Caleb Larsen's A Tool To Deceive And Slaughter 2009, is a black, acrylic box that places itself for sale on eBay every seven days thanks to an internet connection, which, according to the artist's conditions of sale, must be live at all times."Inside the black box is a micro controller and an Ethernet adapter that contacts a script running on a server every 10 minutes. The server script checks to see if box currently has an active auction, and if it doesn't, it creates a new auction for the work. The script is hosted on a server to allow for updates and upgrades if and when the eBay API (the interface used for 3rd party programs to talk to eBay) changes."
Read the full article from wired.co.uk here.
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