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Kodak made innumerable attempts to introduce new easy-loading film formats- most of which were doomed from the start because the image size was much smaller than 35mm and quality was consequently poor. The disc film was no exception but it had the advantage that cameras could be very thin and compact. Processing, printing and storage were simplified because all the images were round the circumference of the disc, which was loaded on a spindle. The idea goes back as far as 1882 and Marey's gun camera.
a broken hard disk that I opened. Un vecchio hard disk rotto che ho aperto. Un vieu disque dur cassé que j'ai ouvert
After 5 years of (24/7/365) operation, the drive crashed and died. But, it's a nice piece of technical innovation for taking pictures of it, so i decided to open the Harddrive and take some photo's of its inside.
Ten-Disk is one of many puzzles located in Mindbender Mansion,
Mindbender Mansion, the newest traveling exhibit at the Connecticut Science Center, is a world of unconventional, interactive puzzles, brainteasers, and cerebral challenges guaranteed to test even the most experienced puzzlers. It’s a playhouse for the brain – Open January 29 – May 1, 2011
The Disks, 1918-1919
Painting, Oil on canvas, 51 1/8 x 38 1/4 in. (129.85 x 97.16 cm)
David E. Bright Bequest (M.67.25.2)
Modern Art Department.
Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building Room 225
Machinery dominates this abstract cityscape by Ferdinand Léger. Giant, gyrating disks and shafts bisect the scene vertically. To the left, figures wearing helmets represent laborers, who seem to merge with the machinery.
This 1913 painting shows Léger reacting to early Cubism. George Braque and Pablo Picasso employed fragmentation to depict three-dimensional space in a two-dimensional painting. Léger expanded upon the idea of fragmentation to create compositions divided by dynamic forces and static counter-forces, and Léger uses vibrant color unlike the earth-toned early Cubist paintings.
Léger idealized the relationship between man and machine. The anonymous figures in The Disks stand for mechanical workers, engineers, and designers thriving in a modern world of machines. Léger gave these workers the name Homo faber, or Man the Maker. Homo faber became a protagonist in the mechanistic universe of Léger’s imagination. He saw mankind’s dramatic struggle to master machinery as an affirmation of the human will.