YouTube user brusspup created this anamorphic projection of Pac-Man chasing a ghost across a complex surface in his apartment. It only looks right from the one angle; as the camera moves away, you start to see how the lines have to wander willy-nilly across the walls to create the effect. [via Neatorama]
Inspired by Mike Gould’s “Lunchbox Laser Shows” project in MAKE, Volume 20, Karl Lunt made his own, more simplified version, scaling down the mechanics and changing up the motor and control scheme: Since I didn’t have a 1 RPM motor and I wanted to use something about that speed, I took the slowest, smallest gearhead […]
Giant Zometool sculpture By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics What is the largest geometric structure you have ever made? This giant Zometool construction contains 50,000 parts and is five meters in diameter. As this detail image shows, Zometool is a plastic construction set with hubs and struts that provide lengths and angles for […]
I love this DIY camera dolly track, built from a $15 “Ivar” Ikea shelving “side unit.” A few days ago, I found out that the Ivar “wooden ladder” was perfect to use it as rails for my cinema dolly! I can now make some nice sequence shots with this 18€ (USD$15) accessory from Ikea. [Thanks, […]
Jakub’s Decaudion project uses Supercollider, Processing, & Arduino along with an array of photocells to create some elegantly simple interactivity. [via Arduino Forums]
Here’s the latest project from YesYesNo, this time in Auckland, NZ! It’s called Night Lights: In this installation YesYesNo teamed up with The Church, Inside Out Productions and Electric Canvas to turn the Auckland Ferry Building into an interactive playground. Our job was to create an installation that would go beyond merely projection on buildings […]
Announced at this year’s CES, Flir‘s Scout gives consumers true thermographic vision — imaging based not on light but on heat. Flir is marketing the Scout to consumers but it’s hard to see Joe Sixpack wanting to drop $3K (MSRP) on one. Which is not to say it doesn’t have its obvious uses — for […]
