this installation artist, rafael lozano-hemmer, has produced a few pieces now where public spotlight installations reflect the heart rates of passers by. He embeds sensors on sculptures within the city and as people grab the sculptures – their heart rate is taken. This then inspires the massive robotic system to create the amazing beams of…

Seems that lately motion sensing has become the new “new” technology. First the Wii with its motion sensing remote and nunchuk, then the PS3 with it’s tilting controller, and now these. The Vuzik Virtual Reality Goggles not only give you a heads up display (HUD) right in front of your eyes, but can sense motion….

I saw this an I had to put it up. The idea of a flying car is awesome but the author does have a good point. he says that people can barely drive yet alone try to fly safe. I still wouldn’t mind trying it out some time.

BoGo ” is lighting the world”. You can now buy flashlights that are controlled by solar power. When you purchase one the company will give one to a village in need. These flashlights use solar panels that can last for 20. They also use AA rechargeable batteries that light up 8 LEDs which is enough…

In light of class discussion on sharing and distribution of artwork on the Internet, I thought this article was both interesting and relevant. Torrentspy, a popular search client for BitTorrent files, was recently ordered by the MPAA to give the IP address of United States users so as the MPAA could prosecute against said users….

As the skater skates on the board, sensors pick up the acceleration, rotation, and vibration given off from the skateboard. These data are transmitted wirelessly to a laptop computer. Every single one of these sensors triger a sound which are amplified through speakers. In other words, while the skateboarder skates, they are able to create…

I have an interest in machines acting very human-like. With that said, nothing is more human than shitting. At Ars Electronica, Wim Delvoye spoke in regards to his work Cloaca (latin for sewer) in which a series of machines involving wire, tubing, jars, bacteria, enzymes, and acid, digest food and produce artificial feces. Cloaca underwent…

Oh man, my very own spaceship. Back in 1965, Dr. Moller built his first, and very own, Skycar (which is pretty much mind boggling considering the fact that it was built in 1965), but it didn’t really work very well. My first home-made Skycar was better. His Skycars were built to work like a Spaceship,…

As I was in search of an interesting tech topic for this blog, I ran across a couple of things about cell phones. From what i see and have heard, cell phones can cause cancer(a theory unproven), they cause accidents and deaths because of unfocused drivers(a story older than the first cell phone), and now…

Surprisingly, the worlds biggest supercomputer is actually a virus. It’s the Storm Worm Botnet, which currently infects between one and ten million computers worldwide. Thats a ton of computers! Somewhere between 1 and 10 petabytes of RAM, so it has access to a crazy amount of processing power. These estimates came from the computer scientist…

Hey all…I have to apologize for my computer incompetence! I was publishing my posts under a personal blog, I guess, and not the class blog. Anyhow, I finally figured it out, and posted all my blogs in the Responsive Arts blog. These are form the first week forward. Hope you enjoy, and sorry for the…

This piece is called the “Affective Diary.” This diary uses sensor data (such as movement,skin temp., galvanic skin response, and pulse) which is uploaded through one’s mobile phone.This “biodata” is then used to create abstract, colorful shapes. These different colors and shaped represent different movements, moods, and feelings. Then, the user can reflect on the…