Update: Design Our Poster for PSFK Conference New York: Deadline Extended
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
As we mentioned last week, we are challenging you to get creative for this year’s PSFK Conference NYC. We’re asking you to have a go at creating a poster design (it can be of any form - hand drawn, digital graphic, screenprint, wheat paste, etc) that will be shown at our upcoming conference on April 2. And, we’re happy to announce, will be judged by one of PSFK’s favorite graphic artists, Matt W Moore.
The only… Continue reading Update: Design Our Poster for PSFK Conference New York: Deadline Extended
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MEDIA ARTS MONDAYS: The Spontaneity Strategy
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
In today’s dynamic media landscape, people are living their lives at the speed of real time. News is expected
to be up to the second, friends keep up with each others’ lives online, step by step and hour by hour, and the latest and greatest can change every time you “refresh the page.” It has created a culture where there is a lot of cache in knowing and being part of what’s current, and anything slightly out-of-date can feel awkwardly out of synch. And it’s not just newsrooms and networking sites that… Continue reading MEDIA ARTS MONDAYS:
The Spontaneity Strategy
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Home Gardening Making a Big Comeback
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
People are taking to gardening again it seems. But it’s not as a relaxing hobby - this new school of gardeners are hitting the soil to grow serious food.
Spurned on by the sagging economy, people are reviving the idea of the home (or apartment) victory garden to save money and eat healthier. A National Gardening Association report predicts a 19 percent increase in home gardening in 2009, and more than half of their survey respondants said they planned to start a garden this year. The Burpee… Continue reading Home Gardening Making a Big Comeback
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Designing Sensitive Robots
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
As part of the 2009 Human-Robot Interaction Conference, researchers from the University of Calgary have released a paper describing their efforts to make a household machine - in this case, a Roomba vacuum robot, aware of it’s owner’s emotions. Using a special headband that reads bioelectrical signals, they were able to control the Roomba based on the unique physical indicators of human emotions. The researchers are hoping to design robots that are more responsive to human needs. So, if a human seemed upset, the robot could sense it, and… Continue reading Designing Sensitive Robots
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YouTube University
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
Richard Buckland is a computer science lecturer at the University of NSW who has pioneered the use of YouTube videos as learning aids at Australian universities. Seeing a need for more challenging computing classes in high schools, Buckland is now offering a class for high school students based almost entirely on the recordings of his first-year computing lectures.
High school students who want to learn more about computing and mathematics can take this advanced, first-year university level class for free. While studying the video lectures at home, participants will… Continue reading YouTube University
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Lie Detector Jewelry
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
MAKE is now selling a do-it-yourself kit that’s a combination mood ring and lie detector. The “Truth Wristband” is a piece of jewelry that monitors your internal state, and broadcasts it to the world via color changing lights. The video below shows it in action.
They explain:
A wearable device that dynamically reflects your psycho-emotional response to the world, promoting internal states to be externalized and made into interactive forms of expression. Measuring the galvanic skin response (a marker of emotional arousal commonly used in lie detector tests), this device’s lights turn from… Continue reading Lie Detector Jewelry
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Pic: Urban Spam In Yellow Cabs
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
When you used to press the ‘off’ button on the TVs in New York’s yellow taxis they’d go blank. But no more: now the ads continue to run. Reminded me of a piece on omnipresent advertising in BrandWeek:
Every day, hundreds of jets lift off from Runway 33 of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, laying trails of gray exhaust across the muggy Houston sky. The planes climb steeply toward cruising altitude, and by the time they’re over the northern suburb of Humble, everything on the ground looks pretty small. Even the huge billboards that… Continue reading Pic: Urban Spam In Yellow Cabs
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Lightning Hybrids to Unveil 100 MPG Hydraulic-Biodiesel Car in Denver
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
Last year, we wrote about the rise of niche auto manufacturers. In two weeks, Colorado based Lightning Hybirds will debut a new sports sedan that they claim will get 100 miles per gallon at the Denver Auto Show. Called the LH4, the car is powered by a proprietary engine that mixes a 90 horsepower 2-cycle biodiesel powerplant with 150 horsepower hydraulics. The cars are slated to be available in 2010 and will sell for $39,000-$59,000.
The… Continue reading Lightning Hybrids to Unveil 100 MPG Hydraulic-Biodiesel Car in Denver
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The Art of Static
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
A team at Goldsmiths College, University of London is working on harnessing static electricity as a power source for a dynamic audio-visual displaying fabric. The research is also helping shed light on using static electricity as an on-demand, renewable energy source.
They explain:
E-Static Shadows‘ is a practise-based experimental research project by designer Dr. Zane Berzina and architect Jackson Tan which creatively explores the speculative and poetic potential of static electricity found in our everyday environments, surrounding our everyday interactions. The aim of the project is to… Continue reading The Art of Static
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Monolithic Interactive Display Helps You Shop
Tuesday, den 17. March 2009
Artefact is developing an interesting concept design that aims to bridge the gap between the physicality of the real-life retail experience, and the flexibility of an online shopping platform.
The concept is called “The Wall”. It’s a large, monolithic looking interactive display that interacts with in-store physical products, and then aggregates associated online content about that item. It can help you “crowd source” your decision about whether or not to buy a particular piece - “does this look good on me?” The Wall will also be able to find… Continue reading Monolithic Interactive Display Helps You Shop
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