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more about #art more comments → met2art: I could wax poetic with glowing praise for your writing and attitude, but I think it will suffice to say, that was beautiful. #prostheses more » Baroness: I have been enjoying reading your posts here immensely, Aimee. Technology, aesthetics, your unique life and point of view is fascinating. I've alwa... more » negated: has star powah: I'm thinking about getting robot legs. It's a risky operation but it'll be worth it. more » negated: has star powah: That's no music, that's the sound of the Earth screaming as it's being raped... #art more » Sticks Calhoun: Given that dirt is pretty much tiny, tiny stones, does that make this...rock music? #puncraft #art more » Gordonium: Geez, those people are seriously straining to get that damn phonograph to scrape the dirt. I like how it's almost entirely OLD people, doing HEAVY lif... more » VenomIreland: No PCI Express? Must be my dad's brain. #braincomputer more » RainyDayInterns: Not if they use airheads as the host... #braincomputer more » Zerod Zunaro: Hmm. Alzheimer wouldn't be such a problem anymore with this. #braincomputer more » FooSchnickens - BPH Free: Manly tears. #eyewritergraffiti 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
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#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 » -
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#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 » -
#art
LED Eyelashes Are the Next Stage in Woman's Self-Torturing Arms Race
Designer Soomi Park is a betrayer of her own sex. She could very well start a trend with these LED eyelashes, forcing women everywhere to painfully affix electrodes to their faces, blinding themselves with each eye-smile. (See the video!): More » -
#art
Al Gore GPS Backpack Looks Like a C4 Bomb
Designed by artist Ted Noten, this backpack consists of a Tom Tom GPS unit embedded inside an acrylic slab. He intends to place it inside a slowly melting glacier in Switzerland—hence the title "Al Gore." More » -
#architecture
If You Suffer Acrophobia, Don't Look at This
Photoshop whiners of the world: Stop saying words! This is not a photomontage. These two doors and the stair are very real, suspended many feet up on the concrete walls of the Congress Hall in Biel, Switzerland. More » -
#software
Marvel's Comic Book Creator Is $&@#ing Brilliant
Marvel's Create Your Own Comic service is designed for kids, but that shouldn't stop you. More » -
#imagecache
Nonsensical Infographics Prove Everything and Nothing
Fact: You can't argue with an infographic, but what if an infographic is missing, you know, the info-mation? Well then it's doubly dangerous, a fact-less argument that argues nothing that you can't dare argue against. [ChadHagen via SystemsOfOperation via boingboing] -
#art
What Could Possible Go Wrong on a Skatekeyboard?
ASDFG and ZXCVB—those aren't just QWERTY strings, they're also potential sounds you'll make when face-planting off the Skatekeyboard. [F.A.T. via MAKE] -
#art
The Desperate Puppy in the Window, Digitized
Projected against a shop window in New York, Sniff is a 3D animated dog. He's just a computer-generated rendering, sure, but he's got personality—he reacts to your gestures, follows you around, and presented with a group, chooses favorites. More » -
#imagecache
Coat Hanger Gorilla in Captivity
Great, just when I was over the Boogie Man, there's a new monster living amongst my nice shirts. Where's Jane Goodall's modular closet organizer when you need it? [David Mach via ReubenMiller via Geekologie] -
#art
Augmented Reality Finger Billboard Prods, Destroys Passersby
Chris O'Shea, an artist with latent fantasies about growing into a giant and teasing, then destroying, the people of Liverpool, England, has a new installation! It's a live video billboard that teases, then destroys, the people of Liverpool, England. More » -
#audio
Sony Converts Iceland Town Into Massive Soundsystem
Back in March 2009, Seydisfjordur, Iceland, was invaded by the weirdest and most zowielala plague there could be: Music. Sony installed a ton of speakers of all shapes and forms everywhere, some of which I've never seen. More » -
#lighting
Desk Lamp Rotates To Become a Light Box For Artists
If you dabble in art and design, you will immediately see the benefit of a lamp that can rotate and adjust positions to become a light box. More » -
#decor
Lamp Mummified by Power Cord
If Tutankhamun died today, no one would wrap the pharaoh in cloth—that stuff is useless when one's body rises again in the afterlife. What any guy always needs on hand is a long, radioactive orange extension cord. More » -
#imagecache
Urban Renewal, OS 9 Edition
Spotted by a reader outside of Providence, Rhode Island (what isn't "outside of Providence" in RI, anyway?), some charming little OS-9-themed graffiti on an abandoned nightclub. Wallpaper-sized shots after the jump. More »
