I recently stumbled upon this amazing piece of technology, AMOEBA, which seems to be able to generate lines and shapes on a surface of water. “The wave generators move up and down in controlled motions to simultaneously produce a number of cylindrical waves that act as pixels.” I want one. Someone suggested a reference to the water creatures [...]
Artist Reuben Margolin has created a series of wooden kinetic sculptures, which he calls Waves. One of these sculptures “The Square Wave” (image) is made of wooden dowels controlled by an awesome mechanical contraption. You really have to admire the tremendous effort and degree of precision this guy has used to create exactly these billowing [...]
On the topic of the many shapes of water I remembered a couple of digital projects attempting to literally manipulate the shape of water. The project “Bitfall” (top image) creates temporary physical water sculptures in mid-air. It’s a kind of giant vertical matrix printer consisting of a number of synchronized valves spurting out ephemeral imagery. The images only exist for a very short [...]
I recently visited the new museum of urban planning i Beijing. It is a highly recommendable sight for anyone remotely interested in city planning and architecture. They have great models showing the ambitious plans for the city’s rapid growth in for the coming years, a great section on the environmental intiatives that are to make [...]
I just bought these scissors as a birthday present for a soon-to-be four-year-old – and I’m already regretting not getting some for my own use. The trick is – in case you didn’t already know – that these scissors automatically cut the paper in the wavy pattern of your choice – sort of a stencil-meets-scissors-invention. [...]
 On the subject of brain waves, the game of Brainball cannot be ignored. This electronic art installation works in the following way: Two players are seated at a table and their brain activity is measured. By accomplishing the least brain activity the players push a ball forward. Here’s the technical explanation: “The brainwaves that move the ball forward, [...]