Art and Technology Pioneer Eleanor Kent Dies
Eleanor Kent, an artist who innovated methods of making art from new technologies, died recently at the age of 83.
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Wooden Fractal Computer
Brent Thorne is building a laser-cut wooden computer that can draw fractals.
Mini Post-It Menger Sponge
OK, so, it’s a level 3 approximation of a Menger Sponge, actually, incorporating 8,000 unit cubes, each of which starts as one-sixteenth of a “mini” size Post-It. Its creator, Nicholas Rougeux, likes Post-Its for this work because they “offer surprisingly [sic] structural durability and are easy to get in large quantities making them ideal for assembling structures like these.”
Math Monday: Scroll Saw Fractals
Use a scroll saw to make a family of complex, cube-based fractals.
Fractal Snowflake Cupcakes
The fine folks over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories are really good at making math yummy. Cupcakes are all the rage these days, and I just love snowflakes, no matter what the season. EMS Labs shows us how to bring the Koch snowflake into the kitchen. Now that’s a tasty equation! (Thanks, Brookelynn!)
Fractal cupcakes
For this week’s EMS Labs project, Windell and Lenore continue their geek kitchen cookery by showing you how to make fractal Koch cupcakes in fondant and marzipan. Fractal iteration never tasted so yummy! As one commenter so astutely points out: Enjoy your infinite edge of icing! Fractal Snowflake Cupcakes More: Sierpinski Cookies
Evil had a birthday (and we missed it!)
Our pals at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories celebrated the two year anniversary of their site on Saturday and we missed it! Hope they saved us some fractal cookies or fabbed candy. It’s hard to believe the site’s only be around for two years. They’ve done so many amazing, memetically viral, projects, what with the Joule […]
