“Animation is exported from 3DS Max, and imported into the Lightplot software which then drives a robotic arm to draw the models in the air. The software also controls a DSLR camera to take longRead More…

We usually only see the surface of a painting, but the exhibition Illuminated – Tracing Bosch and Bruegel gives you the chance to get right under the skin of four 16th century paintings. Visitors haveRead More…

“Augmented reality is dazzling when used appropriately. For example, when a tiny James May from BBC’s “Top Gear” explains why the Model-T is an important milestone in modern history, that’s an appropriately awesome use.” Wired:Read More…

“When you walk to your seat in a movie theater for one of the “Live in HD” broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, your experience begins with the sound: the instantly recognizable, immediately comforting hum ofRead More…

Nice work by Pablo Garcia in which twelve drawings of historical drawing machines are drawn by a computer numerical controlled machine. The CNC machine draws each drawing in ink on Stonehenge artist’s paper. Edition ofRead More…

Is this the future of music? Four of Drexel’s HUBO robots perform the Beatles’ “Come Together” in a demonstration that combines cutting-edge engineering technology and research with creative expression, produced by the Music & EntertainmentRead More…

“Two ordinary turntables are hacked to make drawings in the compelling art project “Drawing Apparatus.” The drawings produced by the contraption resemble old Spirograph images, and the simple DIY design of the device has anRead More…

Amazing video to make brains pop. NASA has released videos shot from onboard the Space Shuttle’s Solid Rocket Boosters in the past, but you’ve never seen one prepared as masterfully as “Riding the Booster withRead More…

“In London, Museum visitors are dashing through the Tate Modern, taking in works of art—on their smartphones. During the latest Art Basel art fair in Switzerland, a collector agreed to buy a $250,000 painting—while sittingRead More…

The New Republic has a most interesting cover story about Apple’s design, Bauhaus and Steve Jobs’s pursuit of perfection—and the consequences. Short excerpt: “The Bauhaus was over before the modern advertising industry—at least as weRead More…