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lumiBots [Arduino, Objects]
- > 21081
- 07/01/2012
[Photo: S.T. Heizmann]
What looks like a time-lapse recording of bioluminescent critters roaming the deep sea floor is in fact a swarm of 9 autonomous UV light emitting robots inhabiting a 1 x 2 meter phosphorescent surface. Created by Mey Lean Kronemann, ...
The Secret War Between Downloading and Uploading [Books, iPad]
- > 20206
- 10/11/2011
Written by Peter Lunenfeld, The Secret War Between Downloading and Uploading is a book about using digital technologies to shift us from a consumption to a production model. After half a century of television-conditioned consumption/downloading, Lunenfeld tells us, we now find ...
Senseless Drawing Bot [Arduino]
- > 19840
- 25/10/2011
Senseless Drawing Bot is a 4-wheeled graffiti machine, with a pendulum arm, arduino and spray cans to create random strokes as it moves up and down the gallery space. See video below.
Created by So KANNO and Takahiro YAMAGUCHI
Metal Works Supported by Hitto ASAI
The ...
Variations on PI [Processing, Objects]
- > 14076
- 23/12/2010
"Variations on Pi" is a limited edition of 50 unique light paintings created by Nils Völker. Each one of these paintings is based on a different range of consecutive decimal places of the number pi (3,14159... the mathematical constant which ...
Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus [Objects]
- > 11697
- 11/09/2010
The “Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus” was designed by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus. It is a drawing machine that illustrates a never-ending story by translating words of text into patent drawings.
Seven million patents — linked by over 22 million references — ...
The Transcendent City [Inspiration]
- > 10983
- 02/08/2010
Richard Hardy, a recent graduate from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, created this amazing video, exploring questions whether the conception of artificial intelligence has been a necessity in human evolution and if we therefore should embrace emergent technologies to engage ...
Machine To Keep A Feather In The Air [openFrameworks]
- > 10003
- 11/06/2010
Andreas has finally found time to come back to the wonderful personal project he has been working on for some time now. I thought it would be a great opportunity to introduce it to CAN readers, considering I have been ...
Laser Cutter plays Super Mario [News]
Here is an interesting utilisation of a laser cutter. Posted by Jedediah Smith on vimeo, the data sent to the laser cutter has been hacked to make it play Super Mario theme song. Also attached below is another classic tune ...
Zio [iPhone] – in Development
- > 4252
- 29/07/2009
Glenn Marshall has just posted latest update on the development of his upcoming iPhone app "Zeo". Half screensaver, half machine, Zeo is an interactive growing mechanism, a piece of generative art.
Using his ‘Zeno’ algorithm (metamorphosis), Zeo is Glenn's journey into ...

































