Hacker News with Generative AI: Creative Projects

Show HN: I made a calendar where every month is also a crossword (aaronson.org)
Ever heard of the Tetris effect? It’s where you play so much Tetris that the game starts to seep into your thoughts, your dreams, your half-waking hallucinations, and pretty much every part of your reality that has nothing to do with Tetris. Well, I do a lot of crosswords—by “do” I mean both “solve” and “make”—and it turns out the “crossword effect” is also a very real thing.

Creative Projects, Puzzles, Design

15 points by aaaronson 18 hours ago | 0 comments

Show HN: MagicQuill – An Intelligent Interactive Image Editing System (magicquill.art)

Image Editing, Artificial Intelligence, Show HN, Creative Projects

4 points by brky 6 days ago | 2 comments

We Asked the Creator of 'Rotating Sandwiches': Why? (2023) (digg.com)
If you feel like the internet is a lot less fun these days, you're not alone. For many of us, the online experience now consists of algorithm-driven sameness, punctuated by dangerous misinformation and the occasional horrifying image. But amidst all that, there's still Rotating Sandwiches — one of the few remaining sites on the internet that exist purely for fun, silliness or simply no reason at all.

Internet Culture, Humor, Web Design, Creative Projects

3 points by cainxinth 10 days ago | 0 comments

Storing Files in Chess Games for Free Cloud Storage [video] (youtube.com)

Chess, Cloud Storage, Video, Creative Projects

4 points by Luc 11 days ago | 1 comments

Λ-2D: An Exploration of Drawing as Programming Language (media.mit.edu)
How can we code through drawing?

Programming Languages, Drawing, Art, Creative Projects, Computer Science

246 points by threeme3 13 days ago | 55 comments

Wild Ball (surge.sh)

Games, Web Development, Creative Projects

55 points by mohabnasser 13 days ago | 37 comments

Show HN: Draw.Audio – A musical sketchpad using the Web Audio API (draw.audio)
Your browser doesn't support the Web Audio API. Sound will not work.

Music, Programming, Creative Projects, Web Development

249 points by StreamGobbler 14 days ago | 84 comments

AI-Time Travel-Street View (glitch.me)
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Artificial Intelligence, Time Travel, Creative Projects

39 points by _Microft 14 days ago | 22 comments

Clip leads made with fake wire [video] (youtube.com)

Video, Music, Creative Projects, Fake News

7 points by ilius2 15 days ago | 2 comments

Guy makes "dodgy e-bike" from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste (arstechnica.com)
To make a point about how wasteful this practice is—and to also make a pretty rad project and video—Chris Doel took 130 disposable vape batteries (the bigger "3,500 puff" types with model 20400 cells) found littered at a music festival and converted them into a 48-volt, 1,500-watt e-bike battery, one that powered an e-bike with almost no pedaling more than 20 miles.

E-Waste, Sustainability, DIY Projects, Creative Projects, Electric Vehicles

63 points by rntn 17 days ago | 14 comments

Somebody please get me this desktop wind tunnel for Christmas (thedrive.com)
Sometimes, the answer to the question no one asked is the best answer of them all. No one genuinely needs a wind tunnel to put their toy cars in, and yet that’s precisely what a startup has been working to realize since late last year.

Christmas, Gadgets, Startups, Creative Projects

67 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 38 comments

Weird Lexical Syntax (justine.lol)
I just learned 42 programming languages this month to build a new syntax highlighter for llamafile. I feel like I'm up to my eyeballs in programming languages right now. Now that it's halloween, I thought I'd share some of the spookiest most surprising syntax I've seen.

Programming Languages, Syntax Highlighting, Halloween, Creative Projects

433 points by jart 19 days ago | 227 comments

Show HN: Midnight Reminders via Morse Code (github.com/dmd)
It's 2 AM, and I just had an idea, or something I need to remember. I don't want to disturb my wife by getting up, and even the very-dim light from my phone can be bothersome. Writing is difficult. What's the answer? Morse code, of course!

Software, Programming, Creative Projects, Hardware

130 points by dmd 19 days ago | 53 comments

PacCam: Pac-Man controlled with your face (eieio.games)

Pac-Man, Games, Facial Recognition, Creative Projects

62 points by bblcla 20 days ago | 17 comments

Show HN: AI OmniGen – AI Image Generator with Consistent Visuals (aiomnigen.com)
Use OmniGen to create images with text prompts, image references, and subject-driven generation.

Artificial Intelligence, Image Generation, Creative Projects, Software, AI Tools

169 points by lcorinst 22 days ago | 49 comments

Show HN: I built NotebookLM where you're the podcast guest (thetalkshow.ai)
The first global 24/7 talkshow

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Podcasts, Creative Projects

12 points by noahfradin 22 days ago | 7 comments

Ask HN: Is a Carnival sized application of Lenz's law possible? (ycombinator.com)
I've wondered for a while if it's possible to make a giant Lenz's law ride. Like a blown up version of this [1] video.

Physics, Engineering, Amusement Parks, Creative Projects

12 points by zakstal9 23 days ago | 24 comments

Get any AI to generate an image of a glass of wine that is full to the brim (reddit.com)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get any AI to generate an image of a glass of wine that is full to the brim.

AI, Image Generation, Art, Creative Projects

63 points by aimazon 28 days ago | 18 comments

Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings (matthieulc.com)
The debate about whether internet-fitted AIs can be creative always seemed besides the point to me.

Show HN, Creative Projects, Generative AI, Art, Mirrors

472 points by cataPhil 28 days ago | 123 comments

Never Missing the Train Again (lilymara.xyz)
I live in San Francisco, and I don’t own a car. This means that I walk or take public transit nearly everywhere that I go. There’s a lot of ways to find out when the next bus/train/tram/trolleybus/cable car/ferry is stopping nearby so that you don’t miss it. There are no shortage of apps that will guide you to your destination using any and all means of public transit, and those are great! I particularly like CityMapper.

Public Transit, Hardware, Programming, Creative Projects, San Francisco

371 points by thimabi 29 days ago | 136 comments

Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written? (ycombinator.com)
I recently came across the concept of "useless" programs - pieces of code that serve no practical purpose but are fun, creative, or challenging to write.

Programming, Creative Projects, Humor, Software Development, Ask HN

296 points by reverseCh 32 days ago | 403 comments

Show HN: A curated list of AI generators I made for my high school project (aigenerator.cc)
From art to business, generative AI is making waves across the globe. It's set to fundamentally reshape our society. Here's a curated list of AI generators covering text, image, video, music, and code generation. Think of it as your go-to directory for exploring these emerging technologies.

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Creative Projects, Tools

11 points by bethemoly 34 days ago | 5 comments

Show HN: Tamagotchi-like characters for AI assistants in JavaScript (github.com/Barqawiz)
This project is inspired by the classic Tamagotchi device, featuring a virtual character drawn with JavaScript. The character can be controlled through various buttons, or it can dynamically change based on interactions with an AI assistant.

JavaScript, Artificial Intelligence, Creative Projects, User Interfaces

39 points by barqawiz 37 days ago | 4 comments

The Physics of Magic Windows (2021) (mattferraro.dev)
I recently made a physical object that defies all intuition. It's a square of acrylic, smooth on both sides, totally transparent. A tiny window.

Physics, Creative Projects, Optics

178 points by mhb 37 days ago | 11 comments

“Bad Apple” in Minecraft (purplesyringa.moe)
Demoscene is the art of pushing computers to perform tasks they weren’t designed to handle. One recurring theme in demoscene is the shadow-art animation “Bad Apple!!”. We’ve played it on the Commodore 64, Vectrex (a unique game console utilizing only vector graphics), Impulse Tracker, and even exploited Super Mario Bros. to play it.

Demoscene, Video Games, Creative Projects, Animation

405 points by purplesyringa 42 days ago | 63 comments

ESP32: leaving love notes and entering demoscene territory (2022) (theor.xyz)
I’ve been tinkering with arduino-like platforms recently (more on the midi synth soon) and got the idea to make a small message board to leave notes to my girlfriend. This is how I ended up with a simulator, an integration with a demoscene tracker, custom tools to make palette cycling effects, having to learn CAD to make a laser-cut front panel and more.

Hardware, Programming, Creative Projects, Art

155 points by larodi 48 days ago | 16 comments

Show HN: Screensavers for your terminal (Bevy/Ratatui) (github.com/cxreiff)
Screensavers for your terminal. Start immediately or after a period of inactivity within a shell.

Terminal, Software, New Releases, Creative Projects

119 points by cxreiff 48 days ago | 21 comments

A hidden microphone on a SF street pole is spotting 'bops' in the wild (techcrunch.com)
In San Francisco’s Mission district, good music is all around you. That’s why, high up on a street pole at an undisclosed location in the Mission, Riley Walz installed a solar-powered box containing an old Android phone running the song identifying service, Shazam, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Surveillance, Music, San Francisco, Technology, Creative Projects

16 points by rmason 49 days ago | 4 comments

Hand-crafting a QR code using Checker Board and Stones [Veritasium] [video] (youtube.com)