QR Code Art

In the past, Scott Blake made composite portraits of people using barcodes. Now he's getting with the times and using QR codes instead. Pictured above is a portrait of radio show host Amy Goodman. Each one links to segments from her show over the past nine years.

http://illusion.scene360.com/art/17770/bar-code-madness/ via Dude Craft | Artist's Website | Photo: Scott Blake

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Thanks for showing an interest in my Barcode Art.

I added the radial stripes to create an extra dimension to the portrait that mimics radio waves. Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now which is broadcast on Pacifica radio. You can also watch the show online democracynow.org

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Amazing. Although I do not get the stripes either. He may have worked with a photo, where the light was shining through blankets. That would explain the whole thing! I would definitely like to see more of his works.

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Is she part zebra?

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Neat video! May I suggest that it's not a dorsal fin? I would say the fin is located ventrally...

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The way these fish swim is interesting, but the most fascinating thing is that they can sense electric fields around their bodies:

http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/01/14/bode-plots-fish-awesome-electric-field-sensing-fish

(RE: the above link, how cool is it that they've made Bode plots of the fish's motion? That's something any good engineer can appreciate!)

This same form of sensing has been used by other robots; for example, here is a robot using electric field sensing to plug itself into wall outlets for automatic recharging:

http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/01/03/self-feeding-robots-robots-plug-themselves-wall-outlets