Tim Hunkin: engineer * cartoonist
Lots of good stuff here. Specialty arcade machines, like a photo booth equipped to distract you while the photo is taken (eg by dropping the seat, or blowing cold air at you); notes and shots for 'The Secret Life of Machines' television program; homemade cameras; various large clocks, etc.
[2004 Oct 25] [/hacks/art] [#]
Jonah Brucker-Cohen's website documenting his many art project hacks. Includes things like an engine that project search terms out its exhaust pipe (called "search engine"), a radio controlled fleet of toy police cars that are triggered by a carnivore like IP traffic sniffer, and a build for $10 bucks or less "Drawbot" that rumbles around on three drawing pens.
[2004 Jan 22] [/hacks/art] [#]
A computer controlled spotlight and acoustic beam system that automatically follows a person through an open area as they move about. Resistent to evasion by fast moving or by walking close to someone else.
[2003 Dec 04] [/hacks/art] [#]
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