Mark Ho made this metal robot sculpture as part of an “ultimate puppet” project – [via] Link. Height: 16.93″ (43 cm) Weight: 13.2 lb (6 kg) Number of parts: 920 (of which 101 are found in each hand) Number of mobile parts: 85 Material: Bronze and stainless steel Details: The parts are all handmade. The […]
MAKE pal Mark shows how to turn an Amiga 500 into a lamp, it’s gorgeous! – Link.
The photos and videos are spectacular – “A selection of imagery from a recent prototype of a combination LED/3D camera interactive installation. The user’s gestures and motion through the space affect both the visuals and the audio.” [via] – Link.
Robot gossip has a neat robot art project from Thomas Edwards – “Sycophant explores the relationship between viewers and a human-like robot. The human head is mounted on a motorized base which moves along a track. As a viewer walks by, the head follows on the track, while plying him or her with a cornucopia […]
Vurdlak from the Mighty Optical Illusions blog writes – “In this week edition I’ve concentrated more on real-life optical illusions, posted in my “outdoors” section. Now you can see some really amazing pictures of Merging Planes, Salvador Dali, Einstein’s ever-glazing eye .. etc!” – Link.
Graffiti Research labs – getting your name up in lights – “The night writer extends the functionality of LED throwies by allowing a writer to catch a tag in lights. It’s cheap, easy to make and writes 12-inch glowing letters 25-feet in the air on any iron or steel surface…if you stand on a turned […]
Neatorama points to the best collection of balloon sculptures I’ve ever seen – Link.
