This climbing wall / human size LED display called the “DigiGripper”, has a few tricks up its sleeve. If you hold onto an illuminated dot, the dot retreats into the wall causing you to fall on your butt. The longer you hold onto the display, the quicker the letters change and the person who holds […]
While poking around on YouTube, I stumbled upon this video of a steam symphony held at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2005. I don’t think we’ve blogged about it before. Steam Driven: An audio visual symphony generated through the movements and sound of a 16 tons Corliss steam engine and interactive digital technology.
Eric writes (and from the MAKE Flickr pool): Someone at the Maker Faire challenged me to turn a working nixie tube into jewelry. Here’s a “glowing cross” steampunk-style pendant. It uses a CR2032 coin cell battery to run the high voltage power supply. It uses less power than an LED throwie. I don’t know what’s […]
Here is another fantastic artwork by Shulgin and Chernyshev. Unfortunately, this is all the information I found on YouTube. Urgently! is an info-sculpture that explores such phenomena as information overload, Web 2.0 and information aesthetics. News coming from the Internet in real time, is thrown right away into a giant recycle bin in order to […]
“The way I see it!” by Shulgin and Chernyshev is a fantastic work of art that involves the viewer in the final piece. The Way I See It! set standards for the next-generation sculpture-making. Bringing pop- and op-art together with modern psychedelic club culture and generative and interactive art, it proposes completely new ways of […]
On July 12th, the Long Now Foundation is presenting the Mechanicrawl event. Mechanicrawl is a progressive tour through the mechanical wonders of San Francisco’s North Shore! You’ll be able to map your own route to see the SS Jeremiah O’Brien with it’s giant steam engine running, the most complex mechanical computer ever built, The Torpedo […]
Artist Simon Morse uses the familiar landscape of the electronics interface as a medium for art-making. While not electronically operational(often just printed images) – the designated functions are often humorous and steeped with social commentary – and they could prove helpful as real panel-design inspiration. – Simon Morse [via Ladyada’s ranting] Related: ICBM control panel […]
