Chumby hacking by Bunnie

[bunnie] is one of the main people behind the Chumby, and even he can't resist modding the things. He decided to outfit one with a larger LCD - using a stereo microscope to do the really fine pitch work - and a laser cutter to create a custom bezel for the finished piece. The new LCD is still a touchscreen and allows the Chumby to display 640x480 resolution over the stock 320x240. The mod requires … [Read more...]

Notacon 2008: Dropping humanity in non-places

[Nate Graham] gave a presentation on what he considers 'new media art', the convergence of art and technology. He covered quite a few great examples of what new media art is from many categories: a mower that creates pixel art, Cory Arcangel's famous Super Mario Clouds hack, a whale hunt whose photo capture rate depended on the participant's heart rate, the bike based SMS printer for protests. … [Read more...]