The ISHU – a €340 scarf designed by Access All Brands with ‘anti-flash’ technology engineered to blow out the exposure of flash photography, supposedly thwarting pesky paps (and, presumably, opportunistic mates at the ugly end of a long night out).
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The slow but deeply satisfying gravity action of the Drip Printer, developed by Ted Kinsman at Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology’s College of Imaging Arts & Sciences.
The device prints one drop per second of anything from boring old ink to coffee, red wine or whatever you like, with adjustable drop density for halftones.
A ‘musical webtoy’ by Olivia Jack that translates black and white imagery into sound.
You can also draw and upload your own images.
Say bye-bye to at least half an hour here.
Study For Fifteen Points – a kinetic sculpture by Florian Ortkrass and Hannes Koch of Random Internationa.
A skeletal automaton with fifteen motorised arms whose LED tips – viewed from the right angle – mimic the motion of a walking figure.
A new form of body ink from tech startup Ephemeral creates regular looking ‘trial’ tattoos that fade after a year (or sooner).
Apparently, the molecules of traditional tattoo dyes are too large for the immune system to eliminate, hence the permanence of the mark. Ephemeral’s smaller dye molecules have a protective coating that breaks down after a year. The dye can also be neutralised by a special solution at any point.
While still testing the process, the company hopes to bring it to market by late 2017.
German digital artist Tobias Gremmler applies the science of motion capture to kung fu, creating animated sculptures to express the physics of the martial art.
A pleasing animated tribute to all things thunk and ding [inspired by classic pinball games Twilight Zone (1993), Medieval Madness (1997), Tales of the Arabian Nights (1996), The Addams Family (1992) and Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure (1993)] by the nice people at Device animation studio in Barcelona.
A video posted on the Facebook page of NSW Green MP Jeremy Buckingham (which has since gone viral). To wit:
Gas explodes from Australian river near fracking site. I was shocked by force of the explosion when I tested whether gas boiling through the Condamine River, Qld was flammable. So much gas is bubbling through the river that it held a huge flame. There has been concern that fracking and extraction of coal seam gas could cause gas to migrate through the rock. Not only is it polluting the river and air, but methane is an extremely potent heat trapping gas. Fugitive emissions from the unconventional gas industry could be a major contributor to climate change and make gas as dirty as burning coal.
An impressive marching, halting, clashing and melee demo from crowd related visual effects and autonomous character animation maestros – Massive Software.
