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• Orbital Planes, a Photographic Ode to the Space Shuttle
• Flingbot: A Robotic Artist That Flings Paint
• The Simpsons Library

Orbital Planes, a Photographic Ode to the Space Shuttle Posted: 22 Oct 2021 01:32 PM PDT Roland Miller has been documenting space exploration for more than 30 years and his latest book, which he’s funding via Kickstarter, is a photo documentation of the final years of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. I started documenting the Space Shuttle program when I was teaching photography at a college near the Kennedy Space Center. In 2008, I began a concentrated effort to document the final years of the program. Orbital Planes is the result of that photography work. My hope is that Orbital Planes will give the reader their own personal view of the Space Shuttle and the technology and facilities that helped it fly. You might remember Miller from his collaboration with Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli photographing the ISS. (via colossal) Tags: books   NASA   Orbital Planes   photography   Roland Miller   space   Space Shuttle

Flingbot: A Robotic Artist That Flings Paint Posted: 22 Oct 2021 11:21 AM PDT Artist & engineer JBV has built a robot artist called Flingbot that works by throwing paint at a canvas according to a number of randomized parameters, e.g. fling strength, scoop shape, paint color, and throwing angles: The next parameters are the starting and ending fling angles. Randomly chosen by the code, the trajectory and point it hits the canvas is variable creating another factor of uniqueness. This is all controlled by a servo under the base of the catapult, which also happens to be the motor that allows Flingbot to position itself under the paint reservoirs. This means that every painting Flingbot creates is effectively unique. All in all, accounting for all the different parameters, there are almost 3 trillion paintings that Flingbot can make. The number is likely even higher than this because there are even more variables to consider that are out of Flingbots control. These include the consistency of the paint, the angle of the canvas, the temperature in the room…the list goes on. It’s safe to say that each one of Flingbot’s painting is truly one of a kind. (via the morning news) Tags: art   robots   video

The Simpsons Library Posted: 22 Oct 2021 08:28 AM PDT The Simpsons Library Instagram account has been documenting all of the books, magazines, and other printed matter that has appeared on the long-running sitcom. Tags: books   The Simpsons   TV

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