project, but the electromechanical solution used to create this giant, staring eyeball is worth a peek. [Richard] and [Anton] needed a big, unblinking eyeball that could look in any direction and their solution even provides an adjustable pupil and iris size. Making the pupil dilate or contract on demand is a really nice feature, as well.
The huge fabric sphere is lit from the inside with a light bulb at the center, and the iris and pupil mechanism orbit the bulb like parts of an orrery. By keeping the bulb in the center and orbiting the …read more
Continue reading Behold the Giant Eye’s Orrery-Like Iris and Pupil Mechanism
Printed circuit boards have never been cheaper or easier to make. We’re not that far removed from a time where, if you wanted a printed circuit board, your best and cheapest option would be to download some proprietary software from a board house, use their terrible tool, and send your board off to be manufactured. A few copies of a 5x5cm board would cost $200. Now, anyone can use free (as in beer, if not speech) software, whip up a board, and get a beautifully printed circuit board for five dollars. It has never been easier to make a printed …read more
Continue reading Successful Experiments In Multicolor Circuit Boards
“I definitely got my 27-footer directly thanks to the major rise in Rare Pepe and Pepe Cash price.” Continue reading This Guy Lives on a Yacht He Bought With Money He Made Selling ‘Pepe Cash’
Volume is a new experimental project from artists Or Fleisher and Shirin Anlen. Continue reading Cue Up the ‘Pulp Fiction’ Dance Scene: This App 3D Projects 2D Movies in Your Living Room
Most of us are more bits-and-bytes than nuts-and-bolts, but we have the deepest appreciation for the combination of the two. So, apparently, does [rectorsquid]. Check out the design and flow of his rolling ball sculpture (YouTube, embedded below) to see what we mean. See how the arms hesitate just a bit as the ball is transferred? See how the upper arm gently places it on the ramp with a slight downward gesture? See how it’s done with one motor? There’s no way [rectorsquid] designed this on paper, right?
Of course he didn’t (YouTube). Instead, he wrote a simulator that …read more
Continue reading Amazing Mechanical Linkages and The Software to Design Them
Pick a card, any card. [Andrew Quitmeyer] and [Madeline Schwartzman] make sure that any card you pick will match their NYC art installation. “Replantment” is an interactive art installation which invites guests to view full-size leaf molds from around the world.
A receipt file with leaf images is kept out of range in this art installation. When a viewer selects one, and carries it to the viewing area, an RFID reader tells an Arduino which tag has been detected. Solid-state relays control two recycled clothing conveyors draped with clear curtains. The simple units used to be back-and-forth control but through …read more
For a good century and a half, “The Indian Girl” solely depicted a Native American woman holding a crucifix. At some point, that changed. Continue reading Do We All See the Woman Holding an iPhone in This 1856 Statue?
Listen closely, and you can hear notes in every stroke. Continue reading This Music Played On Pencil Strokes Is Art