SteamSHIFT

fragments

Fire speaking to you: “Firebirds is based on a scientific experiment from the Victorian area, in which Chichester Bell discovered that a membrane stretched over a gas flame produces audible vibrations in the flame, resulting in a kind of ‘flame loudspeaker.’ Gas flames, suitably modulated by electrical fields can be made to act as omnidirectional loudspeakers of surprising clarity and amplitude.”

An installation by Paul DeMarinis.

(Via we make money not art.)

Old now but good:

A Wooster Exclusive: Banksy’s Travel Photos

(Via Wooster Collective / A Celebration of Street Art.)

Class!

Money Trees From My Dog Sighs: “

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Lego - always a winner!

Seen In Johannesburg, South Africa: “

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sketchel: “A sketchel is a new shoulder satchel concept that

houses original, one-off art on flexible canvas panels by leading

international artists and designers, and amazing up and coming artists

and designers too.

This makes each sketchel a unique art work, while still being a

functional product, and the canvas panel is protected behind a thick,

clear PVC cover. The sketchel is made of black vinyl, with metal

fasteners and rivets, adjustible shoulder strap, and internal pockets.

Sketchel is something very personal, and one of a kind. It is not

a mass market or mass produced product at all… but rather, the

opposite of that.

No one in the world will have the same sketchel as you. “

Just a few URLs that I found inspiring:

Eleksen
Using GPS with GPSy and Macromedia Director MX
Build Your Own LCD Video Projector
Sensitive Object
10*10

On a related note - Mac Mini has to be one of the best devices for the brains for interactive art; small, powerful and a mac!!

– SteamSHIFT

From tents:

To houses:

Geodesic Domes are great! They need no internal supports:

And are supposedly actually pretty easy to build!

Concrete - that well known building material renowned generally for being cold and grey and generally, well, solid.

But all sorts of great techniques and technologies are beginning to come through that challenge those ideas.

For a start there is colouring concrete - either by adding a dye to the mix or by acid staining it.

Challenging traditional notions further, how about concrete that can heat up also here

And perhaps for the maddest of all … concrete that allows light through

Making smart things simple. And simple things smart.

Digital technologies are transforming one industry after another. As the effects pervade our lives every company needs to rethink its products and services. What works for people? What can technology do that they’ll value? What does it all mean for me?

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