The RRRRRRROLL project looks to take ordinary photos and give them a slight twist of animation with spinning objects or people. The artists are able to isolate only a portion of the image to set in motion, which creates bizarre yet intriguing scenes. The effort is made up of at least three photographers, a digital… Continue reading Prepare for Your World to Start Spinning in a ‘RRRRRRROLL’
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The best GIF art on the web, memes and other cool animations.
The 10 Best Amazon Delivery Drone Parodies
By now you’ve probably heard about Amazon’s bold new delivery service powered by drones. It didn’t take long for skeptics to point out potential flaws in Amazon’s idea from security issues to safety hazards to privacy concerns and more. Quickly, new competitor services were born, most notably a team of adorable OWLS to deliver books.… Continue reading The 10 Best Amazon Delivery Drone Parodies
I Like This Poster Book. But What Is It?
Visualized words can be a persuasive form of communication. Anthony Burrill is a graphic designer and print-maker renowned for his work with language and the presentation of words. His use of classic letterpress typefaces combined with simple slogans results in these strikingly profound yet playful works. Burrill has put together a collection of 30 of… Continue reading I Like This Poster Book. But What Is It?
Spectacular Light Sculpture Justifies the Existence of Space, Time and Dubstep
Tesseract, aka the HYPER Cube, is an amazing light sculpture that reacts to sound. The installation encourages visitors to walk straight into the heart of the structure, or cube within the cube, to trigger the dazzling light show surrounding them to “evoke a future world,” encouraged the designers. Developed by the light masters at 1024… Continue reading Spectacular Light Sculpture Justifies the Existence of Space, Time and Dubstep
See How the World’s Forests Have Changed Over Time With the First Detailed Global Deforestation Maps
Using images from the NASA/U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 7 satellite, researchers from the University of Maryland and Google were able to map how the world’s forests have changed since 2000. The enormous computing feat produced the world’s first highly zoomable global deforestation map, enabling us to see where deforestation is taking place at the fastest… Continue reading See How the World’s Forests Have Changed Over Time With the First Detailed Global Deforestation Maps
littleBits Lands $11M to Make Snappable Electronics for Young Makers
Meet littleBits, Legos for the iPad generation. The New York-based hardware startup creates a library of snappable electronic modules that take the intimidation out of making electronic circuits. littleBits aims to make electrical engineers out of your children and won’t stop until every one of us can make our own phones or computers. The company… Continue reading littleBits Lands $11M to Make Snappable Electronics for Young Makers
The Giphoscope Lets You Watch GIFs on the Go Without a Computer
GIFs are often used to display simple animations and other dynamic illustrations on the Web. With their ever increasing popularity, it was only a matter of time till GIFs started to move through the physical world layer as well, sans digital mediums. Can you even imagine the next time you’re looking to satisfy your craving… Continue reading The Giphoscope Lets You Watch GIFs on the Go Without a Computer
MIT Creates an Interactive 3D Shapeshifting Display Controlled by Your Physical Movement
While we’ve been able to communicate with each other visually through our phones and services like Skype, this new technology looks to take reaching out and touching someone to an entirely new form. Developed by MIT’s Tangible Media Group, inForm is a dynamic shape displayer that can render 3D content physically. It allows users to… Continue reading MIT Creates an Interactive 3D Shapeshifting Display Controlled by Your Physical Movement
