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January 30, 2004 graffiti robot permalink
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 hektor, the creation of Jurg Lehni and Uli Franke, is a robot armed with a spray can that can reproduce any design (from Illustrator) on the wall. other graffiti robots: Graffitiwriter and Streetwriter. [ via ] the embryo store permalink
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 choosing the gender of your child. Newsweek's current issue about our first baby step towards designer babies. January 29, 2004 smart skin permalink
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 'smart skin' is a new technology (still in research) intended to be integrated into clothing so it can monitor your health, sense touch and air-flow, and respond to heat - a "second skin". [ via ] UPDATE: pop sci mag has a feature on this material January 28, 2004 ge flower permalink
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 this plant's normal reaction to stressful conditions (like drought or cold) is to turn red or brown so this Danish biotech company genetically altered it to react only to nitrogen dioxide to detect land mines. [ via ] January 27, 2004 a termite's design permalink
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 the design of the Eastgate building in Zimbabwe was based on the structure and function of a local termite mound for efficiency in heating and cooling ventilation. more pics. [ via ] January 23, 2004 blindness permalink
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 this is the Bonneh Illusion, where, if you stare at it long enough, the yellow dots disappear sporadically. it demonstrates Motion-induced-blindness, discovered by Yoram Bonneh, in which static objects may seem to disappear amongst a larger moving pattern. the dots are always there but when your attention is focused away from them, you don't perceive them. this phenomenon is being used to study consciousness. January 22, 2004 baroque dreams permalink
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 entirely digital, Ray Caesar's portraits are highly imaginative and bizarre. i wonder if he's friends with Mark Ryden? tho they are similar in style, they are different in technique (painting vs. digital 3d) and sensibility. [ via ] January 14, 2004 a-volve permalink
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 Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau's project
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 a pillow is like an adult's teddy bear and now it can have arms too. you can do whatever you do with pillows *and* dress it up and sit it on your couch or bed. Single is its name and it's made by a fairly new design company in Vienna called Walking Chair. [ via ] January 11, 2004 bontecou permalink
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 i saw the Lee Bontecou retrospective today. what a treat it was to see her work in person.... the 3-dimensionality of her wall pieces.... the intricacy of her explosive suspended sculptures.... very interesting hybrid animal forms.... visionary landscapes.... so many great pieces. i can see where Lee Bul, Sarah Sze, and others must've gotten their inspiration from. catch it at the MoMA in the summer if you can. January 9, 2004 cyberflora permalink
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 in Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Triennial (previously mentioned), is Cynthia Breazeal's Cyberflora project where robotic flowers respond to the presence of viewers. the flowers sway, glow, bob, ripple, and lean towards the direction of warmth. the video is really worth checking out. [ via ] January 8, 2004 subdermal bumps permalink
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 forget tattoos, the floral sculpture clinic would be the place to go to get subdermal bumps in floral designs. unfortunately, it's an art project. but Orlan and the Lizardman have paved the way so it's only a matter of time that putting designer bumps on our skin will be fashionable. January 6, 2004 neuroesthetics permalink
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 finally, art is officially important to the science community! a relatively new [cross-disciplinary] field of research called neuroesthetics will try to figure out what our brains do when we create/view art. their 3rd annual conference is entitled "Emotions in Art and the Brain" and it happens this saturday. Zack Lynch will be blogging it. January 5, 2004 eggshell permalink
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 from Heaven & Earth: Unseen By the Naked Eye: "The structure of an eggshell is revealed as a tangled network of mineralized fibres in this scanning electron micrograph at a magnification of 500 times. Eggshell forms around a mat of proteins, which is coated and overgrown by calcium carbonate and other mineral salts. The result is a tough, waterproof package that still allows gas exchange between the inside and the outside, enabling the developing embryo to 'breath', while providing astonishing mechanical strength." January 4, 2004 synaesthesia permalink
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 it seems like synaesthesia is a popular interest lately. siggraph 2004 's art gallery has the theme of Synaesthesia. it's the topic of interesting journals. is it about perceiving rhythm combining senses? are synaesthetes people from the future? do normal people also experience synesthesia? if a computer was synaesthetic, could it be like this? this mushroom can give anyone synesthesia for a few hours. |
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