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more about #art more comments → Fractal the Meek: First thing I thought of when I read "shooting challenge:" [www.hardocp.com] more » Kaiser-Machead: That goofy shape reminds me of fone bone's head profile. more » The5thElephant: I love the faucet flame one. Excellent idea and execution. more » EBone: Holy crap you people are amazing. These are spectacular. You need some of these for the Gallery next year. I read how the banana photo was done twice... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Well, Happy Thanksgiving to you too, number 40!! more » fuchikoma: Neat idea, but I don't like the look... also I'm too much of a geek - when I look at it I see added arbitrary EM interference, and added resistance fr... more » Alfisted: Or you could just shorten the cord and run it at the juncture of the mantle and wall, where it would be visible but discreet. This reminds me of the ... more » Digo: Combine this with the bas relief guy and I'll say goodbye to wireless forever. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: That fooled me at first glance, thought it was fancy pants molding more » twoeightnine: You left out the best one. more » -
#shootingchallenge
Shooting Challenge: Thanksgiving
You've got a long weekend to stew in food and everything-but-blood strangers. So take a little time to enter this week's Shooting Challenge: Thanksgiving. (Thermite turkeys optional.) More » -
#imagecache
No, This Is Not Another Slow Shutter Photography Trick
As much as the Artikcar looks like it was drawn with light during a 20-second photo exposure, it's actually a real thing: a rolling, glowing, neon-enveloped quad bike. More » -
#art
"Uffizi in a Touch" Brings Cover Flow to Renaissance Masterpieces
The central guideline of museum going has long been "do not touch." Soon, the Uffizi will flip that rule on its head by allowing visitors to flick and pinch their way through the museum's works of art. More » -
#shootingchallenge
74 Mesmerizing Slow Shutter Shots
Honesty: I never, in my wildest dreams, expected your slow shutter photography to be this crazy-awesome. But 74 of you turned in some humbling shots for this week's Shooting Challenge. More » -
#retromodo
This Is Not a Photoshop
This morning, Ron van der Ende left me speechless with this. They are not pasted in Photoshop. They are not giant tapes. They are not even painted. They are bas-relief mosaics made with old wood cuts. There are more: More » -
#art
Quantum Physics Visualized
I wish that Julian Voss-Andreae had made some of these sculptures when I was in school. While we can't really claim that they represent quantum physics concepts accurately, they still would've made reading about Bosons and Fermions more pleasant. More » -
#art
Judge How Cooked Your Steak Is Based on Video Transmission
Noah Feehan looked at his raw steak one day and thought "What if I plug some composite video into that hunk o' meat?" So he did just that. Turns out that it lets him judge when the steak's perfectly cooked. More » -
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#imagecache
Bacon Sunrise
Over the apple-smoked mountains, the great yolk rose again. And day began anew. [jenntotten via Geekologie] -
#lighting
I Just Can't Get Enough of These Robolamps
Croatian artist Robert Matysiak has a really awesome thing going with his Robolamps. It's just a bunch of plumbing supplies and green light bulbs, but I want to collect them all. More » -
#art
The Dreadful Spinning Beach Ball of Paint
I want to find more (any) time for my painting, but with so many things to do, my artwork usually stalls. Like this half-rendered art piece, crashed and showing Mac OS X's spinning beach ball of death. More » -
#furniture
The Pebro Bench Would Have Been Better as a Seesaw
Sure, the Pebro Bench raises up to become a "sculpture" when no one is sitting on it, but I think the designers could have earned more fun points if they had gone full teeter-totter. More » -
#art
Diamonds Are Forever, but Human Teeth Are Disgusting Beyond Any Temporal Classification
As long as Man polishes stones to woo women, the diamond will rein supreme. But diamonds are expensive and hard to find. And teeth? I've got plenty of free teeth right here. More » -
#pacman
Can Art Reveals Pac-Man’s Gruesome Reality
All this time you thought Pac-Man was a harmless game. This artist's rendering, built entirely in tin cans, shows you the terrifying reality 8-bit graphics couldn't. More » -
#aimeemullins
Normal Was Never Cool: Inception of Perception
Last year I met a beautiful five-year-old child, who had been born with neurofibramatosis (NF), causing her left leg to have extremely brittle bones. More » -
#terrafon
The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of...the Hills
The Alunda Church Choir wanted to see what their giant earth phonograph, the terrafon, would sound like if they dragged it across the ground. Unsurprisingly, it sounds like dirt being plowed. But louder. More » -
#imagecache
Brainputer
Whoa whoa whoa. Wait a second. You're telling me there's no liquid cooling? [Source Unknown] -
#thiscyborglife
EyeWriter Allows Man To Paint Despite Paralysis
Before disease took his ability to move, Tony Quan was an amazing graffiti artist. Now he is completely paralyzed, save for his eyes, and still an amazing artist. Seeing how he works left me with tear-streaked cheeks. More » -
#art
Carbon Fiber Ribbon of Light
I would have assumed this lamp was aluminum, had designer Marcus Tremonto not explained: More » -
#apple
Lego Minifig Macbook Decal: Too Cute to Let Go
Like that Snow White Macbook cover, I love how this Minifig interacts with the logo, instead of just covering it. MacSlap's shop on Etsy says it's sold-out right now—maybe enough interest would inspire more. [Etsy via iPhone Savior] -
#imagecache
The Rubik's Cube's Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art
First, the venerable Rubik's Cube recreated the masterworks of Da Vinci. Today's example, while not quite as grandiose, is still impressive. Ladies and Gents, the Space Invaders are here. More » -
#imagecache
Here Be Lego Dragons
Dragons existed? Well, no, not unless their bones were made of Lego. More » -
#art
Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee
Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam is a lil' bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee More » -
#art
A Gigantic Circular Skateboard Violates Riding Laws 9X Over
Skateboarding legend and artist Mark Gonzales has created a preposterous "Circle Board" for his exhibit, Round n' Round, at the Franklin Parrasch Gallery in NYC. More » -
#design
Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions
After capturing just 3 seconds of brain activity through EEG, designers Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen can carve a snapshot of your thoughts into a block of foam. More » -
#design
Walk Into the Light
You are lost, walking through a dark forest. Unknown animal sounds drill into your ears and fears. The freezing wind crackles above you. And then, reality breaks, opening a gate to an unknown white. Would you enter or run away? More » -
#art
Ask the Artist: How Windows 7's Iconic Home Screen Evolved
Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7's laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work—including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn't make the final design. More » -
#invisibility
More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC
Yesterday, I showed you Liu Bolin's analog take on invisibility. Today, I've got more for you: say hello to Fred Lebain...if you can see him. More » -
#art
Liu Bolin Creates Slowest, Least Practical Invisibility Cloak Ever
Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who makes himself invisible. See him hiding there in the picture above? But wait, how does he do it? More » -
#googlemaps
Giant Urban Cursor Tracks Its Movements in Google Maps
If the Urban Cursor—a giant cursor that captures its movements in Google Maps using GPS—worked in real life, I would use it to minimize Afghanistan, maximize Sweden, and drag and drop some parts of Madrid to the trashcan. More » -
#art
Projectors Morph Boring Building Into Giant Pinball Machine
Urban Screen, the same group behind insane 555 Kubik illusion, built a humongous, functioning pinball machine through facade projection way back in 2007. Why more architecture isn't decorated with multi-story video games, we do not know. [Urban Screen via MAKE] -
#architecture
The Living Light Sculpture
The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It's actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More » -
#design
New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy
I can't imagine how long it took to cut out these extremely detailed maps of NYC. By removing the bustle of street names, traffic flows and landmarks, nothing is left but the city's organizational beauty. More » -
#furniture
A Chair Made From 10,000 Drinking Straws
Finally, a piece of furniture that goes with your drinking straw lamp. Perhaps next time designer Scott Jarve could create a bendy straw couch so that I could mold the seat to my ass better. [Jarvie via Make] -
#robots
The Muralizer Draws Art on Your Wall Automatically
The Muralizer is a device that hangs on a string, automatically drawing the design of your choice on your wall. And hopefully, it'll be a kit you can get yourself in the near future. More » -
#happiness
The Happiness Hat Will Spike Your Skull
This is the Happiness Hat. It detects whether or not you're smiling. If you aren't, it jabs you in the back of the head with a metal spike. Nothing makes people happier than sharp skull pain! More » -
#art
Chris Ware's New Yorker Cover Is Wonderful
It's tough to not love Chris Ware's Halloween cover for the New Yorker, isn't it? [Why, That's Delightful! via Boing Boing] -
#robots
Robot Bricklayer Flawlessly Builds 7000 Brick "Infinite Loop" Without Mortar
If you happen to be on Pike Street In New York's Chinatown between now and November 14th, you might catch a glimpse of "R-O-B" the bricklaying robot building a 7,000 brick "Infinite Loop" sculpture along a pedestrian island. More » -
#art
Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Painted in 4000 Rubik's Cubes
It took five people two months to recreate Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper in Rubik's Cubes, but it will take those same five people the rest of their lives to solve it. [Popped Culture via firstcoastnews via Neatorama] -
#shootingchallenge
48 Stunning Photos of Fall
Earlier this week, we issued our first shooting challenge "fall leaves" to the photographers among you. And holy crap are there some impressive photographers among you. More »








