Collaborate Disseminate
Lenz’s Law is one of those physics tricks that look like magic if you don’t understand what’s happening. [Seth Robinson] was inspired by the way eddy currents cause a cylindrical …read more Continue reading Levitating Magnet In A Spherical Copper Cage
Most of us have made paper airplanes at one time or another, but rather than stopping at folded paper, [VirgileC] graduated to 3D printing them out of PLA. Then the …read more Continue reading That’ll Go Over Like a Cement Airplane
Marble machines are a fun and challenging reason to do engineering for the sake of engineering. [Engineezy] adds some color to the theme, building a machine to create 16×16 marble …read more Continue reading Automated Pixel Art With Marbles
A couple weeks ago, we had a kerfuffle here on Hackaday: A writer put out a piece with AI-generated headline art. It was, honestly, pretty good, but it was also …read more Continue reading What’s the Deal with AI Art?
[Ben] may be 15 years old, but he’s got the knack for 3D printing and artistic mechanical design. When you see his 3D-printed mechanical jellyfish lamp, we think you’ll agree. …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Jellyfish Lights Up
I’m sure you all love to see some colorful blinkenlights every now and then, and we are of course no exception. While these might look like coasters at a distance, …read more Continue reading Is That A Coaster? No, It’s An LED Matrix!
Images that can be interpreted in a variety of ways have existed for many decades, with the classical example being Rubin’s vase — which some viewers see as a vase, …read more Continue reading Creating a Twisted Grid Image Illusion With a Diffusion Model
The Voynich Manuscript is a medieval codex written in an unknown alphabet and is replete with fantastic illustrations as unusual and bizarre as they are esoteric. It has captured interest …read more Continue reading Shedding New Light on the Voynich Manuscript With Multispectral Imaging
The winners of the sixth annual Minimalist Photography Awards have been announced. These stunning images span 12 categories that capture the beauty, wonder and mystery of simplicity. Enjoy a selection of our favorites!Continue ReadingCategory: Photogra… Continue reading Simply sublime: Minimalist Photography Awards 2024
Researchers at the University of British Columbia leveraged an unusual discovery into ultra-black material made from wood. The deep, dark black is not the result of any sort of dye …read more Continue reading Ultra-Black Material, Sustainably Made from Wood