Bruce Sterling found this video of Anne Lilly's wonderful kinetic sculptures on an equally wonderful Tumblr called softrobotcritics.
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Ten kinetic sculptures by Anne Lilly
These spooky kinetic sculptures are mesmerizing
When she's not in her tattoo studio, New Orleans artist Jamie Winn is creating haunting automata pieces that are truly a delight. The painted wood pieces featuring both nature and the supernatural are stunning on their own, but with the turn of a crank, suddenly tornados are ripping through landscapes, an owl flaps its wings,… READ THE REST
Amazing in-camera patterns with a video feedback kinetic sculpture
Happy Mutant Dave Blair built a device to make gorgeous recursive video patterns. He says: This contraption uses two HD monitors, a Nikon DSLR camera and a sheet of beam splitter glass to produce video feedback and fractals in real-time. You'll see naturally occurring Sierpiński triangles, and patterns and shapes found in nature. This is… READ THE REST
Hypnotic wooden kinetic sculptures
David C. Roy (previously) creates mesmerizing wooden kinetic sculptures. Behold his 2020 creation "Synchronicity." He was featured earlier this year for a nice profile by Wired. Some real beauties on display, and it's great that he turned his interest into a business! Image: YouTube / David C Roy READ THE REST
Brilliant is the fun, hands-on math and science training you always wished you'd had
There are so many ways a math or science education can go horribly sideways. With subjects that require such intricate learning techniques to understand things correctly, all it takes is one false move for a student to be thrown off track only to find themselves hopelessly lost. Loads of young professionals who had bad experiences… READ THE REST
Want the secrets that every great CFO already knows? This e-book explains it all.
A company's CEO is its true leader, heading up every move a firm makes. As befitting their position at the head of the table, CEOs reap the benefits when new projects and ideas succeed — and take the ultimate responsibility when they don't. But just as in every organization, success and failure have many contributors.… READ THE REST
This Wi-Fi router with a 4-antenna array can blast a signal all over your home
You can have a house packed to the rafters with smart home technology. But if you don't have a quality router poised and ready to handle the load of a modern household, all those tech toys are…well, just that. Toys. Obviously, spotty Wi-Fi these days is unacceptable, so employing a top-notch piece of equipment like… READ THE REST