The housing and rental market is crazy here in the SF/Bay Area. Insane to the membrane. Time to find a 3D printer and build a house. Yes, that’s what is happening in Beijing, China. Chinese company HuaShang Tengda created a two-story 4,305 square feet house using a 3D printing technology. The building job took 45 days and it supposedly withstands 8.0 earthquakes too!
World’s First 3D Printed House
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Ghostbot on Emerging VR Technology
April 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Where will virtual reality take us? The landscape is limitless at this point and finding that one spectacular use for this technology that makes this the next leading trend might be just around the corner. We caught up with Bay Area animation studio Ghostbot after their VR technology discussion panel at Silicon Valley Comic Con and interviewed them to find out where VR is heading.
Take a Selfie with Museum Art Pieces
April 1, 2015 by 2 Comments
Usually snobby art galleries and museums frown upon people taking pictures, but not this museum in Manila, Philippines. The Art In Island museum features 3D perspective art pieces that are interactive. You are encouraged to participate and take pictures with the art work. How fun!
Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
January 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Let’s see what you can else you can do with 3D printers? Why not make a work of art, a Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculpture? And that’s what inventor/designer/artist John Edmark has done. But first let’s define two words: Fibonacci and Zoetrope.
Fibonacci numbers – “the unending sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, … where each term is defined as the sum of its two predecessors.” Dictionary.com
Zoetrope – “a device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.” Dictionary.com
The Bandai Japan R2-D2 3D Wall Poster
December 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Bandai Japan recently released their life-size Iron Man 3D Wall Figure poster in Japan only, and now another neat upcoming release for Star Wars fans – the life-size 3D Wall Figure poster of the iconic droid R2-D2.
Harry Potter Book ReDesign with Pop-Up Art
December 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Like any kid growing up in the era of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, it was a big part of my childhood and it gave me a voracious appetite for reading books. As I stumble around the ‘Nets today, I found this neat student project by Kincső Nagy. The question before on this project – What if all 7 Harry Potter books needed to be republished with new cover designs and illustrated art?
Paper 3D Art Pieces by The Paper Pony Place
May 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Are you looking for some neat geeky art for your boring work cubicle or apartment bedroom? Look no further, check out The Paper Pony Place.
Geometry Artwork by Felice Varini
May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Artist Felice Varini likes to do big 3D-like geometric murals on buildings. The art project was unleashed last month in Paris, France at the Grand Palais.
3D Musical Mapping of Tokyo Rocks
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The Art of Epic
May 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
If you not familiar with animation house Blue Sky Studios they are the team that brought you Ice Age and Rio, and this summer movie season they have teamed up with 20th Century Fox Animation for Epic. Based on William Joyce’s book “The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs”, Epic features an inspiring witty heroine in Mary Katherine and her eccentric father Professor Bomba in researching the “Leafmen” who protect the forest from the forces of evil. Mary finds herself transported into this magical world by touching glowing leaves and thus, her adventure begins.
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