Laser magician
This is pretty neat, a video of a magician that incorporates a high powered green laser in to his act… – [via] Link.
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THIS IS TENGU!
I’m not sure what this is, but I really like it (check out the video) – Link.
Anamorphic painting of a ship
When you look through the little glass/mirror you can see the entire ship, clever work from 1744-ish… An anamorphic painting, a composition that can only be viewed with a special mirror that restores the deformed image. This example was originally attributed to Van de Velde, a Dutch artist, but its origins are now uncertain. Painted […]
Medicine Man
If there are any London makers going to this please take some photos! WHERE can you find a torture chair, Napoleon’s toothbrush and Florence Nightingale’s slippers? Answer: In a free exhibition opening in London today. They are among more than a MILLION bizarre objects stockpiled by eccentric tycoon Sir Henry Wellcome, an obsessive collector. And […]
Leonardo Da Vinci’s lathe
Stuart King’s reconstruction of Leonardo Da Vinci’s lathe – Many of Leonardo’s inventions have been put to the test in recent times, indeed a number of them, such as his hang glider have been the subject of absorbing television documentaries. Because it appeared that no one had previously attempted to recreate the great mans lathe, […]
20 magic videos
Here are 20 great video that show you how to do many of the magic tricks you’ve seen before (this video is the ole’ pen through money trick) – [via] Link.
Dynamic Abstraction: computer generated art with Actionscript
Jason @ Hackszine on Joshua’s DIY art examples… Understatement: Joshua Davis creates some really incredible artwork in Flash. By combining vector primitives, a carefully chosen color pallete, some deterministic rules, and pinch of random(), the images are generated in Actionscript at runtime. Each time the software is executed, a unique image is created, though it […]
