California-based inventor Simon Hallam is the creator of the Zen Table, a remarkable work of art that employs electronics and robotics to sculpt geometric patterns into a field of silicone beads beneath a glass table top.
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Cathedral of 55,000 LED Lights
The Luminarie Cagna is a massive 28-meter high cathedral-like structure made up of over 55,000 colored LED lights. It was on display at the second annual Festival of Lights in Ghent, Belgium.
The “Blest” Machine: Converting Plastic Garbage to Oil
The Japanese company Blest has created a portable machine that converts everyday plastic garbage into crude oil. In this video, Blest CEO Akinori Ito demonstrates the machine and discusses its potential to impact how people perceive their garbage and the implications for the environment at large.
Retro Cassette Decal for iPhone 4
Add this to my holiday wishlist—an old-school “cassette” skin for the iPhone 4 by Etsy member bipbopshop.
Cuelight Interactive Pool Table by Obscura
The one-of-a kind Obscura CueLight projection system turns a game of pool into an amazing interactive art display.
Sol Musical Interface by Designgoat
The Sol is a musical interface in development by Cian Corcoran of Dublin-based agency Designgoat. It allows its user to sample audio from a microphone or another sound source and manipulate it through various types of effects and editing.
Cambodia by Moonlight: Solar-Powered Lantern by Kamworks
Solar energy company Kamworks developed the “MoonLight,” a solar-powered lantern, to serve the 70+ percent of Cambodians that have no access to the power grid. Photos by Mathieu Young.
Nick Gentry: Floppy Disk Portraits
London-based artist Nick Gentry uses old floppy disks as a canvas in his painted portraits, in doing so exploring humanity’s ongoing integration with technology and the issues of identity, life cycles and waste culture inherent within.
Video: Lynx’s Augmented Angels
Augmented reality has been a buzzword for quite a while now, and yet it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that an ad campaign appeared that used it for seemingly obvious means—using virtual babes to market to men (duh).
