William Ivy - art x tech

Here is a list of YouTube channels, newsletters, and feeds I regularly follow.

The Idea Thanks to my dad’s good taste in music, my childhood had a killer soundtrack: classic rock, 70s folk music, and 80s new wave.

The Idea Every nerd remembers the first time they saw a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a fly’s compound eyes, or the scales of a human hair: As a newly graduated engineer, I stumbled on an eBay listing for a vintage AMRAY 1000 SEM and impulsi…

The Idea Pink Floyd’s “Back Catalogue” poster has a great composition: 1990s Sailor Moon has a great aesthetic: What if I combined the two?

UPDATE: I now have a scanning electron microscope in my garage.

The Idea I was scrolling through my Instagram feed one morning and was presented with a series of Japanese citypop images: Beautiful images, but they are all of urban environments.

The Idea I have always loved the chaos of public-access television.

The Idea I have always found the text I see in my dreams interesting - it often looks like English but isn’t.

The Idea For many years, my tabletop-gaming friends and I have made the pilgrimage to Indianapolis for Gen Con, North America’s biggest tabletop gaming convention.

The Idea As a lifelong fan of Mad Max, I’ve got a soft spot for double-rider leather jackets.

The Idea Ridley Scott’s Alien was a life-changing experience for me and one of the most influential movies in my life.

The Idea As often happens, I stumbled upon an interesting video: I knew about Tesla coils, but had never seen one that could play music.

UPDATE: I have taken this project much further.

The Idea In the fall of 1998, I played Fallout 2: It permanently altered the course of my life - I have been obsessed with radioactivity ever since.

The Idea At some point in everybody’s life, they get their first taste of infinity.

The Idea At some point in physics class I learned about ionizing radiation and found myself staring at this image: Somehow, people were able to take photos of radioactive particles over 100 years ago using this apparatus: Surely, with advances in modern t…

The Idea As a lifelong Star Trek fan (and enlisted Starfleet Officer), I have always been fascinated by sensors.

The Idea My dad played classical guitar when I was growing up, so I never learned to play piano.

The Idea As an annual Christmas tradition, I consume my favorite form of chocolate - an oversized Toblerone bar: As a lifelong fan of Pimp That Snack, I have an appreciation for candies that are made bigger and better.

The Idea Like all nerds who have spent too many waking hours in front of a computer, my friends and I like to play (and make) tabletop games as an excuse to get together and argue.

The Idea All roads lead to Raimi.

The Idea Coming of age during the golden age of PC gaming, my childhood was a never-ending stream of incredible experiences.

The Idea Send a digital camera as high as possible, have it take photos (and collect atmospheric data), and retrieve everything after it parachutes back down to Earth.