[sdiy] OT: Hacked Furby Art

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 07/27/2001 9:30:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
CCartCat at aol.com writes:


> As part of the DeCordova Art Museum's Annual Exhibition, one artist, Kelly 
> Heaton is displaying art she's created from Furbies.  There are ironical 
> faux 
> anatomy drawings that diagram the electromechanical innards.  Various 
> pieces 
> using Furby mechanisms--one is a wall of 400 "faces" (just the mechanical 
> eyes and mouth) each activated by a infrared/photocell array.
> 
> The one semi-on topic piece is a display on painless surgery that includes 
> a 
> conical soldering tip and desoldering braid.
> 
> Don't know of any websites on this; the museum is in Lincoln MA, outside of 
> 

Very cool...I'll have to go see that, it's about 4 miles from my house. I've 
actually been contemplating a similar project, namely modifying a big mouth 
billy-bass. I haven't figured out how to make it flap its head an tail back 
and forth to the beat of a different music, but when I'm done with it it's 
going to be black, have lots of piercings, and probably play "stainless steel 
providers" by the Revolting Cocks.

-Chris
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