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FLARE is a pneumatic building facade system. The FLARE system consists of a number of tiltable metal flake bodies. An infinite array of flakes can be mounted on any building or wall surface in a modular system of multiplied 4×4 FLARE units.
Each stainless steel flake reflects the bright sky or sunlight when in vertical standby position. When the flake is tilted downwards by a computer controlled pneumatic piston, its face is shaded from the sky light and this way appears as a dark pixel. By reflecting ambient or direct sunlight the individual flakes of the FLARE system act like pixels formed by natural light. The system is controlled by a computer to form any kind of surface animation. Sensor systems inside and outside the building communicate the buildings activity directly to the FLARE system which acts as the buildings lateral line. FLARE turns the building facade into a penetrable membrane, breaking with all conventions of the building surface as a static skin.
Materials:
- Cardboard Box
- Piece of Clear Flat Sturdy Material (ie. Glass, acrylic, plexiglas)
- Paper (ie. printer paper, tracing paper, almost any paper)
- Webcam or Video Camera (I use a Philips SPC900NC)
- Computer (dual core recommended, but not needed)
- Optional Picture Frame
Total Cost: $5 - $50
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You might think it costs you a lot to make your own iPhone-like multi touch pad, but actually you can make one yourself for less than $50.
An American soldier exposes US policy in Iraq.
Umbelivable.
Subway Living Room in Prague
On Friday, April 4th, the commuters on one of the trains were rather surprised when a girl has boarded a train, carrying a rug, and spread it out on the floor. Imagine their shock at the next station, where two guys brought in a large armchair, on the following stations accompanied by a coatrack, table, antique telephone, slippers, and a flower in a vase.
Mission: Travel first class on the subway
Location: Prague
Mission Accomplished
More Info @ Improveverywhere
Addicted to Nintendo DS?
Just how addicted do you have to be to Nintendo DS do you have to be to make your own version from paper? Ask this guy who made an awesome animation about it.
YouTube Presentation:
I was bored today and after seeing a post on Kotaku about a kid making his own DS out of paper, I decided to try and make one of my own surprisingly it actually started working….
