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February 15, 2008
How to see in tunnel vision
Inspired by Tesla (who isn't?), "Tunnel Vision" is an interactive sound and light installation in the shape of the 100 Hz buzz tone produced by electrical generators. When visitors put their hands in the opening, they alternate the sound and animated light patterns by altering the magnetic field surrounding the installation. Check out the video for the full effect.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Feb 15, 2008 07:00 AM
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Light up book
The Enlightenment is made of white Plexiglas. It is 24 cm high, 17 cm wide and 8 cm deep and is supplied with a 9 watt energy-saving lamp - This light up book would make a great remake project! - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 15, 2008 02:30 AM
Arts, Remake |
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February 14, 2008
Making electromagnetic fields visible
Hot on the heels of Sinister7, the "aether detector," comes this other piece of spooky-tech, an electronic "scrying" device for detecting and giving form to the invisible world of electromagnetic fields. The explanation on the site is slightly torturous artspeak, but the concept is kind of interesting.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 14, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, Electronics |
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Particle Emitter
One of my favorite "digital artists" Robert Hodgin released a cool particle emitter, if you use Processing, the open source visual design lang) this is fun to play around with (source included) - Link.
Related:
Processing (programming language) - Link.
Magnetosphere - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 AM
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February 13, 2008
Post-it mural
Michael Karnjanaprakorn spotted this while walking around town- a mural made out of a lot of Post-it notes. - [via] Link.
Related:
- OUTDRA.WS - The most useful DIY post-it note - Link.
- Post-It Art Show - Link.
- How to make a Post-it Mosaic - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 13, 2008 09:00 PM
Arts, Culture jamming |
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Reborn doll
I spent more time than I expected reading about "Reborn dolls" - this is a very unique hobby -
The term Reborn Doll refers to a vinyl baby doll, that has been customized by a process of repainting and enhancement to resemble a human baby. The process of creating a Reborn Doll is referred to as Reborning.Reborn doll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [via] Link & short film about the makers of these dolls - and lastly some kits.The technique of Reborning has evolved over the past five years, as hobbyists and doll artists have refined the painting techniques, and added technical enhancements, such as a heartbeat simulator. More recently special Reborn doll kits are available, and mechanical enhancements are seen, such a battery powered breathing mechanism to simulate the breathing movements of a sleeping baby.
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Feb 13, 2008 07:00 AM
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Graffiti wall
Alex writes -
Graffiti Wall is not just a wall you can tag, it is also a performance installation, when a good artists uses the tool a crowd will stand and watch fascinated by the experience, then we clear the wall and allow everybody to go and try it.Graffiti wall - Link.Graffiti Wall is a multiuser interface, we have tested it with more than 10 writers at the same time and it can virtually be done in any size we want.
It was developed for the Richmond Winter Festival. It took almost 6 months to complete and get to a very stable system.
Related:
Light graffiti - Link.
Craft - Volume 4 - Moss Graffiti (DIY: Tag It) (Page 112) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 13, 2008 06:00 AM
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"Better View" curtain
Elina Aalto's "Better View" curtain -
Better View is a series of perforated black out roller blinds designed by Elina Aalto. Light seeps in through the small cut out holes creating an image of a city by night. The cut-outs represent the light in the windows of apartment buildings and office complexes in the city. With the Better View blind any dreary view can be turned into an attractive cityscape. The series currently includes views from Helsinki and Tokyo. New additions portraying Stockholm and Paris are in progress. The images represent a selection of cities that Elina has traveled to in the last few years and the photographs are by her. The chosen views are of contrasting cityscapes: skyscrapers in Tokyo, 60s modernism in Helsinki and 19th century architecture in Paris."Better View" curtain - [via] Link & artist's site.
Each roller blind is custom made by hand. The material used is vinyl-coated polyester. The width of the blind can vary between one and two meters (3 ́3” and 6’6”).
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Feb 13, 2008 05:30 AM
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February 12, 2008
Next Dorbot DC (Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008)
Next Meeting:
Tuesday 26 February 2008
7 PM - 9 PM (ET)
ALWAYS FREE!
Location:
Smith Hall of Art, Room 114
George Washington University
801 22nd St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Katie Bechtold : The MESSENGER Project
Katie, a spacecraft flight software developer and controller, will discuss MESSENGER, the first mission to visit Mercury in over 30 years. Now on its way to orbit Mercury starting in 2011, it flew close by the planet last month, offering some tantalizing images. Along with the scientific goals of the mission and an overview of the probe's onboard sensors, Katie will present a few of the engineering challenges in exploring the innermost planet of our solar system.
Justin Sabe : MIDI Control -- How to make expressive digital instruments
Justin broke all his toys as a kid and has spent the rest of his life putting them back together in new and interesting ways. He has toured playing keytar with the goth industrial rock band Ego Likeness taking him around the United States, Germany and to Shiney Z's, the finest fetish club in Luxembourg. He also plays accordion and has performed at the Kennedy Center in an all tuba christmas concert. Last year he got a Technician class amateur radio license but has yet to key up because he can just call his ham friends on a cell phone any time he wants. He produces a podcast of cats purring.
Justin uses low-cost components to create fun MIDI controllers. He'll have a show and tell and expand a bit about how to use MIDI for control and how to make expressive digital instruments.
Alberto Gaitán : Remembrancer -- (Part 2 of 2: The Software)
Alberto is a composer/programmer/artist who creates a wide range of new media work. His net-aware piece, Remembrancer, deals with transformation, memory, and the spacial, temporal and cultural resonance of events through automated robotic painters responding in real-time to RSS data flowing in over the Internet.
Alberto will be talking a bit about the applications he integrated to create Remembrancer including Max/MSP, Yahoo! Pipes, and RS485 commands.
Welcome to Dorkbot DC! - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 12, 2008 08:00 PM
Announcements, Arts, Computers, Electronics, Science |
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Lotek airbrush
Funky-fine airbrush that you power by blowing into it.
Airbrush - Link
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Feb 12, 2008 06:00 PM
Arts, Instructables |
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Kinetic Steam Works on BBtv
The folks at Kinetic Steam Works show Xeni around the shop in this latest issue of BBtv.
Kinetic Steam Works: artifacts of clockwork modernity. - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 12, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, Makers, Retro |
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Proboscian sippy mask
Jenny @ CRAFT writes -
Not only does this "sippy mask" by Jennifer Maestre look incredibly wacky, you can also watch your beverage travel up the drinking tube...plus it glows under a blacklight! I'm not sure what occasion might call for such a mask, but it sure is coolProboscian sippy mask - [via] Link.
Related:
Jennifer Maestre Sculpture - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 12, 2008 06:00 AM
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February 11, 2008
HOW TO - LED firefly pendant
Instructables user clamoring made this fantastic LED firefly pendant using both stained glass and electronics techniques, plus a great tutorial for putting it all together - Link.
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Feb 11, 2008 09:00 PM
Arts, Crafts, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Business cards made from dollar bills, cut with a laser...
I was wondering what the gang from GRL (Graffiti Research Lab, also F.A.T) might do with the laser cutter they just won, it might be to make more dollar bill laser cut business cards - Link.
[Editor's note: Site has some provocative language/images. Flame on (pun intended) in the comments! Be Nice! - pt]
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Feb 11, 2008 06:00 AM
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February 10, 2008
7,200 bananas
Stefan Sagmeister's works are on display @ Deitch in NYC, January 31, 2008 -- February 23, 2008 @ 76 Grand Street, New York. The bananas you see here are real, all 7,200 of them on a giant wall - it smelled like 7,200 bananas too, slightly rotting -
Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, an interactive exhibition by Stefan Sagmeister, opens at Deitch Projects on January 31, 2008. The exhibition will include works that have a life of their own, transforming throughout the exhibition as viewers engage with them. Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far is timed to coincide with the release of a new book of the same title, which surveys Sagmeister's illustrious career.7,200 bananas @ the Deitch - Link & more photos.Stefan Sagmeister is one of today's most innovative and influential graphic designers. His conception and application of graphic design goes above and beyond traditional notions of the practice, taking it to the realm of performative and conceptual art, painting and sculpture. Sagmeister is most widely known for his album cover artwork for bands like The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Lou Reed, and for books, like Mariko Mori's Wave UFO for the Kunsthaus Bregenz, which function as sculptural objects.
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Feb 10, 2008 02:00 AM
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Telepresence frame
This is the best LCD picture frame project I've seen lately, Revital writes -
Medical technologies have reached the stage in which biological deterioration no longer means the end of a human life. Life prolonging machines can replace our organs and allow us to maintain various degrees of living. However, as science helps us cheat nature and develop new life forms it also confronts us with the need to reinterpret our perception of ourselves.Telepresence frame - [via] Link.When digital technologies enter and merge with the body, they redefine its material and functional properties. As the human anatomy gains technological capabilities, where does the body end and the machine begin?
The Telepresence Frame is a domestic object which utilises the fact that one's bodily functions are digitised in order to create a new form of telepresence. Allowing loved ones to be constantly aware of your physical state.
The Human Black Box records and stores this information, keeping a record of your very last moments.
Related:
The PostHuman Condition - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 10, 2008 01:00 AM
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February 8, 2008
Two interviews with Theo Watson
Interactive systems maker (and GRL collaborator) Theo Watson just did interviews with two Japanese online magazines, Flash Film Interview and HITSPAPER. He talks about his design challenges in recent projects and where he thinks he'll go next. Don't worry, they both have the interviews in english. Disclosure: I went to undergrad with Theo, and I still learned a thing or two from these interviews. [via] Flash Film Interview - Link; HITSPAPER - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 8, 2008 12:00 PM
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Dark Knight trailer in LEGOs
Wonderful video reenactment of the Batman Dark Knight trailer in LEGOs.
The Dark Knight Trailer IN LEGO!!! - Link
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Feb 8, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, LEGO, Toys and Games |
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Bit.fall
Julius Popp made this neat water "display" controlled by a computer and magnetic water valves. - [via] Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 8, 2008 08:05 AM
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Urban Echo turns SMS into a public event
The "Urban Echo" installation connects up SMS with urban graffiti. Questions are posed in a public projection that people can SMS answers to that end up on the wall and eventually lose all gravitational pull and combine to create a spatialized audio performance.
[via], Link see also related SimpleTEXT
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Feb 8, 2008 08:00 AM
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