shape shifter

Here's the Oscar-nominated performance of Physarum polycephalum doing a bit of flagellated swarming. At least I hope that's what it is...

It's as exciting as watching paint dry

Yup, it's a real-time video of paint drying.

"Dim the lights! Order a pizza! Crack open a tinny and settle down to watch this breathless romp through the world of brownian motion!" (Hannibal Snodgrass, Particle Monthly)

hack-o-scope

Thanks to Andy Gracie for sharing his Hackteria knowledge of how to make a video microscope out of a PS3 camera at the Laboratory Life project in Brighton.

Here's mine, I took up his suggestion of using Little Lego Men.

Little Lego Me's, what's more, complete with painting dungarees and true-to-life physiognamies.

















Also here the first stills from the hack-0-scope, showing a Daphnia in a variety of different lights.