art

Radiohead on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Hah! This is neat, Radiohead on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, printer, oscilloscope, hard disks and scanner! – the Maker writes… Based on the lyric (and alternate title) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any” I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something […]

Robot begs you to build it

Robot begs you to build it

The “Beggar Robot” by Slovenian artist Saso Sedlacek is a robot for the materially deprived consisting of old electronics and spare computer parts and was tested in Slovenian malls where it is forbidden to beg, although the artist contends that this rule does not apply to robots. The second version of the bot is an […]

Walk through Italy on a modified treadmill

Walk through Italy on a modified treadmill

This art installation, “Exploded Views – Remapping Firenze” uses two modified large-scale industrial treadmills facing a projection surface where interactive 3D models mixed with photographic landscapes of the Italian city of Florence move by steadily while you walk forward. The visual material in the 3D is a result of experimental technology by the Fraunhofer Institute […]

Emoticon mask will make you smile

Emoticon mask will make you smile

The “Mask of Emotion”, a project from the Digital Media Design Dept at Hongik University in Korea, trades facial expressions for LED emoticons. The default setting is no expression, but if people shake hands with the wearer, the mask smiles. The project was designed to hide personal emotions by eliciting a different set of public […]