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Waves (2007) created by artist Daniel Palacios  is an installation made of a long piece of elastic string and two motors, to represent a 3D series of  floating waves, that produce sounds from their movement:. This interactive sculpture “reacts to the people presence… to produce a sine-wave simulation that eloquently resembles both the digitization of real-time sound waves and patterns of flow and connectivity found in natural systems”

Waves is be part of an international group exhibit titled Visualising Sound, at LAboral Art and Industrial Creation Center, Gijón, Spain, from 30.03.12 to  25.06.12.

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“A little boy came up and started asking all the `why’ questions about my legs (she was removing her prosthetic legs)” said Nadya Vessey, who is a double leg amputee.

Rather than having to go through the logistics of amputation with a four-year-old, Nadya said: “Well I’m a mermaid”

A fully functional Mermaid tail that allows Nadya to propel herself through the water with an undulating movement as if she was a mermaid , designed and constructed by Weta. And for those of you that want to waste extra 4 minutes here is the full report of the neoprene tail on TVNZ.

“Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes. The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz John Spatcher [...]“

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Thanks Zippora Lux for passing on this work!

Close to Prague, these four skydivers deliver the most amazing dynamic and gravity-free choreography during their indoors training.

An absolutely stunning and jaw dropping control, skill and coordination!

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