Augmented Reality Special Magazine Edition

As we prepare for our upcoming events with Virtual Public Art Project in the coming months here is another example of Augmented Reality and the virtual world VPAP projects exist in. Read more at [...]

The Wonderful World of Robots

A crazy great old Jam Handy Picture about robots. Does anyone know the date of [...]

*Waiting for VBLANK*

Wil Lindsay, one of three digital artists selected for the inaugural July 4th Art in the Air initiative shot some home video of PECO’s Crown Lights tower in action. Wil’s 30 second clip is an extension of an ongoing project he works on called, VBLANK:

The name VBLANK is derived from the code used to [...]

Concerto for Three MakerBots

The versatility of desktop 3D printers can be seen (and heard!) in the video below. For a bit more background info check this out: Crashspace

Lego Hello World

Enter the wild world of [...]

Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby

Philadelphia’s 2010 Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby is set for this Saturday, May 22.  NextFab Studio created some nifty awards to give out to Derby winners that are kinetic sculptures in their own right and include a one month gift certificate to NextFab Studio

Enlightenment . . . one party at a time

Artist Steve Brower will speak at Lucid NYC on May 26th.

Steve’s BPL-003, Moranic Mission recently landed at EKG en-route to Montana. He used the layover to spend some time in Philadelphia and launch a kickstarter.com campaign where he raised over $2000 — which should be enough to get him to Big Sky country.

Here’s how [...]

The Vocoder: From Speech-Scrambling To Robot Rock

A nice audio clip from NPR on a particular history of distortion: The Vocoder: From Speech-Scrambling To Robot Rock

Music journalist Dave Tompkins has written a book about the vocoder and its unlikely history. It’s called How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War II to Hip-Hop.

With [...]

Iron Man 2's 'Secret Sauce'

A little something for the 3D Printing crowd . . .

Maybe the most cutting-edge facet ofIron Man 2‘s production was the real-life fabrication of the suits. Using 3-D printers, the film’s production company, Legacy Effects, was able to have artists draw an art concept–and then physically make that concept in just four [...]

Vader Lives

Check it out: Tasman Richardson re-sequences single frames (with original sound) from Star Wars, Episode IV to create [...]