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Paul the Robot draws sloppily by design

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

If I built a robot that could do anything I wouldn't name it something boring like Paul. That's exactly what artists and designer Patrick Tresset did when he built his robotic arm that can draw people's portraits. Paul the drawing robot is made intentionally to be messy rather than uber precise like most robots want to be. The bot is made to look at your face with a camera and then draw your face with a pen in what my 6-year-old daughter would call scribble-scrabble. Read The Full Story

Epic Hot Wheels racetrack was four years in the making

Shane McGlaun, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [5]

My son has been collecting Hot Wheels cars since he was two. He was always too busy rolling them around and crashing them into each other and walls to put the cars into his mouth. I bet today he has about 5,000 cars scattered around the house and outside in various bins and boxes. It worked out good for me since the cars are cheap and getting him one or two each week didn’t affect the budget as a video game habit would. We have also spent countless hours over the years playing with Hot Wheels tracks that were never as cool once put together as they seemed in the box. Read The Full Story

Artist makes surfboard out of 72 beer cans

Shane McGlaun, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

DIY art is cool and when it involves the ocean and beer, it may be the perfect DIY project for the summer. Artist Rich Morrison took the sort of trash generated by many summer days at the lake or beach for many folks - beer cans - and used those cans to make something pretty cool. Morrison took 72 different beer cans and used them to create a surfboard for riding the waves that actually works. At least it works for him; the board wouldn't work for me at all unless its purpose was to dump me on my head in the surf. Read The Full Story

Polish sculptor makes a room out of old computer parts

Shane McGlaun, Jun 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

I thought I had a lot of computer parts and gadgets in my closet, but I have nothing in this room. A Polish designer and sculptor has created this room out of some wooden studs and a bunch of old computer parts. Apparently, the parts inside the room come from three years worth of the artist's old computer gear. I think I might have 5-years worth of old computers around here, I might be about to build a new house. Read The Full Story

Datamancer Steampunk Laptop now Available for Preorder in US

Ammon Carpenter, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

Richard Nagy wowed us when he created the Datamancer steampunk laptop a while back. Those wishing to add a Victorian flair to their PC need not wait longer. Pre-orders are now being taken for these eclectic works of art. The pre-order price is $5,500, which is pretty steep for a laptop, but this is not just a laptop. The brass and copper workings of gears and sprockets actually work. Read The Full Story

Exhibit at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin gets people drunk

Shane McGlaun, May 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

I've been to a few museums in my day and generally, they end up being boring paces where you can't touch anything. In Germany when you visit a museum that has contemporary art not only can you touch some of the stuff, you can get wasted on some of the exhibits. The pic you see below is the before shot of an exhibit that was on display at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. If you can’t quite make out what those blue cubes are, I'll give you a hint. Read The Full Story

Cotton Balls, DC motors, and cardboard boxes make art

Shane McGlaun, May 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

My daughter is in kindergarten and she is always bringing home some sort of art project she made at school. The last one was a chick made from cotton balls that were pulled apart to make the little chick look fuzzy. That is the only art I think of when you say cotton balls are involved. An artist called Zimoun that is known for using cardboard and DC motors to create sound and art installations has used those materials with some cotton balls attached to create the latest installation. Read The Full Story

Starts with V paintball machine uses 840 barrels to make instant art

Shane McGlaun, May 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

I have played paintball before and the gun is used wasn't that accurate. Anything more than a few feet from me may or may not be hit. I am sure some of it may be the fact that I can't shoot straight though. If you are a fan of the V Energy Drink or paintball, in general you will get a kick out of this contraption that puts 840 barrels of paintball madness onto the back of a truck with some other gear to make a giant paintball art project in one messy go. Read The Full Story

Tron: Legacy designer talks digital art & gooey holograms

Chris Davies, Apr 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Whether you were disappointed or otherwise with Tron: Legacy, it's hard to argue with the movie's blend of CGI graphics and human actors. Digital designer Joshua Nimoy was responsible for much of the software art, and he's shared some of his tips & tricks, as well as how he used authentic UNIX commands so as to avoid cringeworthy Hackers-style gimmicks. Read The Full Story

Light-Painting Visual Art Reveals WiFi Signal Topography

Rue Liu, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [2]

Here's an interesting visual art project that reveals the invisible landscape of our WiFi networks and explores the effects that these intangible phenomena have on how we experience products and cities. The "Immaterials: Light Painting WiFi" project was created by visual artists Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, and Einar Sneve Martinussen. Read The Full Story

DIY Transformers 2 Megatron tank is utterly crazy

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2011 Discuss [4]

All of a sudden, Batman Tumbler replicas don't seem quite so intimidating. Chinese artist "Steel Legend" has put together an incredible, huge replica of the Megatron tank from the Transformers 2 movie, as seen on ZCool: almost five tons of hand-crafted madness. Read The Full Story

Solider in Afghanistan Uses Recycled Materials to Make Awesome Action Figures

Samia Perkins, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [1]

PFC Rupert Valero, stationed at Khandahar, Afghanistan, has been using his spare time to build robots and action figures out of found recycled materials. He uses things like bottle caps, microwavable soup containers, yogurt cups, and even Dr. Scholl's foot powder containers to assemble his creations. In an interview with the blog Another Limited Rebellion, Valero said: "I love to improve 6” super-articulated action figures. I have an engineer’s mentality, so nothing is ever perfect enough. So I am big on tweaking and at time breaking and rebuilding toys. The use of found items is based on what is available to me out here. Slowly, I have amassed more resources like paint and hobby tools. Assemblage has really grown on me to the point I will continue to build from found items." Continue after the cut to see more of his super-fantastic action figures. Read The Full Story