“Timeless Universe” is the title of Paul Friedlander’s latest work. His pieces are installations of kinetic light sculpture. The flowing images are ephemeral in that they are continuously changing and never repeat. The concept is based on cosmology, physics and contemplative thought. Mixed throughout the sculptures are mathmatical equations and ancient text. He uses video…

Ralf Ottow is a man who has been making lights sense he was a kid, and now has constructed a flash light powerful enough to touch the clouds. Ottow is an optics engineer from Holland who has been working on the “Maxablaster” flashlight. the Maxablaster is made up of a highly powerful mercury arc bulb….

Its makers say the Volcano Digit is accurate, bringing that herb to ± 1.5°C of the perfect vaporization temperature. No more confusing switches and dials, the new and improved Volcano shows its progress to you in big bright LEDs, so you’ll be able to read no matter how toasted you are. Thanks again to the…

Possibly the stupidest new online social interaction site. Become a virtual hipster in the trendy Lower East Side or LES of New York City. It’s like Myspace meets Simlife meets Scenesters. I thinks it’s a place for bands and fans to network. The sites maybe not the worst idea when you consider the cost of…

Sachiko Kodama’s pieces work with ferrofluid and a computer controlling system to modify magnetic fields, which direct the ferrofluid. Ferrofluid (“iron fluid”) is a mixture of magnetic particles suspended in oil, which react to magnetic fields. Kodama studied Physics, Plastic Art, Mixed Media, Computer and Holographical Art. She is currently an associate professor at the…

Apple Air is Apples’ latest and greatest innovation with its light weight and sleek look. However it seems as though in apples’ attempt to make a laptop more convenient user friendly they made a device that is more susceptible to problems. For example the laptop does not come equip with a disk drive. It also…

The newest breakthrough in genetic modifying god complex that the Nexia corporation holds dear- Scientists create the most advanced spider silk synthetic through the splicing of goat and spider genetics. The female goat, loaded with her spider mutation capabilities, will spin the precious spider silk as part of a byproduct in her milk. Spider silk…

Microsoft will soon be unveiling it’s new coffee table like computer, Surface. Surface has no cables or external USB ports for plugging in peripherals. Surface is extremely efficient it has no keyboard, no mouse, no trackball basically no obvious point of interaction except its screen. The user simply needs to touch the view screen to…

Last year a group of researchers were able to create an out of body experience using virtual reality techniques. They would accomplish this by setting up a camera behind the participant and then the participant would wear a virtual reality headset and would then see themselves from behind. to help enhance the experience, they would…

There are many different methods to photography. I have seen pinhole images in the past but the images that these talented artist are getting using only cameras with no lens i.e. pinhole cameras, or camera obscura are just beautiful and breath taking. The exhibit also has works done with photograms and many 3-d works which…

USM is a robotics company that makes the software to run giant robots like in this video. Not only do they know how to make the robots function in a proper, functional manner, but they also know how to have fun with it as well. Although I don’t really see this becoming a part of…

Giselle Beiguelman is a Brazilian new media artist and essayist. Her project Poetrica took place in Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo from October to November of 2003. The project allowed individuals to submit electronic messages via the web or cell phones that were then simultaneously displayed on three electronic billboards in a downtown, urban environment. Messages…