Year: 2008

Superficielle – forest mirrors

Superficielle – forest mirrors

Via Notcot, Michel de Broin’s – Superficielle – mirrors in the forest have an alien-like effect… Mirror, glue, cement / Vosges, Alsace, France – Upon invitation to reflect on the notion of transparency, that led me into the forest to envelop the contour of a large stone with fragments of mirror. The large stone, tucked […]

Made in Japan – Volume 6

Made in Japan – Volume 6

This week: Chanko’s wire VW’s, Korg on the Nintendo DS, a pricey but nicey wooden keyboard, one stamp for many faces, a cyborg-esque finger piano begging to be circuit-bent, the Pixel Factory electricity-free movie player, Japanese manhole cover art, a psychedelic gas mask kaleidoscope, cushions made from subway car seat material, a rainbow in your […]

DIY Power distribution

DIY Power distribution

Chris sent in his homemade controller for an old APC power distribution unit. This is a great way to recycle some old electronics. I found some ‘flaky’ APC AP9217 PDUs in the trash and grabbed a few to play with. These have 8 power plugs that can be individually toggled which is infinitely useful for […]

Art Bots 2008

The fifth international ArtBots exhibit is being held on September 19-21 in Dublin Ireland. Whether you’re interested in creating a robotic work of art, or a robot capable of producing its own works of art, you have till May 1st to submit an entry. I’ve seen the output from this robot talent show / art […]