Sunday, October 25, 2009

Wooden mirrors by Daniel Rozin

Artist Daniel Rozin has created two amazing wooden mirrors.



Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Coral Gardening

Biologists in Fiji are gardening corals.



(via neatorama)

Friday, October 16, 2009

A mouse playing Quake

To study neurological activity i moving animals, scientist are using the open source Quake II engine.

Tank’s team designed an apparatus in which a mouse, its head firmly held in a metal helmet, walks on the surface of a styrofoam ball. The ball is kept aloft by a jet of air, so that it functions like a multidirectional treadmill. Around it are sensors taken from optical computer mice, which read the ball’s movement as the mouse runs.




Read the article

(via boingboing)

2000 Invisible Dogs

New Improve Everywhere "episode". This time they invade Brooklyn with invisible dogs.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Machinarium - Behind the scenes

Machinarium is a new upcoming game from Amanita Design, the creators of the legendary point-n-click-game Samorost.

BoingBoing has a great blogpost filled with high-res sketches from the creative process behind the game.

Machinarium sketch

Machinarium sketch

Machinarium



Machinarium will be released on Friday.

BoingBoing: Everything but the game

The official website for the game

3d projections on buildings

I wish this is real but I'm not fully convinced. Company NuFormer makes 3d projections tailored for different buildings. The result is very impressive: