New Maker-art crush, Ben Woodeson – “Variations on scientific methodology, energy and electricity, my practice examines basic technology through crude experimentation. Systematically reinventing and cross fertilising, primitive attempts to re-use and re-examine that which is commonplace and everyday; A pan technical investigation with maximum effort for minimal achievement.” Thanks SicklyGirl!- Link. Pictured here, Mega Drive, […]
We profiled Natalie Jeremijenko in MAKE 02 (toxic sensing robot dogs) – and here’s some of her latest work, amazing animations showing the variety of the lady bug “200 individual labybugs selected from a population of approximately four thousand, become the frames in an animation. The ladybug images are scaled, color corrected and ordered by […]
rAndom writes – “PixelRoller is a paint roller that paints pixels, designed as a rapid response printing tool specifically to print digital information such as imagery or text onto a great range of surfaces. The content is applied in continuous strokes by the user. PixelRoller can be seen as a handheld “printer”, based around the […]
Aram Bartholl’s Paper Pixels – “Paper Pixels is a 30 inch, 8 x 8 pixel, manually controlled screen. Each of the 64 pixels is illuminated steadily by a light bulb. Apart from the light bulbs, no further electronic parts are used. The display is controlled by a long paper strip – the data medium – […]
Mike writes – “My close friend Neal Ormond just made a fire screen the produces some amazing fire art. Solenoids, propane, and a PC. Who knew you could have so much fun?” – Their site has more details and videos – wow, this looks amazing: Forget big screen and flat panel TVs. The Infernoptix Digital […]
Great kit for pinstripoing your latest computer case mod or robot companion – “Practice Pinstriping with Kafka. Refine style or develop a new skill, before the brush touches your car or a sign. The legendary Steve Kafka assembled this easy to follow teaching system to help the beginner or seasoned striper learn to use his […]
Aram Bartholl’s breakfast PC – “The Wooden Breakfast Platter for Freerk, made as a gift for a good friend, is a wooden plank into which a PC Mainboard has been built. The 133 Mhz processor remains visible over a hole in the rustic wooden platter. This serves as hot plate for a coffee cup that […]
