A workshop in Namur, Belgium invited artists and makers to construct analogue cyborg enhancements — non-digital prostheses that gave them superpowers. There were some remarkable successes, including a graffiti exoskeleton, a glamorous portable bar, and a magnet-based line-shooter.
One of his wearable devices enables shooting a magnet attached to a string. After shooting, he can use a crank from a fishing rod to pull objects caught with the magnet towards him. This is useful, for instance, when shopping tomato cans in a supermarket. Already the first tests showed that the shooting works well…A graffiti painting exoskeleton was the fruit of Martin's and Xavier's hard work. Mostly built out of PVC pipes, this lightweight construction moves a spray can in 3.5m height on a rope controlled x-y plotter mechanism. Tagging up the hood in unreachable heights? No problem with this rig!
(via Bruce Sterling)
