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hello kitty as storm trooper. paintings by nick showing the dark underbelly of the cute and cudly.
[thanks boing boing]
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hello kitty as storm trooper. paintings by nick showing the dark underbelly of the cute and cudly.
[thanks boing boing]
the kids of wash u ieee are making a dance floor like the one from mit.
who wants to sponsor me to make the 3rd? ;]
parasite and parallel worlds are from a series of proposals called moving canvas from the universität der künste berlin:
Our contribution to this is the idea of a parasite. Parasite is an independant projection-system that can be attached to subways and other trains with suction pads. Using the speed of the train as parameter for the projected content, the projection starts with the train moving inside a tunnel.The tunnels of a subway-system bear something mystic—most people usually have never made a step inside any of those tunnels. Confusing the routine of your train-travelling-journey, your habits and perception Parallel Worlds—making use of Parasite—allows you a glimpse into a different world full of surrealist imagery.
forgot to blog about this over the summer but i find it a really great installation. of course sticking something to the side of a subway car is never looked kindly upon by the transportation authority, its still an awesome addition to an otherwise more mundane journey. opening up new possibilities and new ways of regarding the infrastructures that we rely on in our daily lives. plus it's gutsy :]
two light/space interfaces worth keeping tabs on that i'm too lazy to post individually about:
sun light table via we make money not art
digitall by ana camila amorim is:
an "always on" home telephone that attempts to enrich voice based communications and enhance the experience of calling based on visual feedback.We repurpose the home telephone as set of individual transmitters, each of them connected to a house or a person, which can be plugged and unplugged to the system along time according to which people the user wants to be connected with.
Each of these panels is customizable and can be shared as a gift/visiting card between friends.
[thanks we make money not art]
epresents an evolution in intelligent architecture, interactive art and ubiquitous computing. An 'Operating System' for contemporary architecture (Arch-OS, 'software for buildings') has been developed to manifest the life of a building and provide artists, engineers and scientists with a unique environment for developing transdisciplinary work and new public art.
[thanks we make money not art]
found this while i was a looking at through a sideshow of philips technology from business week:
Enabling music lovers to share tunes legally was the inspiration for TuneIn. The Next Simplicity project is still in prototype phase but could allow people carrying the small yet savvy gadget to broadcast their music to others in the street. Press one button to tune into what another TuneIn carrier is listening to. Press another to listen to your own music. The device is designed to encourage like-minded music fans to talk to each other in public spaces.also of interest were the concept led lightbulbs they were showing off.
this solar charger is tiny, looks hot, and recharges both my ipod and my mobile phone. finally my love of renewable energy sources and over-designed technology have been merged into one! you totally want to get me that for christmas don't you?
[thanks popgadget]
idades is:
a communication network formed by modular installations placed in transit spaces. In each of them, a spectator can recognize his or her simulated silhouette, projected onto a screen, placed in the midle of the transit space, in such a way as to discover that his or her movements affect the trajectory of a virtual ball that bounces as it touches the edges of the silhouette. This activates a game in which the participant is the body of the player, along with the rest of the spectators that enter the visual field of the camera that is displayed on the screen.
[thanks we make money not art]
awarecuffs are the second item from the awarefashion line:
The wifi sensing technology is hidden in the small pocket. The circuit board in the pocket displays the quality of service by LEDs (light emitting diodes) in different colors. The LEDs are connected to glass fibres, the light travels through them and small light spots appear at the end. When the technology pocket is detached the cuffs solely consist of cloth and glass fibres and can be washed. This modular concept also makes it possible to easily replace the technology function of the cuffs. Or even, to wear the cuffs without technology at all, just because you love the fashion design :-)i really enjoy when designs actually look nice ;]
[thanks we make money not art]
the bbc reports that nokia and EMI have teamed up to let coffeeshop customers receive music over bluetooth. the tests are conveniently [for everyone cooler than you and i] starting in helsinki.
The service is designed to work with Series 60 Symbian phones (such as Nokia's N90 and the Siemens SX1) and Nokia Series 40 phones (such as the 6060 and the 8800).the name will later changed to bForPay ;]The trial service, dubbed bFree, will be free for those taking part. But Nokia and EMI expect to charge for access to the playlists if a commercial system is rolled out.
p.s. this entry goes out to karma who still doesn't bother reading my site...
[thanks gizmodo]
fernando orellana brings us this great installation:
This process of free will is what 8520 south west 27th place speaks of. Within this installation, there exists six double headed robotic-rodents. They live within their transparent houses, differing only in the numerical address of each house. Each robot, comprised of two reconfigured Gemmy Corporation Dancing Hamsters toys, has the ability to walk forward or backward on a track in its house. The robots have been programmed with a unique set of eight numbers. These numbers are then used to determine what type of kinetic behavior the robots demonstrate. Some robots might appear to be confident in their decision, by walking valiantly back and forth in the house. While others, might exhibit what seems to be hesitation, staying in one place for a long period of time, or fidgeting between each decision. In the end, the decision is random, but it serves as a metaphor for the overall redundancy of our decisions. The seed used to generate the random sequence of numbers is derived from a small infrared sensor installed at one end of each house. Like our decision process, the sensor allows for external forces to influence the outcome of each verdict the robot makes. The robots pause at every new assessment, pulsing a small light installed in theirs heads, which makes them appear to be contemplating future action. The robotic-rodents scurry about, seemingly with a purpose, only too bump their heads on the extremes of their houses.
[thanks we make money not art]
