While this may not be as snazzy as many of the technical gizmos to befound on the web, this hydraulophone is a fun work. The co-creator,Steve Mann, already has an extensive body of work in human-computerinterfaces, but this musical instrument seems to be something just playful.To create a piece that directly involves individuals only at…

Since grammar school I have heard about the “human chip” that some say would eventually store all your personal information and wipe out all other forms of currency, since the chip would be the most convenient. Most people I talk to say that the chip is in fact the coming of Satan since this “mark…

In exploring my role as an individual with the potential to create a more peaceful world in my immediate environment as well as in the extended interdependent network of life across the globe, taking into account and exploring our fascination with technology is vital. As an inevitable force in the development and “progress” of society,…

In 1964, the first design for a computer pointing device, the mouse, was introduced. Who ever thought back then that it would end up to be an essential component for computers? It’s now 2007, and Novint has built a future must-have for desktops (at least I think so). What first began as a project to…

The Onion Card, created by James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, is a card that through a bar code connects to a data storage place of personal information, so in a sense is kind of an identification card. The card would allow users to “peel” out certain parts of a bar code containing specific information (…

The tactile vest display is one of many tactile devices used to control movement of the one wearing the vest. The specific use of this vest is to play as a navigation aid in the outdoors. The vest is a good idea, if used properly. The location of the vest would be displayed on the…

I choose the living artistic installment by Eduardo Kac. (Specimen of Secrecy About Marvelous Discoveries) It was a multiple piece display of “Biotopes”, these biotopes represent his art that was a living subunit. They show a similar image that is in constant change. Changed only by itsself. He introduced multiple microorganisms that interact with each…

Packet Garden is a free software that records a users personal internet use and expresses the information that it records in a visual dipiction of a garden which takes into account geographical location of servers visitted, type of data accessed, uploading and downloading. The image of the garden is saved on the user’s computer and…

Efosa Okundaye wrote: I read about how Dulce Pinzon wrote a series on Mexican immigrants workers in New York, and how they were paid low wages and had to work really long hours. There were also Mexican workers who had to work in order to give money to their families back in Mexico. This caught…

So I’m a photography major here at UIC and I had never heard of this. HDR or High Dynamic Range photography. Apparently what the photographer does is takes several pictures of the same shot,(I’m assuming this works best at night) and all different exposures. Then using Photoshop you overlay all these images to get a…

While surfing on the websites that you steered us towards in class, I found an installation piece that I found to be particularly fascinating. The project, titled, “oil” by Tyler Adams, is comprised of a plastic box covered in oil. Inside the box is an electronic device that receives updates on every civilian death (war-related…

the pirating of music and movies has been going a major effect on the companies income. espacially major music labels and big time studios. because of pirateting, many comanies are losing money constantly year after year. the invention of HD DVD, and Blue Ray sought to put a stop to the pirateting.in recent news, some…