A ferrofluid (from the Latin ferrum, meaning iron) is a liquid which becomes strongly polarised in the presence of a magnetic field.
Ferrofluids are composed of nanoscale ferromagnetic particles suspended in a carrier fluid, usually an organic solvent or water. The ferromagnetic nano-particles are coated with a surfactant to prevent their agglomeration (due to van der Waals and magnetic forces). Although the name may suggest otherwise, ferrofluids do not display ferromagnetism, since they do not retain magnetisation in the absence of an externally applied field. In fact, ferrofluids display paramagnetism, and are often referred as being "superparamagnetic" due to their large magnetic susceptibility. True ferromagnetic fluids are difficult to create at present.
Sunday 28 November 2010
Donald in mathemagic land
OF COURSE ALL OF THIS IS ELEMENTARY TO A DESIGNER! BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THE RULES AND PATTERNS WHICH GOVERN NATURE!
"Everything is arranged according to number and mathematical shape” – Pythagoras
"Everything is arranged according to number and mathematical shape” – Pythagoras
I'M in LOVE with Nixie!
Nixie Tubes are so AMAZING!
Reminds me of the Cold War! A lot of these clocks... were installed in military installations.
Nixie Tubes have about 5000hours longevity and the newer ones.. pre-1990's up to 200,000hours.
Reminds me of the Cold War! A lot of these clocks... were installed in military installations.
Nixie Tubes have about 5000hours longevity and the newer ones.. pre-1990's up to 200,000hours.
OLD ADVERTISEMENTS
I don't know how to feel about out Advertisements.
I just feel they were more innocent and we were more trusting at the time.
These days we are walking down a street and seeing an information blur...our minds filter out, and shut off to all the mass advertising we see..
...which makes me think..... Are advertising print campaigns more powerful now.. using 12 sheet ad shells, amongst the wash of media from internet, TV, Radio, Print.
...Or were campaigns more effective in the past? When they were painted on the side of buildings.
and you weren't constantly having to close your mind off to their marketing messages.
JUST MY THOUGHTS!
"WOW wouldn't it be nice if the was 1 week in the year called NO AD WEEK? To give our minds a fresh rinse of all the products, and then it would also be exciting to see which ad campaigns would be effective on the commencing week back to the world of MASS MEDIA ADVERTISING."
I just feel they were more innocent and we were more trusting at the time.
These days we are walking down a street and seeing an information blur...our minds filter out, and shut off to all the mass advertising we see..
...which makes me think..... Are advertising print campaigns more powerful now.. using 12 sheet ad shells, amongst the wash of media from internet, TV, Radio, Print.
...Or were campaigns more effective in the past? When they were painted on the side of buildings.
and you weren't constantly having to close your mind off to their marketing messages.
JUST MY THOUGHTS!
"WOW wouldn't it be nice if the was 1 week in the year called NO AD WEEK? To give our minds a fresh rinse of all the products, and then it would also be exciting to see which ad campaigns would be effective on the commencing week back to the world of MASS MEDIA ADVERTISING."
Welcome to RUSSIA!
Posters from a guy called Mr.Evil who is a russian artist trying to convey his impression of Russia.
Apparently the SBS or Police have told him to not leave Russia, or create anymore of this type of imagery.
The picture of a woman next to a sign is a public toilet... in Russia all public toilets have a cost.
10R for Russians. 20R for Tourists.
I would still love to live in Russia.. esp St. Petersberg, or Moscow.
Saturday 13 November 2010
Final Service Industry Poster
A poster I propose for my zine magazine. (A0 Print poster BLACK+WHITE only)
It's basically about how somebody from the past in the 1950's would feel concerned about the service industry of the future, and also how we from the present can appreciate how much better the service industry was in the 1950's. I was so heavily influenced by Russian Constructivism with the layout of this poster.
It's basically about how somebody from the past in the 1950's would feel concerned about the service industry of the future, and also how we from the present can appreciate how much better the service industry was in the 1950's. I was so heavily influenced by Russian Constructivism with the layout of this poster.
Wednesday 10 November 2010
KINECT! HACKED WHY POST HERE?
Perhaps it seems strange posting this news here, but with my thirst to be cutting edge, to be dynamic with design.
I can see the future of being able to use a kinect in a installation which with the use of processing language and visuals we will be able to interact on a new level with the art we are viewing.. much more interactively than matt pikes Nokia, ambient media installations.
the Kinect is 150pound kit which is able to 3d map environments, on XYZ! it is able to perceive depth which has until now been impossible for the consumer market.
Originally developed by Israeli military technology, it was brought to the consumer market.
Apple wanted to tie this up in so much privacy and DMCA etc rights that the company who produced it then moved onto Microsoft. I CANT WAIT ONEDAY TILL THIS IS HACKED FULLY SO WE CAN PAINT, USE THEM IN INSTALLATION ART, AND INTERACTIVE DESIGN.
NEWS SO FAR WITH REGARD TO HACKED DRIVERS!
LibFreenect - Open Source PC Drivers for Kinect
>> Marcan released the first Open Source Drivers for Kinect:
[QUOTE]
Horribly hacky first take at a Kinect Camera driver. Does RGB and Depth.
main.c implements a simple OpenGL visualization. Hopefully it should be mostly self-explanatory... You pretty much just open the USB device, call cams_init(dev, depthimg, rgbimg), and your depthimg and rgbimg callbacks getcalled as libusb processes events.
TODO:
- TONS of cleanup. I mean LOTS.
- Proper buildsystem (CMake probably)
- Determine exactly what the inits do
- Bayer to RGB conversion that doesn't suck
- Integrate support for the servo and accelerometer (which have already been reverse engineered)
BIG TODO: audio. The audio chip (the Marvell) requires firmware and more init and does a TON of stuff including the crypto authentication to prove that it is an original Kinect and not a clone. Who knows what this thing does to the incoming audio. This should be interesting to look at.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]
Horribly hacky first take at a Kinect Camera driver. Does RGB and Depth.
main.c implements a simple OpenGL visualization. Hopefully it should be mostly self-explanatory... You pretty much just open the USB device, call cams_init(dev, depthimg, rgbimg), and your depthimg and rgbimg callbacks getcalled as libusb processes events.
TODO:
- TONS of cleanup. I mean LOTS.
- Proper buildsystem (CMake probably)
- Determine exactly what the inits do
- Bayer to RGB conversion that doesn't suck
- Integrate support for the servo and accelerometer (which have already been reverse engineered)
BIG TODO: audio. The audio chip (the Marvell) requires firmware and more init and does a TON of stuff including the crypto authentication to prove that it is an original Kinect and not a clone. Who knows what this thing does to the incoming audio. This should be interesting to look at.[/QUOTE]
Zine Idea's
CUSTOMER SERVICE is down the drain!
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Vintage Watches.
It may be no secret I LOVE WATCHES!
People say... oh you don't need a watch in this day and age due to being able to tell the time on your phone.. I totally disagree! Watches are something which in my family, and I hope for generations to come in my family will be passed down, and handed from son to son.
Right now.. Im really keen on owning a vintage stylised watch.. and for that the are only two types of watch which are sticking in my mind....
ORIS - the brand has had huge success while sponsoring sports events around the world and have released a watch called Oris Vintage 70's Limited Edition.
Beautiful Watch clearly representative of the 70's period.
OKEAN(OCEAN)
A russian branded watch, which was used on the first space missions, beautiful and also iconic of the early 70's design period.
People say... oh you don't need a watch in this day and age due to being able to tell the time on your phone.. I totally disagree! Watches are something which in my family, and I hope for generations to come in my family will be passed down, and handed from son to son.
Right now.. Im really keen on owning a vintage stylised watch.. and for that the are only two types of watch which are sticking in my mind....
ORIS - the brand has had huge success while sponsoring sports events around the world and have released a watch called Oris Vintage 70's Limited Edition.
Beautiful Watch clearly representative of the 70's period.
OKEAN(OCEAN)
A russian branded watch, which was used on the first space missions, beautiful and also iconic of the early 70's design period.
Both Watches have very beautiful period designs and priced closely around each other (900-1400$)
I really don't know which one to purchase. Any IDEAS?
If you have one of these watches and would like to donate it to me.. please get in touch;)
Monday 1 November 2010
How weird was people from the 1950's ?
IS SHE SPREADING RAW MEAT ON THAT BREAD?
WHY DOES THE CHILD LOOK LIKE SHES JUST KILLED HER PARENTS!
WHY DOES THE CHILD LOOK LIKE SHES JUST KILLED HER PARENTS!
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