Why bother with wraps, when the BMW i5 Flow NOSTOKANA has a color-changing exterior? South African artist Esther Mahlangu attached 1,349 strips of laser-cut film that can be electronically animated, embodying the latest development in color-changing technology for vehicle surfaces in cooperation with E-ink.
Unlike JPL’s EELS, the Picassnake robot by researchers from the HCI Lab at the University of Manitoba can paint works of art from music. This snake robot basically consists of an arm and a head, both of which are embedded in a plush snake doll.
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This marble ARCADIA arcade cabinet by Paris-based artist Harold Sanouard are made to order and can be configured to play just about any game, or most of them should you opt for one that runs MAME. Aside from looking like something you’d see in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the base configuration measures in at 195 cm x 90 cm x 100 cm, which means you’ll probably need a dedicated room for one of these machines.
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A single wind turbine blade weighs between 15,000-30,000 pounds and measures 100-300 feet long, but recycling retired blades has been an issue for the industry. Ohio-based Canvus wants to change that with their wind turbine blade benches and more.
A wooden Xbox may sound weird, but this kinetic PC case by Robert of Ideal Idea Creations actually doubles as a work of art. Countless hours of work went into this creation, as the front panel has motorized mechanical parts on the front that can be swapped out.
While a CT scanner can reveal fake AirPods, the Hirox HRX-01’s 108-gigapixel scan of Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ is currently the world’s largest 3D microscope scan. The Hirox team scanned the painting at 90x at a resolution of 1.3 microns per pixel.
Artist Eleonora Ortolani, a student at design school Central Saint Martens, turned plastic waste into vanilla ice cream for her final-year project. Called ‘Guilty Flavors’, the formula basically consists of taking a small amount of plastic and then breaking that down into vanillin flavoring.
Here’s a first look at the highly anticipated Pokemon x Van Gogh Museum collaboration, which just started today and runs through January 7, 2024. Guests who visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam can view six Pokemon paintings inspired by Vincent van Gogh including Pikachu Self-Portrait and the Pokémon Sunflora, a variant of Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers (1889).
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Montreal-based startup Acrylic Robotics specializes in using AI-powered robots to make near identical copies of original paintings. This requires a digital system where artists can track all of their brush strokes digitally, and once uploaded, the robot then emulates the original painting using brush attachments.