Light bouncing off one disco ball looks cool...if you’re at a middle school dance. Light bouncing off 50 disco balls? That’s a work of art. Or at least it is when you use multiple projectors and 3-D ...

3D projection mapping and very complicated math make 50 disco balls project orderly light patterns. Kyle–who defines himself as “an artist working with code”–and Jonas, a creative technologist at ...

A disco ball is a deceptively simple thing. It’s easy to forget when you’re drowning in hundreds of shimmering dots of lights, but at its most basic, our go-to party visual is simply a some light ...

As well as bringing sparkle to the dance floor, could disco balls become a new educational tool in astronomy? Laura Hiscott investigates Reflecting the universe The tiny mirrors on a disco ball act ...

A few months ago my roommate came home with a cantaloupe-size disco ball, placed it on a shelf near the window, and waited for the sun to shed flecks of confetti light around the living room. Once I ...

Disco balls are seemingly more popular than ever thanks in part to the endorsement by pop superstar, Taylor Swift. Keen home shoppers and Swifties alike have been scrambling to get their hands on ...