This is an interesting piece of interactive art called the Thermoesthesia which its makers also call a “Thermal sense display”. Beneath the projection surface there is a matrix of 24 heat pumps. When you touch the surface, you produce snow crystals or sparks, depending on the mode that the installation is currently in. The interesting…

Want express yourself through the climate? The Peau d’Ane is a series of dresses (3) that interacts and changes design as the weather changes. Each dress intereacts with different themes of the weather. The sky dress changes its structure and produces sound based on the clouds and winds in the sky. As for the sun…

Motion Portrait has released a photo imaging program that can transform 2D pictures into 3D talking animation. According to the company, 1 computer with 1 gigahertz processing speed can handle the transformation so most of us should not have any problems with this software if we ever get our hands on it. check the video…

There have been arguments on whether or not Apple is becoming the next Microsoft. This could be one argument for the latter. The new iPods have been engineered to not work on Linux, especially third party software that is not iTunes. Although thanks to the open source community, there is work around to this technological…

THE NINTENDO Wii HAS YET PROMISED ANOTHER UNREASONABLE SUPPLY FOR THE US. EVEN WITH THE BIG SUPPLY OF OTHER SYSTEMS Wii DOESNT FEEL PRESSURE AT ALL BE THEM. BUT SHOULD THEY? DONT THEY THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT THE Wii BUT CANT GET IT BECAUSE THEY’RE ALWAYS SOLD OUT THAT THEY AREN’T GOING TO GET…

Ever walked down the street with your earphones in your ears and then suddenly, one of them pops out of your ear. As you try to pull it back into your ear, the other ear drips and that earphone falls too. Well, these are different in that instead of going into your earlobe they vibrate…

NanoArt is an emerging form of artwork in which artists use nanotechnology to create micro/nanosculptures through chemical, physical, and natural processes. To display, and even see these minuscule pieces of artwork, powerful microscopes are used. One pioneer of NanoArt, Cris Orfescu, has created a website used to spread this innovative form of art. Orfescu also…

It is not to say rice isn’t healthy for you, it’s got plenty of carbohydrates, eh, but bioengineers have spliced some human immune genes into the grain of rice to provide some human proteins in your daily helping of rice. The protein will be harvested from the rice to make medicine for newborns and toddlers…

UK scientists have supposedly been able to produce a gum that is no sticky… or at least less sticky then the gums we chew now. If the gum passes the European health and safety test it could be in stores by next year. Revolymer says that its product is easier to remove from pavements, shoes…

http://www.selektion.com/members/wollscheid/video/NORDPOLBRUECKE.html The link that is near the image is a link that shows you the video of the bridge. I am enchanted by the simple beauty of this piece! It is a bridge that has glass beneath the railings that lights up in case one or more people cross. The light that accompanies pedestrians grows…

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Swiss artist Christoph Buchel are embroiled in a controversy as to who owns an “unfinished” work of art. MassMOCA provided funding for Buchel’s ambitious installation Training Ground for Democracy. As costs began to mount, however, (Buchel wanted a burned out 737 fuselage) the museum decided to cancel the…