Johnny Lee is a student at Carnegie Mellon University who has been developing a series of methods to repurpose the Nintendo Wii’s infrared wireless joystick. His latest projects have been developing multi-point interactive systems, seen here. The Wii joystick ordinarily reads two infrared points (usually an infrared light bar that comes with the game system,…

In 2009, worldwide laptop sales are expected to surpass the sales of desktops for the first time, reaching more than 150 million. Since a majority of laptop owners trash their machines after only 3 years, designers need to start making the jump to eco-friendly laptops, from manufacturing to recycling. This article makes note of the…

Although I wasn’t in class on Monday and missed the general explanation for this blogging part of the class, I think what I’m posting should be alright. Seeing this video gets me very excited about the future of video games. Owning my own Nintendo Wii, I really wish that I had the brains to figure…

Ben Quintero Here’s something I have never really thought about, how IS a concept car made? Well first of all, whenever a concept car is introduced, a similar production model follows. This is certainly a fascinating art because it involves so many people in the process of coming up with the ideas! It’s also an…

I found this image very interesting because it looked like it was built by a child , but it wasn’t it was actuallybuilt by John Palmer who after building it posted up how to on his site. It made me think about the saying that even though you grow up you still have a child…

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Toxoplasmosa gondii is a brain parasite that infests the brains of rats but reproduces in the intestines of cats. The interesting part is that the parasitetakes over the rats brain, and the rat unknowingly allows itself to be eaten by thecat. In a nutshell-step 1) toxoplasmosa gondii takes over rats brain (as in mind control)step…

I thought that the interaction between the different whirlpools in the pool created a nice example of how relationships in different settings work as well. I also like that the whirlpools themselves have unique tendencies towards each other as well.

This is actually a very simple yet clever idea. If people knew how much water they were wasting on their lawns and filling up their bath tubs, they might reconsider their consumption habits. With all the chemicals and pesticides washing into our water supply. People may want to conserve fresh water a little more instead…

“It takes about 15,000 to 30,000 square feet of land to feed one person the average U.S. diet. I’ve figured out how to get it down to 4,000 square feet. How? I focus on growing soil, not crops.” Biointensive farming incorporates many of the same practices as biodynamics, and takes them a few steps further….

This is one of the first articles that got me interested in incorporating technology into my art. I really like the guerrilla art aspect of this project. This is basically a van that has been turned into a giant dot matrix printer. It started with a remote control car with downspraying paint and evolved into…

Idoya, a 12-pound, 32 inch monkey, was successful in making a 5-foot humanoid robot walk on a treadmill using only her brain activity. The event marks the first time brain activity has been able to successfully control the the movements of a walking robot. By implanting electrodes into Idoya’s brain, scientist were able to record…