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Flowers by Jan van Nuenen

Flowers by Jan van Nuenen was created using a Monome controlling Ableton Live via a max/msp patch called boiingg. I really like the combining of music and video into one piece of performance art. Live generates a string of midinotes with velocity 0 to 20 and back to 0. The velocity channel is used to […]

Processing 1.0: Officially non-beta

Processing 1.0: Officially non-beta

Processing is officially out of Beta! Yep, after 162 iterations of the ever-so-popular open-source programming environment, they have officially released version1.0. Check out the link at the end of the post to download your copy today and start learning about this amazing program. [image: Solar demo, 2008. Robert Hodgin] Editors note: We posted about this […]

Flaming legs

Evidently the people of New Mexico have seen it all. Even robolegs gone wild! Carlos is a robotic everyman. He’s not one of those fancy deep sea dwelling, swimming pool competing, publicity hogging, multiple kill, or planet exploring robots, just a regular robot doing his thing like us humans. Carlos was a college kinetic sculpture […]

Artful vegetables

Artful vegetables

Chinese artist Ju Duoqi has recreated Western masterpieces in vegetables to amazing effect. “In the summer of 2006, I bought a few kilograms of peas, and sat there quietly for two days peeling them, before stringing them on a wire and turning them into a skirt, a top, a headdress and a magic wand. I […]

Processing 1.0 is out!

Processing 1.0 is out – Arduino and Wiring are physical computing initiatives related to Processing, open source, data visualization, amazing work – and now it’s 1.0! Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists […]