Archive for January 19th, 2008
Mount Fear Statistics for Crimes with Offensive Weapon South London 2001-2002 (2002) corrugated cardboard 2.3m x 1.85m x height 1.85m
After tactile videos or high touch visual, data visualization becomes sculpted and physical. Artist Abigail Reynolds works with materials to bring fugitive knowledge and connections into the immediacy of physical experience.
130 layers of 10mm polystyrene with sprayed finish
In this work, she generates data sets relating to the frequency and position of urban crimes. Each individual incident adds to the height of the model, forming a mountainous terrain.
MOUNT FEAR Statistics for Violent offences 2001-02 Central Manchester (2003) Scale: 1:22,000 (1cm:22m) Relief: 1:24 (1 layer represents 24 offences per km2) Fits a 4×8ft x 70cm plinth. Height 203cm (including plinth)
The imaginative fantasy space seemingly proposed by the sculpture is subverted by the hard facts and logic of the criteria that shape it. The object does not describe an ideal other-worldly space separated from lived reality, but conversely describes in relentless detail the actuality of life on the city streets.
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I’ve looked for GPS - Global Positioning System- recently. Wouldn’t that be awesome for the iphone to have GPS technology integrated while being connected to Google Earth? All in one certainly! One product, the GPS Tracking Key, is a pocket sized device that receives signals from the twenty-four Department of Defense GPS satellites orbiting the earth. And it is … Google Earth compatible!
“The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Utilizing a constellation of at least 24 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, the system enables a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction, and time. Other similar systems are the Russian GLONASS (incomplete as of 2007), the upcoming European Galileo positioning system, the proposed COMPASS navigation system of China, and IRNSS of India. - Wikipedia”
As you might already know, the internal computer accurately determines the GPS location of the device within 2.5 meters and records this data every second. In this GPS tracking device, the Data can be downloaded and view in Google Earth simply by plugging the Tracking Key into the USB port of a computer. It seems that connecting it to the iphone wouldn’t be that hard!
Here are a few links shared by Aaron Zinman on samples to code the iphone:
MobileScrobbler – Last FM client with lots of UIKit use, iPod access & monitoring, Calendar Integration
doom ported
nes emulator home page
svn repo
MAME ported over SDL
bluetooth/wifi access/cell tower
video conferencing
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Amber Frid-Jimenez, member of the Open Studio team, focused on the emergence of online art communities for her master thesis.
She designed WikiPhone, a system in which multiple participants collaborate on soundtracks in real-time, modifying existing online videos; OpenBrand, a system that allows participants to rewrite advertisements; Emma On Relationships, a video blog inviting participants to call in for love advice; and several other projects, exploring aspects of creativity and collaboration.
For her thesis she examined the commonalities within these systems to define design principles governing the creation of participatory media, and to explore the potential of these systems to effect social and political change.
You can download her thesis!
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Re-designing acoustic musical instrument according to the abilities and characteristics of rapid prototype materials
After laser printing on bread, one can print instruments! My friend Amit Zoran designed this really neat concept of an acoustic guitar sound box that has been given a unique sound and behavior through a CAD/CAM process. His research goal at the MIT Media Laboratory in the Ambient Intelligence research group, is to find and analyze a space for structural innovation, especially for acoustic instruments.
His works enables players to customize their own sound by assembling different sound cells, e.g physical parts of the instruments designed in CAD/CAM, instead of considering the instrument as one big sound box. Each string can have its own bridge and each bridge can be linked to different cells. By changing a cell’ size, material or structure, one can create customizable sounds.
His innovative take mainly consists of printing, using a 3D printer, cells drawn into a vectorial software. These cells, made of 30cm radius, have a variety of materials strong enough to carry the pressure of the strings and handle resonance.
People can download recommended sound cells from the internet in order to change or manipulate their guitar sounds.
In the near future, Amit is planning on testing the physical behavior of different combinations and to find optimal structures.
Don’t forget to check the video!
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If you’re reading this site then it’s safe to assume several things; you either love Resistance or you love Ratchet & Clank. If you don’t fall into one of those categories, then you might be a bit weird. You know, in the head. If you do, however, then we have some good news for you. We’ve already reported on Resistance 2’s announcement via Game Informer and, now that Insomniac are back in the office and busy working, there’s also a new episode of the Full Moon Show which went live yesterday.
Be sure to take a listen for some Resistance 2 discussion as well as some clearing up of a few common mistakes regarding the game (nothing we’ve reported was revealed as being false, we’re pleased to say). Keep in mind that Resistance 2 is an M-rated game, so the podcast now features a smattering of bad language as a result. The show retains the same format as before, with an “I Want Your Job” segment, an interview segment and, possibly the best part, the “Cynical Englishman” segment.
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The closest thing the games industry has to the film industry’s Academy Awards is the IAA: the Interactive Achievement Awards. This year, PS3 has three games fighting for the honor of Overall Game of the Year — all of them multi-platform titles. They include: PS3 Fanboy’s Game of the Year, Call of Duty 4, Rock Band and The Orange Box. These are three great titles that are all available on your favorite platform. Bioshock and Super Mario Galaxy were both nominated as well.
Fans of Uncharted need not worry, though. Although the game hasn’t been nominated for any GOTY nods from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, it did get nominations in very deserving categories. The game got nods for Best Adventure, Original Music Composition, Story Development, Character Performance, Visual Engineering and Animation. Not a bad list of nominations, no? Best of luck to all the PS3 games on the list.
[Via Gamespot]
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 Well, the numbers are in for December and we have to say Sony did all right. As far as the PlayStation 3 is concerned, this was the biggest month in its career since launch — 798k units were sold in the last month of 2007. We know the momentum for PS3 is just increasing for 2008 so we whole-heartedly expect to see that number obliterated come December 2008.
How about Sony’s other machines? Well, the PS2 continued to sell very well thanks to its library of an estimated 1,500 games. It moved 1.1 million units in December and sold more software than any console on the market. We’re not surprised, but we’re impressed the system continues to experience such success. If you want to know how the PSP did, you’ll just have to look over at PSP Fanboy, won’t you? We’ll just say that combining the three hardware’s sales together generated approximately $714 million, a number Sony says beats out their competitors.
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We were promised an update to the SingStore and now we’ve got it. But wait, weren’t we supposed to get eighteen new songs? We can only count 14. Where are the other four? Also, the next update that was promised on ThreeSpeech on the 4th of February seems to have been pushed back to the six, if the in-game news feed is to be believed (but when has that ever been the case?).
The update isn’t a complete failure, however. There are a few tracks that we’re tempted to nab. Namely, David Bowie’s “Life On Mars” and The Fray’s “How To Save A Life”. For the full list of new songs check after the break.
- Arrested Development’s “Tennessee”
- Blur’s “Girls And Boys”
- Blur’s “The Universal”
- Blur’s “To The End”
- Blur’s “She’s So High”
- Cartel’s “Lose It”
- David Bowie’s “Life On Mars”
- The Fray’s “How To Save A Life”
- KT Tunstall’s “Suddenly I See”
- Roxy Music’s “Avalon”
- Supergrass’ “Pumping On The Stereo”
- Supergrass’ “Richard III”
- Supegrass’ “Sun Hits The Sky”
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