New in the news is Sony and their big idea of a MP3 player similar to that of Apple’s iPod and Microsoft’s Zune. WHY? It is not like they are not making enough money already with the prices of the PS3 and PSP, but now they want to create something that will not differ much…

Life Support Systems- Vanda is a project by Mateusz Herczka, an artist who’s main interest is in bioscience and artificial intelligence research. This particular project uses electrical signals from an orchid which are then translated by means of a hacked Xbox. The orchid’s “memories” are stored and used to create a virtual organism, able to…

Yeah, sure, it seems kind of broad and all, but everything that has to do with Nanotechnology is pretty rad. Nanotechnology “refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the molecular level in scales smaller than 1 micrometre, normally 1 to 100 nanometers, and…

so i know this isnt a real post but i have been trying to hunt down a clearer version of our reading ( for the quiz) is anyone else having a problem with reading the artical? If you have any links to the reading on a different site please email me! -Bridget ( Bcoral9@gmail.com)

Yep, that’s a 30+ story Tetris game. By texting to a phone number during certain times at night, a person can play not only Tetris, but Pong, Breakout, and Pac-Man. An interesting and large-scale take on responsive arts.

so this might not be the most important concept of the week but i think it is pretty darn cool! I have a hello kitty toaster that puts her face on your toast… i though this was the the most amazing toaster in the world until i saw this idea for a transparent toaster.it uses…

This is art placed in high stressed areas in hospitals and clinics. It helps clams the patient and allows for a less sterol look.

It wasn’t until the reading in regards to New Media did I remember that Chicago once had this interesting Installation about web cams, Iraqis, and paint ball guns early this year. The artist Waafa Bilal setup an installation in the Flatfile gallery in Chicago with a web cam and a paint ball gun connected to…

This cool, although weird-looking thing, has 12 little circles that change function based on what is projected on them from up above. They can be a watch or a switch or many other things, and at first they are unified but become more complex the more they are used. It kind of looks like a…

Diners in Nuremberg, Germany are finally learning that humans are becoming obsolete, to serve fast food. using a touch screens you not only can select your meal but see what your meal looks like. No more surprised looks when the waiter bring your meal, and asking is that grilled chicken a la devil. but then…

UNICEF estimates that more than 1 billion people around the world are without year-round access to safe dinking water and each year more than 1.5 million children under the age of 5 die from water borne dieses. So the ability to create clean and drinkable water is essential to the survival of many people. Although…