Giant clothespin sculpture
This giant clothespin sculpture by Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal appears in Park Chaudfontaine in Belgium. [via inspire me now]
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DIY stop motion ball and socket joint
Stop motion armatures require a model to hold poses without drifting, yet offer wide degrees of rotational freedom. Most professional armatures use precision machined ball and socket joints. Castlegardener’s blog shows how to make your own using threaded rod and pre-tapped balls from the hardware store.
Dead Drops preview
Aram Bartholl writes: I am pleased to preview ‘Dead Drops‘ a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs […]
Pavlov’s cell phone
Ian Page writes: For the last 8 years, whenever my cell phone received a call or text it would vibrate in my pocket. ‘Bondage Happens’ is a device I wear on my head that is connected to my cell phone. Whenever I receive a call or text the phone will vibrate and the device will […]
Unpopular science
Illustrator Christoph Niemann made a not-quite-scientific series of illustrations titled Unpopular Science, which purport to explain how the laws of physics affect our daily life.
Low resolution display made out of an old printer’s type case
Martin Bircher “Type Case” is a low-resolution display made out of an old case used to hold printer’s lead type. The 125 rectangular “pixels” reflect light from Arduino-controlled LEDs. In the videos on his Vimeo page, different types of visual information are displayed on the Type Case, including scrolling headlines and a Betty Boop cartoon. […]
The da Vinci method: Shadow strokes
The da Vinci method: Shadow strokes @ The Economist… THE Mona Lisa’s lure is so strong that Louvre Museum officials find it wise to keep her safely stowed behind bulletproof glass. She is let out of her protective cage once a year, for a whiff of fresh air. And this is when many a researcher […]