DIY + Unusual Motion Tech
Optical analog video feedback in a massive, rotating 4K machine
It’s digitally controlled optical goodness: a humble Teensy translates analog knob turns into control of 4K displays, all built into beautiful mahogany enclosures and giant cranks. The result: elegant, precise fractals blossom out of 4K displays by literally tweaking the knobs on the units. Behold, The Light Herder!
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Here are ten hours of infinite fractals and falling Shepard’s Tones
Yesterday was one of the stranger 24 hours in the 15+ year history of producing this site, as you may have heard. So here is a palette cleanser, then, in case you have a … wine hangover.
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2020
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'The Nature of Code' Book Illustrates Coding Design Secrets – And Power of Self-Publishing
In traditional visual arts, some knowledge of color theory and form is essential to being expressive. From there, you move on to tricks of shading and perspective. These shared understandings allow even radical experimentation: the likes of Picasso, Dalí, and even Pollock played with their classical inspirations and training. Creative programmers have a bag full […]