The Graffiti Research Lab is hosting an event in Rotterdam (Netherlands) where the team will go around tagging buildings with a Big F*cking Laser (their words, not mine!) and are asking for other like-minded individuals to get involved. If I was near the Netherlands or had the money to travel, I think this would be…

So technology is a good thing, right? I mean everything ever made is beneficial to society, right? Well maybe I’m not seeing the upside here, but here’s a nifty gadget for when you as a budding paparazzi find yourself needing to capture those tender celebrity moments and you left your proper camera at home. Now…

As a video editor, I understand how hard it is to be creative and stand out from the crowd, especially with the advent of sites such as YouTube and Google Video. Some editors develope a unique style with the use of camera alterations, advanced effects, and 3d compositing. But, a man by the name of…

The light structure was created to work as a living structure for protection and also a manifestation. As an individual walks by the structure, it lights up. This provides a great deal of security if one is walking alone in shady places. The neon lights are also efficient in a sense that when an individual…

This is going to revolutionize the way that we integrate our artistic ability into our computing experience. This touch panel monitor allows a full interactive solution for navigating, editing and creating files. Imagine being able to construct a free hand vector sketch with an actual monitor supplied screen pen. You may even do fine with…

The Spitz Hotel in Linz, Austria has decided to change its look. Several artists show their work throughout the hotel. In the lobby there is a display that resembles a bookcase which shows Linz’s events, activities and it’s cultural institutions. One of the more interesting facts about this hotel is it’s Reactive Wall. When one…

This is a plate hooked up to a tiny computer. It is designed to help you manage how you eat. It has weight sensors so if you put too much food on it the plate will give different responses like “Stop right there!, and what about excess weight gain?” The plate can also measure how…

so it seems that they have taken the idea from the movie Minority Report(2002) where the actor Tom Cruise(Chief John Anderton) uses a futuristic form of screen to pull in images out and in, and make them bigger or decrease the size. the entire premise is touch-based basically.they have something like this in hollywood at…

As a photography major, and a person who does not have extra hours to spend in Photoshop trying to learn all the shortcuts, I would find this product extremely helpful. Apparently a company has come up with an invention that will allow users of Photoshop to place a skin on their keyboard that has all…

So apparently we’re not the only ones learning how to make stuff… Here’s a nifty idea put together by a bunch of aurtistic folks with the focus on creativity, recycling and the communal spirit. It seems they take electronical gadget novices and transform them into DIY techno hacks. It would be interesting to see a…

Artist Amy Youngs has formulated a socially stimulating idea for a project known as “Live, Live” involving Robert Morris College, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Chicago Transit Authority. Youngs piece is a public installation of three unique looking phones that are intended to encourage conversation between people on the CTA platform….

As part of her microRevolt Project, which focuses on women’s labor history and anti-sweatshop works, new media artist Cat Mazza has creted KnitPro 2.0, a web application that allows the users to create a knit, crochet, needlepoint and cross-stitch pattern from their own digital images. Here is an example: More information about Mazza’s project here,…