Technology and Art
Immersive, Wearable Computing
By cdharris at December 30, 2005 | 2:27 pm | 0 Comment
In "Report the World" The Advanced Institute of Wearable Environmental Information Networks (WIN) introduces an integrated system of wearable computing components (fancifully prototyped in fuchsia) imagined as ideal for real-time journalism. Ten cameras are attached to the trenchcoat to capture the surrounding environment. The wearer can choose any image to view in more...
French people want to share
By cdharris at December 26, 2005 | 12:41 pm | 0 Comment
Two days before Christmas,? the French Parliament voted to legalize P2P file sharing,? including movies and music,? even though Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres' had already proposed new legislation that would have established steep penalties for anyone convicted of pirating copyrighted materials with a fine of $360,000 and as much as three years in jail.??? A more...
Ultramini Projectors and Guerrilla Art
By cdharris at December 24, 2005 | 10:59 am | 0 Comment
In most major cities, there are now quite a few "viral marketing" companies as well as major ad agencies using high-powered projection techniques to place marketing messages on buildings, vacant billboards, and other streetscape locations after dark. The theory is that the unusual medium and locale may make a more memorable impression on the target audience(s) and more...
Blog , Emerging Science and Technology , TechnoActivism , Technology and Art
(area)code project in UK uses SMS to map memories
By cdharris at December 24, 2005 | 12:30 am | 0 Comment
(area)code is an SMS mapping system which is intended to reveal, over time, personal memories and the?private ?histories associated with 5 key sites in the city of Manchester (UK.) (area)code invites individuals to collect and reflect upon their immediate surroundings during the course of day, and enables new forms of engagement and information exchange between person more...
Blog , Data Visualization , Geolocation and Psychogeography , Technology and Art
Driftnet represents browsing behavior
By cdharris at December 24, 2005 | 12:07 am | 0 Comment
Driftnet is an interactive visualization projection of web browsing behavior, which?browses the web & displays URLs & download conditions. The data the software acquires is visualized in hexadecimal format without encoding, and depicts the 'waves and surges' of?sites and their content.? Essentially, the system "decomposits" sites into textures,?abstract color more...
