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Video-bending with glitchNES

Video-bending with glitchNES

Many of us can recall repeatedly trying to load up NES cartridges that, for one reason or another, decided to display shifting screens of random bits instead of their intended game. No Carrier’s open source glitchNES software makes exploring those accidental realms of digital art easy. Alter the code to your heart’s content then load […]

Wearable metadata

Wearable metadata

Patty Maes of the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab introduces what may be the must have gadget in the not so far future. The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector […]

SixthSense wearable data interface

SixthSense wearable data interface

The SixthSense project from the MIT Media Lab aims to seamlessly integrate digital information with our everyday physical world. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, […]

How-To: Hand-drawn holograms

How-To: Hand-drawn holograms

We’ve posted a bit about abrasion holography in the past, but since then, “science hobbyist” extraordinaire Bill Beaty has posted the above vid demonstrating some great examples of his technique. The process is surprisingly simple, requiring some basic materials and a bit of patience – Scratch-holograms can be made on CD cases using a couple […]

Night of the Living Dead Pixels

Peter writes in the comments about Blender. He and his mates did an independent study to learn Blender, an open source software platform for 3D design and animation. The results of their work is a clever short film titled The Night of the Living Dead Pixels. Their video animation was awarded best short film at […]