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Twenty seven gears @ Maker Faire

Twenty seven gears @ Maker Faire

Benjamin Cowden makes machinery as art with some intriguing results – such as the above crank operated piece titled – Some People I Don’t Know. His work often represents human figures in organic material contrasting predominent gear apparatus resulting in – cool art toys! Check out his flash site for more examples. He’ll be showing […]

Body Technology Interfaces

I’ve been working on a project where I knit sweaters to go from gadgets to your body. They’re supposed to be a fun commentary on how attached and concentrated on technology we are, and to highlight the lack of movement that happens when we’re engrossed in our laptops, keyboards, PDAs, etc. I plan on making […]

Arthur Ganson : Machines

Arthur Ganson : Machines

We have posted about Arthur Ganson before, but I wanted to add a little more information about my all-time favorite artist. For anyone not familiar with his work, you should immediately check out his website. It’s full of videos of his amazing work. You can also see a great 5 minute video that is on […]

The Aura Cabinet

Silke sent in the “Aura Cabinet” which utilizes an Arduino to project images onto fog, creating an aura-type image. It look really interesting, and there is a video available here, but be warned, the video has a horrible high-pitched tone throughout. By means of Processing the visitor is tracked by camera. His picture is compared […]

Living interface

This art installation uses a computer, microscope, and LED’s to display a visually altered version of living organisms. The organisms are Daphnia, which can be manipulated by changing the light source. The computer post-processes the video, and adds audio, that is displayed in a virtual aquarium. The microscopic Daphnia ultimately determine the audio and visual […]