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Bert Simon has taken papercraft to a whole new level. His website has several other portraits and a lot of great photography. You can even download a 12 page PDF and make a paper clone of the artist. Red more about Paper Portraits by Bert Simon – via designverb
Seb sent us this great interactive artwork that features a firework particle system created in Flash. Thanks Seb! Pyro(technics) to the People was a massive interactive digital fireworks display that was here in Brighton last November 5th. (Which is Guy Fawkes Night for readers outside the UK). It was squeezed kicking and screaming into the […]
Lo-tek multitouch using a Web cam, a cardboard box, and a sheet of glass. 5 Minute, Dirt Cheap Multitouch Pad Related: LED multitouch input device No-budget multi-touch interface?
Never been able to realize your artistic vision on the old grey screen? Neil’s project may be of help – Anyone who has tried to use an Etch A Sketch knows that a good deal of co-ordination is needed in order to draw anything but horizontal and vertical lines. It quickly becomes obvious that a […]
Students at Georgia Tech’s music technology and digital media groups have some new music performance work, including wireless computer keyboards worn as guitars for use with custom software for rockin’ out. Scott Driscoll writes: There was a multi-touch table with a variety of games and interactive movies, two Indian songs involving computers writing their own […]
Brendan tipped us off – The Optimus Maximus dynamic display keyboard is available for ownership, a steal @ only $1,589.99 (!) – As you should know by now this amazing keyboard features a tiny screen on each key… that’s 113 screens in all. What can you do with these tiny screens you ask? Well each […]
This is a nice DIY picture frame that will light up when you receive a Skype call or Instant Message. The schematics are available on the website, but unfortunately the code was lost during a re-install. If you want to make this project you need to be able to program the PIC18f2220 and create the […]
