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Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« on: April 12, 2013, 07:42:54 AM »
This is the sort of thing I expect to see in a Myst game or some such. I now have a new goal to build one of these.

http://youtu.be/kKv8AaHqsNY
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Re: Do want!
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2013, 08:08:55 AM »
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Re: Do want!
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2013, 08:18:15 AM »
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Re: Do want!
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2013, 08:54:46 AM »
Quote from: kgbsquirrel on April 12, 2013, 08:18:15 AM
The world needs more functional art.

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The gears on the back of that reminded me of the Nova episode on the Antikythera mechanism. In the video, a retired engineer tries to make a hand-made replica of the mechanism, and it shows him cutting out the fairly precise brass gears by hand using a chisel and a file.
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2013, 10:12:40 AM »
^^^ That was a cool episode of Nova.  I was fascinated by the 3D imaging they did that allowed them to more accurately recreate a simulation of how the mechanism was put together.
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2013, 10:40:30 AM »
Quote from: kgbsquirrel on April 12, 2013, 07:42:54 AM
This is the sort of thing I expect to see in a Myst game or some such. I now have a new goal to build one of these.

http://youtu.be/kKv8AaHqsNY

Neat.
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2013, 10:44:16 AM »
Quote from: kgbsquirrel on April 12, 2013, 07:42:54 AM
This is the sort of thing I expect to see in a Myst game or some such. I now have a new goal to build one of these.

http://youtu.be/kKv8AaHqsNY

Superhero dining table.  Something Charles Xavier would have in his mansion, transforms when round table discussion with more than 5 X-men is necessary. :lol:
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2013, 04:23:13 PM »
That's way cool.

I'm imagining how many sets of stitches kids would get from wanting to see the table transform from up close...
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2013, 08:32:00 PM »
That table with the giant glass Peep on it would be just the thing to round out the dining room.


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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2013, 11:51:58 AM »
Can I get a somewhat stronger girl in a short skirt to open/close the table?  The one in the video looked as if she was straining a bit.

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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2013, 12:37:19 PM »
Ha ha. Was there a table in that video? I've watched it three times.
Seriously though - that is a very cool table.
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2013, 01:02:36 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on April 13, 2013, 11:51:58 AM
Can I get a somewhat stronger girl in a short skirt to open/close the table?  The one in the video looked as if she was straining a bit.

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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2013, 02:00:52 PM »
The detail (and effort) that went into that flamethrower is incredible...I womder what the hour-count was?
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2013, 02:18:09 PM »
Quote from: birdman on April 13, 2013, 02:00:52 PM
The detail (and effort) that went into that flamethrower is incredible...I womder what the hour-count was?

Way too many.
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Re: Do Want! (The cool functional art thread.)
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2013, 05:56:19 PM »
Quote from: kgbsquirrel on April 12, 2013, 07:42:54 AM
This is the sort of thing I expect to see in a Myst game or some such. I now have a new goal to build one of these.

http://youtu.be/kKv8AaHqsNY

They are an amazing expression of the joiner's art but they cost tens of thousands of dollars.  I'd rather by guns.  If you do manage to build one, be sure to put photos and videos here.

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