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Band Samples Binary Star System’s Sounds for Reggae Tune
Data gathered from two stars using the Kepler telescope has been transformed into a reggae riff for New Jersey band Echo Movement.
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Multicolored Watertower Lights Up Brooklyn
A Brooklyn artist has added a striking multicolored water tower made from 1,000 pieces of reclaimed Plexiglas to his neighborhood's skyline.
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iPhone App Scans Your Music Collection, Identifies All the Samples
WhoSampled.com's vast database has long been a source for music geeks to identify where their favorite samples came from, but now it's coming to your smartphone too.
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Filmmakers Use Drones to Spy on Facebook, Google HQs
Customized drones capture images from unseen parts of Dublin, including the inside of the tech powerhouses' headquarters, for Loitering Theatre, a film about the "democratization of surveillance."
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Spider-Man’s 50th Birthday Present: A Sidekick
It's taken him half a century, but Spider-Man has finally joined his fellow comic book luminaries Batman, Captain America and -- uh -- Green Arrow in obtaining the most prized of superhero status...
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This Exquisite Forest Brings Collaborative Animation to Chrome
A new project lets artists and storytellers build upon each other's animated tales to create Creative Commons-licensed works, much like the Exquisite Corpse parlor game.
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The Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack Gets Augmented by RjDj App
An interactive edition of Hans Zimmer's powerful soundtrack immerses your ears in Gotham City's madness.
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Harry Potter Producer Cringes at Films’ Early Visual Effects
British film producer David Heyman says the visual effects in the early Harry Potter films make him shudder.
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Disney Shows You How to Play Music on a Houseplant
Disney researchers have come up with a system called Botanicus Interactus that can turn a typical household plant into a touch-sensitive computer peripheral. And that means you can make music with a...
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Blue Sky Project Will Use Drones to Deliver 3-D Portraits
A nonprofit called ReAllocate is developing an art project — called Blue Sky — for Burning Man that will scan people and 3-D-print a model of them before delivering it by drone using GPS tracking.
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Manga Artist Lets Anyone Use His Work, Royalty-Free
Japanese artist Shuho Sato is to allow anyone to use and adapt his work for without having to pay royalties.
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How the BBC Reunited Every Dalek Ever for Doctor Who’s New Series
The Daleks returning to Doctor Who is hardly bow-tie spinning stuff. But every Dalek ever? Every single type from the show's 49-year history reunited in one room? Well, that's more trouble than you can...
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Vimeo ‘Tip Jar’ Lets Users Pay Creators for Content
The battle to monetize user-generated content took another step forward Wednesday with the launch by Vimeo of a new "tip jar" feature. Available to anyone with a paid Vimeo account, it allows content...
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David Blaine Preps for ‘Electrified’ by Getting Hit With Tesla Coil Currents
By Liat Clark, Wired UK How does David Blaine prepare in the days before being encircled by 1 million volts of electricity, emitted by seven Tesla coils, for 72 hours? Only by getting hit in the back...
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Looper Director Makes Downloadable Commentary for In-Theater Use
Helmer Rian Johnson has released a free audio file that repeat viewers of his time-travel movie can take into theaters for added insight.
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Kick-Ass Writer Mark Millar on Why Superhero Genre Was Due for Overhaul
The Kick-Ass writer talks about the changing face of the superhero genre, his new comic Supercrooks and how Han Solo inspired Hit Girl's story line.
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Interactive ‘Infinity Mirror’ Provides Backdrop to DJ Competition
The piece is based on an optical illusion that makes a shallow box look incredibly deep.
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Kinect, ‘Magical Gloves’ Let Imogen Heap Turn Movement Into Music
Using a variety of wearable electronics and an Xbox game controller that reads her position onstage, the award-winning musician turns her live performances up to 11.
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Infinite Jukebox Lets You Listen to ‘Call Me Maybe’ Forever
The innovative new music app creates infinitely long and ever-changing versions of uploaded tracks.
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Brainwaves Translated Into Music for Cerebral Soundtrack
Neurological researchers in China create a method of transforming brainwaves into music that better mimics human compositions.
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