This piece is “Girl With Ice Cream” by artist Alexandra Stratimirovic. What I find so appealing about it is the contrast of moving forward with materials (metal, white opal plexiglass, glass liquid containers, colored water and flourescent lamps) and giving the work, even the subject matter, an impressionistic feel. It also draws links to works…

This isn’t your average fire extinguisher. In fact, it isn’t a fire extinguisher at all. Rather than just reading how to use one, this is an extinguisher that you can use for practice in case you ever need to use the real thing. The “Bullseye” fire extinguisher uses laser technology to simulate normal household fire…

The year 2000 came and went and we still do not have flying cars, jet packs, or robotic butlers. But we are slowly taking small steps towards the cool aspects of sci-fi technology. Researches from USC have created a 3-D holographic display. Created by spinning a mirror covered with a “holographic diffuser,” a special DVI…

Hektor is a programmable graffiti robot. It could technically make its compositions via any substance inserted in its miniscule grip, but its power is in its flexibility. Jürg Lehni and Uli Franke conceived of this device, based on Jürg’s javascript interface for Adobe Illustrator that allows the direction/pathing of spaces for Hektor to navigate. Hektor…

This photos shows a “Bio-Art” project by Adam Zaretsky that involved Zaretsky playing Engelbert Humperdinck music next to a sample of E. Coli in order to find out whether or not sounds and/or vibrations influenced the growth of bacteria. This art form is very interesting to me because of the certain aspect of not having…

Just a bunch of crazy stuff that may or may not blow your mind. It’s very sci-fi but it’s from CNN.com so you know it’s true (sarcasm doesn’t really work in blogs.) But anyway this reputable source talks about all the new wearable technology the military is developing to help/control their soldiers/pawns. Suits including protection…

I thought this would be fitting to what we are doing in class right now. This link shows how to make a simple 5V DC power supply. The power supply is rechargeable via USB in your computer. Another bonus is you can install a On/Off switch. This project involves quite a bit of modding simple…

The search engine silobreaker finds fresh information on just about anybody and anything just  like most other search engines do, however it also uses an interactive map like the one shown above to help visitors find relevant information a bit quicker.  Not only is the map a visual representation of information relating to the subject that…

These guys design create a new kinds of turntables, ones that play themselves! They build these tables out of many types of material giving them a mix media art feel but of course it looks robotic. They even preform live and call themselves DJ I Robot. DJ I Robot uses a PC, many micro-controllers, and…

This is basically a giant clip that reads the electric usage on any power cable it’s clipped onto.  I really liked the design of this piece, it’s very sleek and simple.

With the onslaught of wireless devices, it was only a matter of time before electricity goes wireless as well. Although Scientists have known for years how to transmit electricity without wires, the distance range has been limited. However, last year a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set a new standard by accessing power…

The new exhibition at net.culture.space in Vienna’s Museumsquartier focuses on human-computer interaction. Intuitive interfaces replace the mouse and keyboard with the human body and its five senses. The big new thing among game developers is: “We bring your body in!” But media artists are already taking this to the next level and utilizing thoughts and…