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Instant clay animation

Instant clay animation

AnimaatiokoneCheck out this “Instant Claymation machine” on WMMNA“Animaatiokone (Animation Machine) is an installation that turns you into a master clay animator. It’s built of a potato peeling machine, a laptop PC and pinball machine buttons. First you sculpt clay actors. When you’re happy with your cast, you locate the characters inside the mini-studio (inside the Animaatiokone machine), move the actors and capture frames. An overhead display allows you to check the shooting, you can also delete or add frames on the touch of a button. When you’re finish, you can add a soundtrack.” [via] Link.

Make your own Park(ing) spot…

Make your own Park(ing) spot…

ParkingI wonder if parks will start installing meters now…“San Francisco based art collective Rebar decided to take the concept of a parking spot to the next level. On November 16th they installed an actual park in a parking space in downtown San Francisco for their project PARK(ing), “a temporary urban park”. People enjoying the park had to feed the parking meter (ie. pay the rent) in order to keep the park open.” Thanks Scott! Link.

Interview with Theo Jansen…

Interview with Theo Jansen…

4Southpaw writes “Theo Jansen, Dutch physicist turned sculptor has been perfecting or “evolving” his strandbeest (beach animals) for the past 10 years. They are beautiful Davinci-esque machines, some with dozens of legs, and are designed to roam the beaches on the power of the wind. Included is a link to an interview from October. Hooray for the blurring line between art and engineering!” Link.

POV kit from our gift guide!

POV kit from our gift guide!

73678875 B85Cb18C19 MReven writes “Yesterday I received my minipov kit from adafruit industries (MiniPOV 2 kit) [from the MAKE gift guide]. I just love it. It is very easy to make. Clear instructions on the web with lots of great photos (I definitively need a tripod). It’s easy to program too and all the source code files have a lot of useful comments. Overall it’s a great gadget and the price is quite good. I did have to pay $6.60 for postage, though. At least adafruit does post overseas. I did some tricks in front of a mirror. Almost had more fun taking photos than building. I’ve even set up a flickr POV set. For your pleasure.” Link.

The Origami PC

The Origami PC

Notepc Not CompleteEric writes “Tomohiro Tachi designs complex technical origami works- check out this design for a complete laptop PC, folded from one sheet of paper! He has a partially completed example shown on his site, as well as the full crease pattern to fold it. the attention to detail is mind-boggling; even down to the individual slots and shapes for the jacks on the sides of the laptop. It’s the best “geek” origami I have ever seen to date.” Link.