This blog shows and documents research work in the field of electronic life forms by Pascal Glissmann & Martina Höfflin. It does not host a complete overview or finished projects but quick experiments, subjective thoughts, found stuff and prototypes. If you have any questions or feedback, please get in touch via research@electronic-life-forms.com.



Zimoun

Swiss artist working with raw material and electronic components in a minimalistic, impressive way:

Zimoun : Compilation Video V.2.9 | Sound Sculptures & Installations, Sound Architectures from STUDIO ZIMOUN on Vimeo.

January 27th, 2012 by admin in artistic expression, cardboard, mechanics (output), modern, play, scientific research / curiosity, wire | Comments Off

Duck

http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/autonomous-robot-that-eats-sewage-00002529.asp

October 11th, 2011 by admin in artificial life, enhancement / perfection of nature / organisms | Comments Off

Japanese dance robot

A further step after the Japanese tea doll:

August 30th, 2011 by admin in japanese, play, traditional | Comments Off

Verge escapement (Spindel)

England, 1363

Mechanics

material:  wood/metal

result:  Gear-wheels turn gradually stopped by a rod

motivation:  independence from light (night) and temperatur (ice)

August 10th, 2011 by admin in mechanic development | Comments Off

Non-toxic conductive ink

Bare Conductive Ltd. was founded by four postgraduate students from the Innovation Design Engineering Course at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. The Company received Honorable Mention at the Prix ARS Electronica in 2010, and recently won the Technology Strategy Board’s Digital Disruptive Solutions competition. Our goal at Bare Conductive is to commercialize our non-toxic conductive ink, and bring this patent pending technology to the consumer market.

http://www.bareconductive.com/

May 2nd, 2011 by admin in smart materials, wire | Comments Off

Fablab, Baustelworkshops und Dorkbot in Köln

http://bausteln.de/bezugsquellen/

http://dingfabrik.de/

http://www.coworkingcologne.de

November 16th, 2010 by admin in material / technology, production | Comments Off

Experiments: knitted thick wire

November 9th, 2010 by admin in handcrafts, knitting, wire | Comments Off

Tiny Arduino

Available at: makershed

Ardweeny
October 18th, 2010 by admin in arduino | Comments Off

Organische Platine

Entwürfe und Belichtungsversuche für die 3. Platinen für den electronic pattern parasite in Oslo:

July 22nd, 2010 by admin in epp, production, prototypes | Comments Off

Solarkugelroboter

zum selberbauen auf instructables

November 27th, 2009 by admin in solarbots | Comments Off
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