MS Paint Is Going 3D, According to Leaked Microsoft Video
Microsoft’s original dick-drawing app is getting a huge update. Continue reading MS Paint Is Going 3D, According to Leaked Microsoft Video
Tag Archives: Art
All Your Displays Are Belong to Us
Artist and Hackaday reader [Blair Neal] wrote in with his incredible compendium of “alternative” displays. (Here as PDF.) From Pepper’s Ghost to POV, he’s got it all covered, with emphasis on their uses in art.
There’s an especially large focus on 3D displays. Projecting onto screens, droplets of water, spinning objects, and even plasma combustion are covered. But so are the funny physical displays: flip-dots, pin-cushions, and even servo-driven “pixels”.
We really liked the section on LCDs with modified polarization layers — we’ve seen some cool hacks using that gimmick, but the art pieces he dredged up look even better. …read more
The Cicada: A Parasite Art Piece With Commitment Issues
How often do you think deeply about the products around you? How about those you owned five years ago? Ten? The Cicada — brainchild of [Daniel Kerris] — is an art piece that aims to have the observer reflect on consumer culture, buyer’s remorse, and wanting what we cannot have.
The Cicada consists of an ultrasonic sensor feeding data to a Raspberry pi which — calculating the distance of an approaching human — either speeds up or slows down a servo motor connected to a General Electric Walkman’s cassette speed potentiometer. Upon detecting someone approaching, The Cicada begins to loop …read more
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Tiny House Forecasts Weather
Before the information age, it wasn’t quite as easy to glean information about the weather. Sure, there were thermometers and barometers and rhymes about the sky, but if you lived in or near Germany back then you might have also had access to something called a “weather house” which could help predict rain. [Moritz] aka [Thinksilicon] found one of these antequated devices laying around, and went about modernizing it. (Google Translate from German)
A traditional weather house is essentially a hygrometer housed in an intricate piece of artwork. Two figures, typically a man and woman, are balanced on a platform …read more
This Bot Tries to Empathise With Your Emotional Tweets
Can empathy ever be automated? Continue reading This Bot Tries to Empathise With Your Emotional Tweets
Complex, Beautiful Device is Limited to Text-speak and Cat Pictures (WTF, LOL)
Beautifully documented, modular, and completely open-source, this split flap display project by [JON-A-TRON] uses 3D printing, laser cutting and engraving, and parts anyone can find online to make a device that looks as sharp as it is brilliantly designed. Also, it appears to be a commentary on our modern culture since this beautifully engineered, highly complex device is limited to communicating via three-letter combos and cat pictures (or cat video, if you hold the button down!) As [JON-A-TRON] puts it, “Why use high-resolution, multi-functional devices when you can get back to your industrial revolution roots?” Video is embedded below. …read more
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A Teen Proposed a Hijab Emoji Because She Just Wanted One that Looked Like Her
Unicode has been moving to make emojis more diverse and inclusive. Continue reading A Teen Proposed a Hijab Emoji Because She Just Wanted One that Looked Like Her
Check Your Baggage and Hop On Burning Man’s Airplane Art Car
“Artistically, the 747 represents our journey through life toward one’s future.” Continue reading Check Your Baggage and Hop On Burning Man’s Airplane Art Car
This AI Sees Things in Art That Humans Don’t
By matching news photos with artworks, an AI shows how it thinks. Continue reading This AI Sees Things in Art That Humans Don’t
Watch This Machine Paint with a Human Brush
Goofy yet terrifying art. Continue reading Watch This Machine Paint with a Human Brush