‘tech’ Archives
Hack of the day: 1919 folding camera & Canon 5D »
Gorgeousness from the almost hundred year old lens of a Piccolette Contessa-Nettel (1919) folding camera hacked onto the photographer Jason Bognack's Canon 5D. More photos on the artist's blog todaystomorrow via thenextweb
EARonic the Ironic iPhone case by Daniela Gilsanz »
Ever feel like the whole world is watching while you are on the iPhone? Well Daniela Gilsanz created an ironic twist on a contemporary James Bond idea. The EARonic iPhone Case is designed to camouflage the fact that you’re on the phone. Now if only she would come up with an invisibility sleeve for our arm! Of the concept Daniela [...]
Top 10 post on mixingreality.com : July 2011 – »
Ranging from the musical and visual wonder of oscillating guitar strings to cameos carved from the creamy center of Oreo cookies, last month's top posts are eclectic, though with one consistent thread, almost all of them are art oriented. Thank you for continuing to surprise us with your enthusiasm and support. This month, we will be [...]
Robotic Seagull Attracts an Actual Flock of Seagulls »
Not sure what to make of this video of a robotic seagull which is powered simply by the motion of its wings. The robot attracted an actual flock of seagulls during a test flight at TEDGlobal 2011, the annual five-day technology conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. With obvious applications for policing and spying, the video of this device [...]
Jer Thorp : Data Visualization, the Long Tail & »
Even after all this time, I'm still amazed at the long tail, and how likeminds find each other. I was playing around with Google+, and came upon Jer Thorp, who is the data artist in residence at The New York Times. As I clicked around, I came across an award-winning project he did a number of years ago called Petals, which I remembered [...]
BGL’s Jeu en atelier or Game Workshop in »
Feeling a little retro today. From Parisian Laundry, a piece by BGL from 1996 called Jeu en atelier, made of reclaimed wood. Ah, the good old days.
Evan Roth + The Barbarian Group = Mozilla Mark Up »
Oh, the internet, the magic of graffiti mark up language (.gml), and the threat to free culture. The Barbarian Group, Mozilla (Firefox) and artist Evan Roth got together to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web. Thus was born : Mark Up : At once both a beautifully visualized metaphor of everyone’s contributions to [...]
Top 10 posts on mixingreality.com : May, 2011 – »
It was an eclectic month at mixingreality.com. We would be remiss if we didn't mention our most crowd pleasing post for the second month running : Spike Jonze's capture of Yo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck which continues to enchant our readers, after which a number of eco-design posts held the top spots. They ranged from upcycled newspaper wood [...]
Lark: An Entirely New Way to Wake Up On Time »
It's a long weekend, and we hope you don't have to set an alarm, but this is an interesting idea. Lark has: introduced a whole new way to wake your potential. Not your partner. Lark is the first, patent-pending silent un-alarm clock and sleep sensor. An entirely new way to wake up. Comes with a Bluetooth operated wristband, dual [...]
Moscow’s Lebedev Studio Designs Cardboard »
According to their website, Moscow's Lebedev Studio is a privately held company employing over 200 people. We offer advanced industrial, graphic, web and interface design. As a matter of principle, we don’t work with private persons, political parties, religious organizations, jerk-offs, and those whose views conflict with [...]
