Jessica at Nervous System writes: I created this design yesterday for the Shapeways SIGGRAPH competition which asked designers to submit any design that costs less than $200 to 3dprint. Our submission is a sculptural vase generated by reaction diffusion, a process which simulates how chemicals diffusing across a surface react with one another to produce […]
Here’s another neat project out of the Studio for Creative Inquiry, the GMLStenciler
A collaborative video mobile sculpture by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs (consisting of) a large-scale, hanging mobile of projected video, playing in multiple screens. Viewers can interact via two live video feeds, which intermingle with videos captured from the natural and urban body of central Ohio. All are mixed into a dynamic and constantly changing […]
code.burningman.com – Open source at Burning man Recognizing open source software’s participative role at Burning Man, we wish to maintain a healthy relationship with the open source software development community. We do this by releasing code, providing vital infrastructure and by creating new open source software development opportunities. To take gifting and collaboration beyond Black […]
Here’s a pretty awesome 3d display, that uses synchronized droplets of water to project a 3-layer image.
We get a lot of makers applying to sell art lamps in Makers Market, but Erik Smith’s are definitely on the high end when it comes to aesthetics and on the low end when it comes to prices. If you’re a collector, or in the market for a handmade lamp for yourself or as a gift, check out Erik’s shop. Or better yet, make one of your own! Or, even better, if you’ve already made one, post a link and show it off in the comments. If I get enough responses, I’ll do a reader-made art lamp round-up sometime next week.
Depending on your tolerance for preserved corpses, this may strike you as incredibly cool or incredibly creepy. Maybe a little bit of both. Personally, I lean toward the “cool” side. “Clearing and staining” is actually a very old technique in anatomy and biology in which a dead animal is treated with a series of chemicals that simultaneously preserve it, render its soft tissues transparent, and stain its skeletal and nervous systems different colors. The resulting preserved specimens are both scientifically useful and, often, strikingly beautiful. These pictures are from a Japanese gallery; here’s an English-language gallery of mutant frog specimens that are also pretty amazing. [via Core77]
