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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Remember how silly Sony’s Aibo was? They were the little electronic pet dogs that would bark, yelp, half roll-over, cost too much money, and not make up for the longing of owning a real dog. Mattell is coming out with a T-rex toy that is way cooler as it uses biomorphic robotics and will follow…

Hestbak is an Icelandic music ensemble that primarily relies on instruments within the brass family. The group was formed about five years ago and focuses on incorporating “interactive technologies” and “animated scores” into their performances. Scores are projected in real time and converted into graphical forms which members of the group respond too. The group…

Jack Dollhausen is an artist who creates machines that interact with lights and sounds with the viewer. The way to makes these machines, they look as if they are sculptures, they are beautiful to look at, something you could hang on your wall. This machine called the Fourth Dancer responses to the viewer, if left…