Deep Aperture Developments
I love the things you discover when you slowly incorporate the things you already have into a loose design. This project really began when I was designing the Triaparator for the Steampunk Treehouse. While designing the blades I imagined it would bee really beautiful to bend the blades upward as […]
Raygun Gothic Rocketship Relics
While we were building the Raygun Gothic Rocketship I was so busy working that I never had any time to take photos. I never felt bad about it because there were so many great photographers taking shots of it. Well today we had to display the Rocket for some very […]
Gear score!
Finally got a set of gears to build a prototype of the Deep Aperture
Almost Scientific Strikes Back
I could not resist. Go get your own. You know you want one. (via NerdCore)
Sculptures In Progress
Because I’ve not been working on a heavily-engineered kinetic or high-voltage stuff lately I’ve returned to an earlier style of working. I’m spending more time improvising and letting the sculpture tell me what it wants to be. I’m also spending time working on several pieces throughout the day letting my […]
Deep Aperture Sketch
Here is a sketch of a concept that I’m thinking of developing into a new kinetic sculpture.  In this animation the camera is rotating changing the view, however, the twists translation is controlled by simply rotating the upper black ring.
Dog Park Science Part 2: The Neurobiology of Dog Training
Last week I delivered the second of two talks on “Dog Park Science,” at the Exploratorium. You can find the audio of the first talk here. The two talks are on very different topics. The first is on the evolution of the dog, while this second one is about some […]
The Steampunk Treehouse now has roots!
I’m pleased to announce that The Steampunk Treehouse will be permanently installed SOMEWHERE in on the east Coast! There will be allot more info soon but the word is we’ll be installing sometime in May or June of 2010! This is going to be allot of fun! PHOTO REDACTED FOR […]
Video Documentary of the Raygun Gothic Rocket — from West Oakland to Black Rock City
This is a documentary of the making of the Raygun Gothic Rocket and its installation at Burningman. One day when I was working on the rocket, this kid showed up with all this camera gear and lights. He started setting up and taking shots in the middle of the shop […]
Video of experiments with conductive glass
Experiments with conductive glass from Almost Scientific on Vimeo. Here we’ve created a dielectric barrier discharge with transparent, conductive glass.
Almost Scientific and The Neuron Chamber in Wired Video
When we did our last show at the Exploratorium I did a video interview with Wired about what The Neuron Chamber was and how it worked. I loved that they wanted me to explain in detail how it worked and not just give a 5 second sound bite. Well the […]
Experiments with conductive glass
I just got done running some cool experiments with some conductive glass. I’ve got some decent video that I’ll post once it’s processed. Here is a photo of the beautiful failure point to entice you. This is also a test blog post from my nifty Droid phone.
The Uira at The Exploratorium
IMG_0148, originally uploaded by Spaceman Spiffy. Here is a great shot I found on Flickr of The Uria Engine at the Exploratorium show last week.
Thank you!
Thank you all for coming to the show last night at The Exploratorium. I had a great and exhausting time. It was fantastic to see so many friends out in the crowd, and I’m sorry I did not get to talk to any of you for as long as I […]
Almost Scientific Showing at The Exploratorium – Nov 5th, 2009, 6-10 PM
When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm Location: The Exploratorium Street: 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco CA Bar opens at 6:00 p.m. Only $14 I’m excited to announce that the Almost Scientific team will be installing both The Neuron Chamber and The Raygun Gothic Rocketship Uira Engine for […]
Advice for a young artist from Alan Moore
You know Alan Moore. Perhaps the worlds greatest comic book writer: V for Vendeta, Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlema, and Tom Strong. Here is some great advice to young artists:
Experiments with Vacuum and Plasma — Advancing The Uira Engine
On Friday the Almost Scientific team documented a series of experiments conducted on the Plasma Tubes of the Uira Engine. These experiments were largely in preparation for November 5th, 2009, when we will be doing a controlled testing firing of The Uira Engine at The Exploratorium in San Francisco. The […]