Kinetic Cyclic Scissors
[Henry Segerman] and [Kyle VanDeventer] merge math and mechanics to create a kinetic cyclic scissors sculpture out of 3D printed bars adjoined together with M3 bolts and nuts. The kinetic
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In A Way, 3D Scanning Is Over a Century Old
In France during the mid-to-late 1800s, one could go into François Willème’s studio, sit for a photo session consisting of 24 cameras arranged in a circle around the subject, and
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Your Mug Will Like This Glowy Coaster
[Charlyn] wanted to highlight their friends beautiful mug collection, so the Glowy Coaster was born. The coaster is made up of six layers of laser cut acrylic. The top and
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CMOS oscillator circuit gets an eatable input
In interaction designer [Leonardo Amico]’s work Processing Decay, lettuce is used as an input to produce sound as an element within a CMOS circuit. We’ve all seen lemons and potatoes
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Robots Chase Down Balls In Fun Outdoor Game
Art installations aren’t always about static sculpture or pure aesthetics. In the case of Operation Kiba, they can be fun games for everyone to enjoy. The aim of Operation Kiba
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Solar Cells As Art Form
When most of us approach a project, we have a certain problem to solve. 3D printing, microcontrollers, batteries, and all kinds of technologies are usually tools to accomplish some task.
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Robot Repeatedly Rearranges Remnants in the Round
Sisyphus is an art installation by [Kachi Chan] featuring two scales of robots engaged in endless cyclic interaction. Smaller robots build brick arches while a giant robot pushes them down.
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Alternative Display Technologies And Where To Find Them
[Blair Nearl] has been working on an information database for artists and hackers – a collection of non-conventional display technologies available to us. We’ve covered this repository before, six years
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The Box: Think Outside of It
There’s no single recipe for creativity, as far as I know. But this week on the Podcast, Tom Nardi and I were talking about a number of hacks that were
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A Crazy Wave Automaton
[Henk Rijckhaert] recently participated in a “secret Santa” gift exchange. In a secret Santa, everyone’s name goes in a hat, and each person must pick a name without looking. Each
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