Similar to what we saw in class on Monday, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Museum in Frankfurt, Germany recently held an exhibition displaying drawing machines from a handul of different artists. The piece on the left is called, “CYCLOGRAVEURCYCLOGRAVEUR,” and was made in 1950. This is one of the pieces exhibited in the museum. Along with…

In a sweeping desperate press move, microsoft introduces a coffee table touch screen computer that will “change the world”. Assuming they mean that being able to show google maps on your coffee table will bring about a second industrial revolution. The table retails for probably way too much money for something that solely used to…

This large scale clock located in the London Heathrow Airport is a different type of world clock. The clock takes a different spin by giving the viewers  the time of natural wonders, various mountains, museums, and other natural and modern wonders rather than world capitals. By offering a different view of the world based on…

This team called Game Over makes a lot of classic video game videos using people as the components in the game. For this Tetris one they had the different groups of people sitting in an auditorium and had they sit in the shapes of the Tetris pieces. I really enjoy this video it is fun…

I recently visited this virtual art gallery of luminous art, sculpture and art installations by Eric Ehlenberger that incorporate neon light. Evidently, Ehlenberger is one of very few sculptors that focuses on the use of neon in his work. Along with neon, he often includes aluminum and other metals in his sculpture as well as…

Save the rainforest at any cost nessecary…This includes ditching actual post it notes for a sexier and sleeker design. The DYI digi-post-it is as simple as writing out a note with a stylus on a trackpad. A button push erases what is on the screen and you can start all over again. DYI link included….

Yes. In possibily the grossest and biggest “TMI” post to ever be seen on this blog, University of Cincinnati Proffessor Andrew Steckl has discovered something…horrible. Apparently the DNA inside the sperm cells of salmon can be used to enhance LED lights. These so called BIOLEDs are being used by the Air Force. Upon looking at…

The work of Spencer Finch, What Time Is It on the Sun? is currently running at Mass MoCA. Synesthesia is part of the vocabulary used to describe what he draws on in creating works. West is a video installation synching monitors which run on 31 minute loops. The slowly altering images are carefully selected from…

Aerial Painting Hands (APH) was developed by the Computer Music Lab of CNUCE/C.N.R. located in Pisa, Italy to aid in “computer graphic performances.” The system consists of video camera, digitizer card, computer, MDI cable, synthesizer, amplifier, projector, and loud speakers. On a basic level, the system allows a “painter” to perform various, mildly guided hand…

If you’re one of those people that doesn’t understand that Guitar Hero is just a video game and you constantly complain about how “IT’S NOTHING LIKE PLAYING A REAL GUITAR! I HATE FUN!” then you will finally have a reason to shut up and stop whining! Guitar Rising is a video game in the works…

With some of our focus being pointed to wearable art, I’d like to go in a different direction to wearable power. Scientists have developed a type of fiber that can generate its own electricity, enough to recharge your cell phone battery or other appliances. If woven into a shirt, the wearer would be able to…