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905 ping pong balls turned into an interactive video screen

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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

berlin block tetris: where do you go when your floor disappears?

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This clever video by artist Sergej Hein offers a whimsical look at the world of old socialist housing, as seen through the eyes of Tetris.

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October 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video video games

steampunk broadcast video controller actually works, only plays videos from 1932

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This wondrous steampunk contraption may looks like something out of an H.G. Wells time-travel story, but it’s actually modern broadcast video control system, concealed under the shell of a victorian-styled retro-mechanical facade.

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September 30th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful video

skateboarders recreate tetris on streets of sf

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What happens when you get a bunch of skateboarders together, strap brightly colored neon Tetris blocks to their heads, and let them run wild on the streets of San Francisco? This does.

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September 23rd, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video games

3d projection mapping demo has a cameo by pac-man

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I guarantee you this is the coolest video you’ll see today. All I can say is that it was pulled off at a “super-secret” festival in the Northeast of England, and that it involves a building, a projector and Pac-Man.

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September 16th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging strange + wonderful technology video

circuit bent nes makes a fun video synthesizer

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What happens when you splay open the guts of a classic NES console, and wire up a bunch of knobs, buttons and a patch panel? This, of course.

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September 8th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods interactive retro technology video

rise from your grave, apple tablet development rumors

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You just can’t keep a good rumor down. One would think Apple aficionados would have enough to talk about, what with Snow Leopard now gracing the machines of any Mac-owner willing to pony up the paltry $29 Apple asking price.

I guess not.

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August 31st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: chris h.

filed under: computing future tech technology

satanvision red led tv: the devil made him do it

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What might television look like in hell? Maybe a bit like this.

This incredibly lo-fi SatanVision television set was designed by David Forbes. It’s outputs of an unbelievably crappy 128×96 resolution image, and all of the pixels are red. Here it is playing the only video game they have in the underworld, Pong. Oh, and…

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August 29th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods technology video weird science

dishpointer augmented reality iphone 3gs app helps you find satellites with ease

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Ever try to install a satellite dish? Speaking from personal experience, I can say that finding the right line-of-sight from the dish to the skies can be a real pain in the a$$. Now there’s a new app coming for the iPhone 3GS that could make satellite dish positioning just a bit easier.

DishPointer’s next-generation…

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August 28th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging gps + navigation home entertainment technology video

nintendo + tarantino = inglourious plummers

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Here’s a fun little parody of the new Tarantino film Inglorious Basterds, featuring your favorite Nintendo characters from the Mario universe.

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August 14th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun video games

selfic cube 7100: like a tiny black box recorder for your car

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Nobody wants to get in a car crash. But if you have the misfortune of ending up in a fender-bender – or worse, wouldn’t you like to have a video documenting the entire thing for insurance or legal purposes?

Well now you can, thanks to this little bit of modern technology from Korea’s Selfic Technologies.The…

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August 12th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging gadgets gps + navigation mobile tech technology

zgrip iphone 3gs handgrip to help steady video shoots – for a price

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Yep, I’ve got an iPhone 3GS, but I have to say that as much as I love that it can shoot video, I still have a tough time keeping the picture steady while shooting. There’s nothing quite like a little shakycam action to make you lose your lunch when you play back your home movies…

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July 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging media players mobile tech technology

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