Reading Time: 7 minutes Python is a programming language that’s popular with learners and educators in clubs and schools. It also is widely used by professional programmers, particularly in the data science field. Many educators and young people like how similar the Python syntax is to the English language. That’s why Python is often the first text-based language that…… Continue reading Coding for kids: Art, games, and animations with our new beginners’ Python path
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Raspberry Pi interactive wind chimes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grab yourself a Raspberry Pi, a Makey Makey, and some copper pipes: it’s interactive wind chime time! Perpetual Chimes Perpetual Chimes is a set of augmented wind chimes that offer an escapist experience where your collaboration composes the soundscape. Since there is no wind indoors, the chimes require audience interaction to gently tap or waft…… Continue reading Raspberry Pi interactive wind chimes
These interactive drawing machines are inspired by Japanese zen gardens
Reading Time: 2 minutes These interactive drawing machines are inspired by Japanese zen gardens Arduino Team — August 27th, 2019 Artist Jo Fairfax has created automated drawing machines inspired by carefully manicured Japanese rock gardens, AKA zen gardens. The mesmerizing artwork uses magnets and motors that move underneath a bed of iron filings, generating soothing shapes as viewers come…… Continue reading These interactive drawing machines are inspired by Japanese zen gardens
Get obsessed with art in Lucid Realities Studio’s Viveport Developer Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the first of our latest series of Viveport Developer Stories, we took a trip over to Paris, France to visit with the team at Lucid Realities Studio. Winner of the third annual VDA award in the Arts & Culture category with the experience Claude Monet – The Water Lily obsession, they talked to us…… Continue reading Get obsessed with art in Lucid Realities Studio’s Viveport Developer Story
Bringing a book to life with Raspberry Pi | Hello World #9
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sian Wheatcroft created an interactive story display to enable children to explore her picture book This Bear, That Bear. She explains the project, and her current work in teaching, in the newest issue of Hello World magazine, available now. The task of promoting my first children’s picture book, This Bear, That Bear, was a daunting…… Continue reading Bringing a book to life with Raspberry Pi | Hello World #9
This machine creates images using Skittles as pixels
Reading Time: 2 minutes This machine creates images using Skittles as pixels Arduino Team — July 9th, 2019 Skittles candies come in various vibrant colors. While they may be a tasty treat, JohnO3 had another idea: to create an amazing automated display for the little circles. His device, dubbed the “Skittle Pixel8r,” uses an Arduino Mega to pull a…… Continue reading This machine creates images using Skittles as pixels
Quick Fix — a vending machine for likes and followers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes we come across a project that just scores a perfect 10 on all fronts. This is one of them: an art installation using Raspberry Pi that has something interesting to say, does it elegantly, and is implemented beautifully (nothing presses our buttons like a make that’s got a professionally glossy finish like this). Quick…… Continue reading Quick Fix — a vending machine for likes and followers
Make art with LEDs | HackSpace magazine #16
Reading Time: 3 minutes Create something beautiful with silicon, electricity, your endless imagination, and HackSpace magazine issue 16 — out today! LEDs are awesome Basically, LEDs are components that convert electrical power into light. Connect them to a power source (with some form of current limiter) in the right orientation, and they’ll glow. Each LED has a single colour.…… Continue reading Make art with LEDs | HackSpace magazine #16
Play multiple sounds simultaneously with a Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Playing sound through a Raspberry Pi is a simple enough process. But what if you want to play multiple sounds through multiple speakers at the same time? Lucky for us, Devon Bray figured out how to do it. Play multiple audio files simultaneously with Raspberry Pi Artist’s Website: http://www.saradittrich.com/ Blog Post: http://www.esologic.com/multi-audio/ Ever wanted to have…… Continue reading Play multiple sounds simultaneously with a Raspberry Pi
Adding the Pi to Picasso with wireless digital graffiti
Reading Time: 3 minutes It looks like the Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote) has become a staple in many maker toolkits! Case in point: with the help of a Raspberry Pi and the cwiid Python library, David Pride turned the popular piece of tech into a giant digital graffiti spraycan. Using the Wiimote with a Raspberry Pi While it’s no longer being…… Continue reading Adding the Pi to Picasso with wireless digital graffiti
Creating virtual art with MasterpieceVR
Reading Time: 8 minutes VR is revolutionizing the 3D production process, and MasterpieceVR is on the forefront. We talked to the company’s Marketing Officer, Brendan de Montigny, about their most recent updates and how MasterpieceVR can help both traditional and 3D artists to thrive. MasterpieceVR is available now on Viveport. Hello! Tell us a bit about MasterpieceVR (the company)…… Continue reading Creating virtual art with MasterpieceVR
Salvaged Arduino powers animated House Party
Reading Time: 2 minutes Salvaged Arduino powers animated House Party Arduino Team — October 25th, 2018 What can you do with items that are destined for the dump? As seen here, if you’re Neil Mendoza, you transform old furniture, TVs, computers, art, and even an Arduino Zero that somehow ended up in the trash into a musical installation. His…… Continue reading Salvaged Arduino powers animated House Party
Pay for art with your mugshot
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pay for art with your mugshot Arduino Team — September 17th, 2018 As reported here, digital artist Matthias Dörfelt has created an art vending machine in an attempt to increase awareness around blockchain possibilities, as well as how we handle our personal information. Face Trade, now on display at Art Center Nabi in Seoul, takes…… Continue reading Pay for art with your mugshot
Transform A Wooden Pallet Into 5 Stenciled Signs Perfect For Fall
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