Do you like surfing the web but hate the ads? Do you like New Media art? Then Steve Lambert and Evan Harper of Eyebeam OpenLab are working on a Firefox extension for you! AddArt is based on adblocking software. Rather than just removing the ads, however, AddArt seeks to replace them with works of art…
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First in Ear RF Reciever
Phonak has just launched a new in ear RF receiver. It is super high tech. It’ll pick up multiple frequences. It can pick up transmissions from mobile phones, walkie-talkies and specialized transmitters, with a range of 250m. A single battery life should be able to last 13 hours. Supposedly the piece is supposed to completely…
Why Must Everyone Compete with Apple?
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…
Flower Hacking
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…
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT NANOTECHNOLOGY!
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…
THE READINGS…
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)
Tetris Skyscraper
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.
baby mp3
This new gadget allows parents to record their voices so that it can play it back to the baby without them being there. You also can hook your mp3 to it so that it can play lullabies for the baby. This sounds great lets just hope that this little gadget doesnt replace the parent ,…
Toast anyone?
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…
Visual Therapy
This is art placed in high stressed areas in hospitals and clinics. It helps clams the patient and allows for a less sterol look.
Log On, Shoot at an Iraqi: New Interactive Installation at the Flatfile Gallery (Outdated)
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…
Timetable
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…