With all this talk about wearables….

Eurocosm, a UK based clothing company, is selling these sound activated t-shirts. They seem rather simple, really, but it just goes to show that the trend of wearable electronic devices as fashion may be getting bigger. The equalizer works just like any other equalizer you’ve seen. Each band on the shirt responds to a different…

police state?

There has been a lot of debate about the new police cameras that have been being quietly installed over the last few years. Well actually I don’t think there has been enough debate. No one seems to really care. Heres some quotes from an article I found. There a little lengthy but an interesting look…

Modding your NES

In case you were wondering what to do with your old NES system, that is if you still have it, this page offers a couple of different mods for it. Modding old appliances is always a rewarding feeling because it gets you excited about something old again. Plus it is always fun to open things…

Evoke

Haque Design + Research has recently produced one of the most interesting architecture related responsive artworks to date. Their project “Evoke” is a sound activated visualization displayed on the side of York Minister. Activated by voice, the public is able to manipulate the colors and visuals that appear on the side of the cathedral, bringing…

Eyebeam Mixer

Mixer is a quarterly event, a la art opening/party at Eyebeam, an art and technology center in New York. The most recent was this past weekend with performances by London’s vj group D-fuse and their performance of “Latitude” which portrays urban Asian sprawl and its connectivity to human life and growth. Among other artists were…

Blue Ray comes out on top in 21st century media cold war

Toshiba announced its production withdraw of its HD format, the only competition to the Blue Ray high def, the media that now has the monopoly on newly released optical media. Not that any of this matters, considering we wont be able to reasonably afford either for the next 2-3 years; its jut comforting to know…

Cinemageddon

Cinemageddon is the home of the finest rare, obscure and of course trashy horror, martial art, gore, exploitation and action flicks. Cinemageddon is a board which lists torrents of some great films. Most are around 1-2 gigs, so a far cry from hard drive fillings dvd rips. Take some time and look around, I recommend…

Book From The Ground.

The “Bood From The Ground” is a book that communicates through the use of icons only. Artist, Xu Bing has been researching the communicative elements of various icons for bout ten years, more recently including those incorporated with web and internet use. The following link is his explaination about why this work is significant, especially…

New Camera Technology Could End Movie Piracy

If you’ve ever had a friend tell you they’ve got the newest movie out in theaters downloaded onto their computer, there’s a good chance that it’s just a version filmed with a video camera. Although this isn’t a very good quality at all, it’s the most common way for internet pirates to see the newest…

Recycled Energy

I found it very interesting that this wind turbine not only creates clean energy through wind power but it also makes great used of recycled cardboard as well. The turbine itself creates very little power but the idea of producing planet-friendly wind turbines seems like a win-win. Granted I believe that something a little stronger…

Xbox to Deliver Community Games

Soon hobbyist game developers will be able to share their homemade titles over a premier online service, Microsoft’s Xbox Live. “Ten million people will be able to play your games,” said Microsoft’s Chris Satchell recently at a game developers conference in San Francisco. Microsoft freely distributes tools called XNA, which give any amateur developer the…