The Cursor Kite
By Andrew Liszewski
Who ever said kite flying was boring and uninteresting? Oh right, that was me. Well regardless this cursor kite by Tim Elverston is probably not as nimble or controllable as those stunt kites we’ve all seen on the beach but it sure does make for some interesting photos. While these shots may look like some clever Photoshopin’ it is an actual kite specially engineered with invisible fittings, quad-line control and opposed-bow tensioning to allow the asymmetrical shape of a desktop cursor to actually fly.
The Cursor Kite is apparently the beginning of the WildFire Designs’ ‘OS’ series of kites but does not appear to be available for sale as of yet.
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Mark?rdrake…
Tim Elverston har designat mark?rdraken och en hel del andra drakar.
Via OhGizmo.
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Posted 11:59 pm on July 23rd, 2006Cursus vlieger…
Ga je vliegeren? Doe dat dan met deze Cursor-vlieger, een vlieger vermomd als muispijltje! Wat je dus hieronder ziet zijn onbewerkte foto’s, de muispijl is de briljante vlieger. Helaas is hij nog niet te koop, maar hou hun site in……
Posted 9:03 am on July 24th, 2006chisel shwee
Posted 1:12 pm on July 24th, 2006The Cursor Kite…
What’s the huge black cursor? Is it the computer cursor in photoshopped pictures? No, it’s a real kite, the Cursor Kite by Tim Elverston. […]
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Posted 10:48 am on August 1st, 2006Cometa/Cursor, escritorios en la playa ……
Aqu? podemos ver la simbiosis de las cometas con el mundo Geek , a un creador de cometas se le a ocurrido la genial idea de hacer una cometa con forma de cursor de MacOS X, y no solo eso, si no que para su realizaci?n ha pensado en una estructura as…
Posted 3:03 am on August 10th, 2006I call BS. Cursor is on exact same angle and perspective in both shots
Posted 4:13 am on August 18th, 2007totally do-able. TOTALLY! (dunno about the kite, though…)
Posted 9:20 am on September 2nd, 2007Faked.
Posted 10:59 pm on November 21st, 2007