Windell Oskay, chief technical officer at Bantam Tools, has introduced the ArtFrame, an artist-centric XY plotter designed for use with traditional materials like brushes, charcoal, and oil sticks. Available in two sizes, the ArtFrame is equipped with a magnetic work surface and stand-alone operation capability, making it suitable for creating physical art from digital designs.
Riley Walz has installed a device high up on a pole in the Mission of San Francisco to constantly Shazam music using a crappy Android phone. This is a form of culture surveillance, capturing music being played in real-time. The device is solar-powered and has a microphone pointing down at the street.
The Book of Kells, a revered illuminated manuscript from medieval Europe, has been digitized and made available online by Trinity College Library. This high-resolution digital collection offers unprecedented access to the intricate and detailed artwork of this Irish cultural treasure, enhancing its global reach beyond physical visits to Dublin. The article also mentions a free online course on the Book of Kells, offered by Trinity College professors Rachel Moss and Fáinche Ryan, which explores the manuscript’s history and its significance to various communities, especially the Irish people.
This article tells the story of Loen Design, a design company in Ottawa that repurposed a former tire store. The company's owner, Rich Loen, has been using the old tire sign to display humorous and mysterious messages, attracting attention and curiosity. The article also describes Loen's artistic endeavors, including sculptures, machines, and a large gallery space.
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Transferscope is a prototype device that blends human creativity with AI, allowing users to capture objects or concepts and seamlessly blend them onto any scene, creating new realities. The handheld device runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, uses an edge detection algorithm for image processing, and a server for interpretation and output generation. Transferscope aims to encourage rethinking of everyday environments and objects and showcases the shift from genuine photography to synthetic image creation.
Modern forms of coding make most websites feel like commercial transactions. The HTML Energy movement aims to bring back the joys of the early days.
Kresmo is an Arduino sketch that uses an OpenAI-compatible API to generate a random and brief pithy saying. The sketch uses the U8g2 library for displaying text on an OLED screen, and the WiFi library for connecting to the internet. The ESP32-C3-0.42 module combines all this hardware into one tiny board.
