Drawing Apparatus

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

Although many find inspiration in music, few harness it’s power like Ohio-based grad student Rober Howsare and his drawing apparatus. By connecting two articulated wooden arms to two record players, Howsare literally makes music make art with dizzying repetition and rhythm.

Flexible E-Paper

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

Set to launch next month in Europe, a pliable e-paper device from LG hopes to bring new competition to the e-book market. The black-and-white screen is .7mm thick, sports a resolution of 1024×768 pixels and can be angled up to 40 degrees.

Sleepless

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

Hamilton College assistant art professor Robert Knight took a series of long exposure photographs of insomniacs tossing and turning throughout the night. The low-lit blurs he captures offer a visual parallel as haunting as the wanderings of a restless mind when it simply can’t sleep. Anyone who’s suffered sleepless nights will likely feel a sense of dread around the eery beauty of the images.