The hamster ball: not only safest mode of travel for your pet, but also an interestingly simple vehicle that is easily operated by an animal. But what happens when one takes that basic idea and changes the parameters a little? . Why, you end up with something absurd, like an EEE-PC piloted hamster ball, or…
Author: Sabrina
Scientists developing a “Symbiote” implant for thought
This symbiote, developed by the University of Florida scientists is a computer implant that can think, learn, interpret, and make decisions on its own in order to work with the host to accomplish a common goal most economically. The implant works through tiny electrodes which capture thought signals , and very involved algorithms which interpret…
The Eyeborg, a Device for Colorblind Visual Artists
The Eyeborg was designed by Adam Montandon for his artist friend, Neil Harbisson (pictured here wearing the device). Harbisson was born with a rare hereditary condition of achromatopsia. And one of the effects of this condition is extreme colorblindness, so Neil is only able to see in gray scale. The Eyeborg runs software that recognizes…
Doctors Create Re-Engineered Bladders
A group of scientist have created artificial bladder for the people who have bladder problems. The artificial bladder is supposed to help the patients and reduce the chance of ever getting high urinary pressure and have a life-threatening damage to the kidney. The artificial bladder helps them stay dry for longer but the patients still…
Katana, a moving arm robot
As in the Posthuman article says that”humans may enter into symbiotic relationship with intelligent machines”(372). Katana, is a good example to highlight the wordings of that article. Katana is a moving arm robot, which help people to work with them. It doesnt use the large motor. Instead of large motor Katana uses small motor for…
the el ride home
On the el ride home after class on Friday last week, I took the Red Line home. When I got on, I noticed that there was a picture of original art slid in a slot where the advertisements typically would be. It was a picture of an octopus or squid with a thought bubble coming…
Sidewalk Art
Julian Beever is an English chalk artist who has been creating trompe-l’oeil chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphosis, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle. Well, I’ve always admired his clever works and I think he’s a real…
The Power of Small: Nanomachines ON THE REAL
Nanotechnology transcribes to the side of Hayles‘ article talking about the absolute change within a people’s society, politics, technology and culture within the posthuman context. These times, the body itself can be implanted by the net result of thousands of years of evolutionary technological advancement. Although the goals proposed by nanotechnicians are that of human…
Neo-Human Evolution (Concept from the movie Waking Life)
Immediately while reading the paper about posthumanism, I thought about the relatively unknown concept of the Neo-Humans. I was reminded about the time scales of the human population. It took two billion years for evolution of life on Earth, six million for the hominid, a hundred thousand years for mankind as we know it. So…
uram choe’s work : 1
Uram Choe makes some pretty cool things they almost look futuristic. It seems to represent mechanical creatures of some sort, what does everyone else think??? It kinda grosses you out the same way a bug would gross you out.
To Touch
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are a pair of artists who use objects and spaces to create specific environments. Much of their work is interactive, and meant to be altered by the viewer through sound, touch, or simply presence. This is an old wooden work bench that the viewer touches in different places to…