Perry Hoberman’s Cathatic User Interface (C.U.I) project descriptions reads as follows: ” • A MERE DRONE in the ever-expanding DIGITAL WORKPLACE? • FRUSTRATED by the RAPID PACE of CHANGE in a RADICALLY RESTRUCTURED WORLD? • A PATHETIC SLAVE to a soulless NUMBER-CRUNCHING MONSTER? • SHACKLED to a NEO-FASCIST data terminal? HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO:…

this is a really cool competition that the gizmodo world had to find the coolest computer cases made. the designs are very intricatly postured. i love the way that they have all got their own little theme. and the designs are just increadiable. the picture i have posted is my favorite of the contest.

So in CeBit today Chinese phone company Huawei unveil 3 concept phones for the market. I find these designs to be interesting because it combines portability with compatibility. Particularly the USB phone which as the name suggest a phone with the USB cord on the phone. Judging from the pictures it conforms pretty well with…

It is placed in a room and is triggered when someone walks up to it. First a light turns on and then the washing machine tub rocks back and forth. There are ping-pong balls with printed words on them that each person picks to put on the wall. This piece lets the viewer have a…

So you thought you were kind of understanding all that electrical stuff and the BASIC Stamp seemed pretty coo, hunh? Well, this weekend is your (and my) opportunity to be humbled by your juniors. At the Pavillion is the regional championship for the high school robot competition. Saturday at noon the grand finale/ championship/ geek…

Amy Youngs has engineered a cactus to glow in response to human interaction. I don’t quit know if this was done genetically but I would think that there is a non-organic mechanism involved here somewhere. Regardless of how it was done it was done to promote the idea of developing new types of plants that…

The Jansen went from painting to making a flying saucer (that really flew and caught some attention) to making wind powered mechanisms. These objects are beautiful displays of mechanics and motion. Often far taller than a human being they gracefully walk along the beach as the wind is caught in sails results in the bending…

So this is a pretty neat little site here. They have a couple simple electronic devices you can make by hacking cheap everyday products. These reminded me a lot of the kinds of stuff we do in class so I thought they were pretty interesting. My favorite is the Laser Communicator, but yeah check it…

The piece Superficial Tension by Canada based Mexican artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a different take on new media art based on surveillance. In this case nobody is really watching the viewer or spectator, but a plasma screen containing the image of a huge eye that through a video-based tracking system detects the movement of the…

this is really cool. i think i would like to know whether im going to be handling hot or cold water. everytime i go and wash my hands i always burn my hands because i never know wether the water will be scorching, and its not that simple. i never think about the temperature, so…

here is an interesting piece of German architecture that I came across. It’s a college dining hall based out of Karlsruhe… The visually pleasing design is described by the architect (Jurgen Mayer H.) as an “elastic space” that elicits the feeling of looking at bubble gum on the bottom of your shoe…..but in a much…

Pay no attention to the site, just the concept.