Although I don’t always live up to the ideal, I hold with Strunk & White when it comes to prose: “Make every word tell.” In a world as cluttered with superfluous text as beer bottles, meaningful concision is more important than ever. So I really like what artists Autobahn and Richard Wendling are doing with their #StoneCarvedTweets project. [via Neatorama]
Theo Jansen, the Dutch kinetic sculptor that inspired a way of mechanical walking, has done it again. We’ve seen versions of his walking machines rendered in plastic tubing, laser-cut plastic sheet, wood, metal, paper, cardboard, Legos. And now, baling wire, thanks to MAKE subscriber Brandon Gruber (Vista, CA). Baling Wire Walker More: Theo Jansen papercraft […]
Fun video of the 2010 Klamath Kinetic Challenge, held this past weekend, in Klamath Falls, OR. Klamath Kinetic Challenge 2010
Last weekend in NYC, Vice and Intel launched an event/chennel about art and technology called the Creators Project. Lots of cool projects, here are a few highlights: Hojun Song – Open Source Satelitte James Powderly – Eyewriter Muti Randolph – Deep Screen
Evan writes – Graffiti Analysis: Sculptures is a series of new physical sculptures that I am making from motion tracked graffiti data. New software (GA 3D) imports .gml files (Graffiti Markup Language) captured using Graffiti Analysis, creates 3D geometry based on the data and then exports a 3D representation of the tag as a .stl […]
Etsy seller Jenine made this amazing bit of flameworked Pyrex: a 3″ humanoid figure with articulated joints, all made of glass. [via Boing Boing]
Golan Levin recently picked up a Bloggie video camera, which is a pretty standard camera except for a neat panoramic lens attachment that you can get for it.
