Disco for One: A Stress-Relieving Office Desktop Party
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] We could all use a little less stress at work, but for a lot of people that stress leads to serious consequences. Product designer Tomomi...
View ArticleSpace Botanicals: Artist Sends Plants Into Stratosphere
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Like most humans, plants are destined to stay on the Earth for their entire lives, but with their roots in the ground they are even more...
View ArticleThe Human Factor: Sculpture Sees Homo Sapiens Rise + Fall
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Like it or not, we’re all just a species of primates lucky enough to have evolved into creatures with highly developed brains. Lest we...
View ArticleInformation Burnout: Self-Destructing Message Printer
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] The old Mission: Impossible TV series, secret agents received their missions via recordings that would self-destruct shortly after receipt....
View ArticleCosmic Creativity: NASA’s 2014 Pumpkin Carving Contest
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] What do you get when you task some of today’s greatest scientific minds with creating awesome jack-o’-lanterns? You get monsters,...
View ArticleWearable Projector Creates Dynamic Moving Light Jewelry
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Wearables are the new black when it comes to new technology, but most of them are geared toward fitness in some way. The Neclumi is...
View ArticleWorkout Keyboard: Exercises the Body, Writes Punchy Lines
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] We’ve all had days when we feel like punching our computers, but until now no one has done anything to make that compulsion useful. Fashion...
View ArticleStop-Motion Film Composed of Rotating 3D Miniature Men
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Modern animation is pretty incredible. It’s getting close to being indistinguishable from actual film thanks to advanced computer graphics...
View ArticleWired Ballet Shoes Trace Movements to Make Visual Art
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] The movements of ballerinas are like the graceful brush strokes of a watercolor artist. They are flowy, light, and far more complicated...
View ArticleLight + Movement: A Dance With Projected Light Pixels
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Pixel, an augmented reality performance created by French performance art collective Adrien M / Claire B Company, is an incredible visual...
View ArticleThis Acoustic Instrument Sounds Like it Comes From Space
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] If you start the video below and then go browse in another tab, leaving the audio running, you’ll probably swear you’re listening to some...
View ArticleThis End Up: Rough Mail Handling Creates Unique Artworks
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Fragile, Handle with Care and other messages are meant to remind mail carriers that things should arrive in the condition they were...
View ArticleFabric of Space-Time: Placemats Inspired by Relativity
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Drawing somewhat abstractly on the work of Albert Einstein, this faux-folding fabric features a warped grid that looks a lot like...
View ArticleScIKEA: Fun Science Fictional IKEA Manuals for DIY Geeks
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Whatever your sub-genre of science fiction, these marvelous manuals will help you assemble anything from your own space-and-time machine to...
View ArticleTattle Truncheon: Police Club Texts Cop’s Mom When Used
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Assuming even the most aggressive people will still care what their mother thinks, this somewhat slapstick police baton is designed to send...
View ArticleEverbright: Giant Interactive Lite-Brite Wall for Adults
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Turn each dial to cycle through 464 possible colors across a wall of bright lights, a magnet of introverts, conversation piece for...
View ArticlePerpetual Motion: Kinetic Artworks Driven by Hair Dryers
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Hair dryers provide the driving force behind this mesmerizing set of simple-but-beautiful installation art projects by Antoine Terrieux, a...
View ArticleHysterically Weird Short Video is Masterfully Mind Melting
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] It should come as no surprise that we’re pretty big fans of tech-heavy art. Terri Timely and Park Pictures created this seriously amazing...
View ArticleEngineer Crafts ‘Real’ Hammer of Thor Only He Can Lift
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] Super-strong electromagnetics coupled with a hidden fingerprint scanner make this convincing copy of Mjolnir, Thor’s mystical hammer,...
View ArticleiPet Companion: Play Live Online with Needy Shelter Cats
[ Filed under Technology & in the Art of Tech category ] A web app interface made available for free to qualifying cat shelters around the country allows people from all over the world to queue up...
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