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…

Has anyone ever rented a movie from a redbox?, The redbox corporation (which is located in Oak Brook, IL) has boxes all over the place, inside jewels, walgreens and many other stores. They give out promo codes for free rentals for various different promotions. I found a website that lists all these different free rental…

This project comes from the Graffiti Research Lab. Which is, “Dedicated to outfitting graffiti artists with open source technologies for urban communication.” This group of scientists/artists use their laser to create art instead of defense systems and weapons. The tags look great on the giant building. I like the drip effect they put on the…

A research team in Copenhagen at the Niels Bohr institute have come up with a more effective CT scan system. By using a concept that biologists use called “dark field microscopy” , researchers are able to get very clear and vivid x-rays that they couldn’t have been able to get previously. The only components that…

What’s better than having a giant robotic arm? Using it to throw things at stuff. What’s better then that? Lighting things on fire then throwing it at stuff. A group of friends borrowed the company robot and play around with it. The article claimed they hacked it to do the things it did and they…

With more and more advancements being made in the field of laser eye surgery who would have thought that a possible cure for blindness would come from a tiny camera.  The device consists of two parts. One is the camera implanted directly in the eye and the second is a chip which is located in…