Matryoshkus – Russian dolls
These are great! bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte figures – Link.
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Mashing up your own action figures
Wired.com has a nice package of three articles covering action figure modding. “Action Figure Modders Aren’t Just Toying Around” introduces the concept of custom figures, “Zap! A Gallery of Customized Action Figures” shows off a bunch of builder mods, and in Wired’s How-To Wiki, “Make Your Own Action Figure” shows you how, or at least […]
HOW TO – Paint with smoke
wikiHow shows you how to paint with smoke! – Beginning with Wolfgang Paalen, visionary artists, including well-known surrealists such as Salvador Dali, practiced the fine art of “painting with smoke,” otherwise known as “fumage.” More delicate than charcoal, providing intriguing textures and patterns, fumage can serve as a standalone media or as an innovative approach […]
Toothpick and nail art
If you know more about this nail-and-toothpick artist post up in the comments – Link.
Physical Interactions over IP
My friend Thomas Edwards, who’s the alpha geek behind Dorkbot DC, has put up a new project wiki for his (and presumably other techno-artist’s) work in what he calls Phy2Phy, or “Physical Interactions over IP.” This YouTube vid shows progress-to-date on his “Touch” project, which allows two people to touch each other over a Net […]
Wooden ball machine
Ben’s amazing wooden prototype ball machine – Link.
Bell-inspired kite project
When Toronto-based artist Amos Latteier is not making cardboard hover, he’s working on other cool projects, such as this kite (above), inspired by Alexander Graham Bell’s historical models (below). He’s been tracking his progress on a kite blog and is now just days away from his test flight. Bell Kite Project Blog – Link Related: […]