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905 ping pong balls turned into an interactive video screen

905_ping_pong_projector

This unique art installation uses a canvas of 905 individual ping pong balls as a projection surface for interactive video imagery.

For his work titled 905, artist maybites suspended 67 strings of ping pong balls in a cylindrical formation, with each ball acting as a sort of pixel for projecting digital images. As an individual…

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October 29th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft interactive video

digital clock needs 48 analog hands to tells time

analog_digital_clock_clock

It took me a second to figure out what was going on when I first got a look at this table full of analog clocks. But once I stood back from my screen, I realized that none of the clocks have the correct time and the whole thing is a macro timepiece that tells the…

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May 17th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive timepieces

your old pcs can become a beautiful sunset

PC Monitor Mauritian Sunset

OK, so obviously your old PCs can’t become a real sunset, at least not without some serious Harry Potter-style intervention. However, “Mauritian Sunset” is the name of this art installation where they put together a whole wall of old PCs and monitors to approximate a sunset.

Artist Sandy Smith is responsible for this technological masterpiece. She…

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September 18th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: computing geek art + craft video

blow up: amplifies breath into a windstorm

Blow Up by Snibbe Interactive

This incredible art installation records the tiniest human breathing patterns and magnifies them into a room-filling blast of wind.

Created by interactive artist Scott Snibbe, Blow Up is comprised of two main pieces. On one side of the room is an array of 12 small impellers which act as a breath-controlled input device. On the other…

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February 14th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive