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September 30, 2003 ghost in the shell permalink
posted by bev
 i knew of Lillian Ball's jewelry but just discovered her sculptural work involving projected animations. refreshingly, a different take than Tony Oursler's projected faces. in the piece called "Hover", you can see in the video, the form bends back and forth, distorts and hovers over the silicone rubber object as its spirited virtual counterpart. September 29, 2003 frozen light permalink
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 Dean Chamberlain and Tokihiro Sato have very similar techniques in that they both try to capture light itself as subject matter. both work in long exposure times and both have been doing this for decades. however, Dean Chamberlain runs around with a light while Tokihiro Sato uses mirrors. i met Mr. Chamberlain this last weekend and.... what an amazing guy! very into his work. i'd love to know about other photographers who also use light as a primary subject matter. September 26, 2003 WiFi-SM permalink
posted by bev
 numbed out from all the horrific news? forgot how pain feels? a product of Christophe Bruno's sarcasm is the WiFi-SM wearable patch that will send a jolt of electricity to any part of your body whenever it detects certain keywords mentioned in the news (ie, death, kill, murder, torture, rape, war, virus, etc). September 25, 2003 electrowetting permalink
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 Philips announced a breakthrough in their e-paper development, a process called electrowetting. there seems to be a lot of research going on for displaying dynamic information on paper (ie, e-ink) but none are fast enough for video imagery until electrowetting was realized. (via kurzweilAI) September 24, 2003 telepathy permalink
posted by bev
 Kevin Warwick, who implanted a silicon chip in his arm in 1998, is on to Project Cyborg 4.0. in Project Cyborg 1.0, he communicated with machines. in 2.0, he communicated with his wife (who also had an implant) via their nervous system. this will be tested in people with motor-neuron diseases for 3.0. though there is much criticism, i think he's got the right idea: "Talking is obsolete. It's an old-fashioned thing. We'll still do it for a while. But communicating by thinking... it's tremendously exciting." (via kurzeilAI) September 23, 2003 robodock permalink
posted by bev
 the sixth annual robodock 2003 just happened last week in rotterdam. it's post-industrial style arts festival featuring performances, robotica, music, and fire. some very good photos that seem to capture the feeling at rsfotografie. looks like burning man with more mech art and less hippie. September 19, 2003 augmented memory permalink
posted by bev
 the winners of the first core77 challenge, of the theme "memory" are announced. some interesting ideas. the grand prize winner is of a movie polaroid camera (polaroids that use lcd instead of photo paper). finalists: an intelligent & sensing garden trowl, a digital networked dynamic tattoo, a digital time capsule that captures memories and can release them at a later time. some honorable mentions: a scent capsule that captures scents, an emotive biofeedback bracelet that plays generated music, electronic post-it notes based on location & situation, an implanted "birthmark" capsule for genetically modified individuals to store their original dna, an electronic dogtag. my favorite one has to be the digital tattoo. not a new idea, but a good one. i'd get it in a heartbeat when it becomes available. unlike the electronic ink tattoos (which has a patent now, or the bacterial tattoos or the digital pigment assistent, this one's networked. September 18, 2003 sonicvision permalink
posted by bev
 NY Times reports about SonicVision, a "mind-warping roller-coaster light show ride through fantastical dreamspace" with a soundtrack mixed by Moby. it's computer-generated and claims to use next-generation digital technology. it will open at the American Museum of Natural History (NYC), in Hayden Planetarium's dome, on october 3. (via archinect) September 17, 2003 warped space permalink
posted by bev
 warped space is a new exhibition that opens today at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. Ricci Albenda's work reminds me of Anish Kapoor's sublimation of architecture. the artists in the show are: Ricci Albenda, Jesse Bransford, Rosana Castrillo Diaz, Olafur Eliasson, Graham Gussin, Carsten Höller, Evan Holloway, Rachel Khedoori, D'nell Larson, Ann Lislegaard, Josiah McElheny, Yunhee Min, Sandeep Mukherjee, Jennifer Steinkamp, Philip Taaffe, and Fred Tomaselli.(via artkrush) September 16, 2003 13-second x-ray permalink
posted by bev
 popular science mag reports on a new digital x-ray scanner called Statscan that can scan a whole body in 13 seconds. September 15, 2003 echolocation permalink
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 what was thought to be a sixth sense that bats have is actually their ability to navigate in complete darkness using their ingenious sonar system. a really great book called "Sensory Exotica" explains the bat's sensory system in detail. recently, bat calls have been successfully used in virtual environments to make auditory maps of space for navigation, soon to be at an augmented perception store near you. September 11, 2003 "female" robots permalink
posted by bev
 Peter Hill's robots are "female" because they have traits of cooperation and multi-tasking. based on this idea, they would make great caretakers for the home and of the elderly. whoa! that is the heaviest load of ******* i've ever heard of. why can't they just apply the traits without genderizing machines? on a similar note, the remake of the Stepford Wives is coming out next year, starring Nicole Kidman. (via Mike's List) towers in light permalink
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 "Tribute in Light" will shine again tonite from 7:12pm til dawn. September 10, 2003 infrasound permalink
posted by bev
 infrasound is silent but can cause anxiety, fear, mood swings, extreme sorrow, blurred vision, and chills. some scientists think it's present in haunted houses. it's been used to detect hurricanes, meteor blasts and volcanic eruptions; have been used in the Cold War, concerts, and churches; and by elephants, giraffes, rhinoceros, and whales. i'm still wondering why infrasounds are present in haunted houses........ (via kurzweilAI) September 9, 2003 robots permalink
posted by bev
 designboom has a pretty comprehensive "all you need to know about robots" feature on the latest robots, cleaning robots, entertainment robots, and robo sapiens. September 7, 2003 clui permalink
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 Ground Up: Photographs of the Ground in the Margins of Los Angeles, a new exhibit opening soon in LA, CA, will consist of aerial photos with maps of soil types superimposed. "A deep gash becomes a landfill, a mountain is scraped for houses, a trench becomes a road, a deep shaft becomes a mine and the mine begets a mountain of tailings." part of this exhibition is a tour (tickets on sale monday 9/8/03). September 5, 2003 utopian permalink
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 these are some designs from the design competition of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing. Herzog & de Meuron's birds nest design was selected and is scheduled to open in 2008. (via core77) September 4, 2003 (un)plug permalink
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 (un)plug is a new building that takes maximum advantage of solar energy, to be built in the La Defense area of Paris. It was designed by François Roche. (via core77) September 2, 2003 artificial silk permalink
posted by bev
 bioengineers from Tufts University have identified how spiders and and silkworms spin silk, the strongest natural fiber known. the secret is in the solubility, concentration and structure of the proteins in their glands that spin the silk. this new insight could lead to new high-strength and high-performance materials, new biomaterial applications for cell growth in tissue engineering, environmentally sound processes to generate fibers and films. (via scienceblog) |
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