Three Dimensional Data        Reading the Art Against Information article was a way to look at the world differently. In today’s world, everyone relies on phones, tablets, computers, and many electronics, but only a few know about the functionalities of these objects. Behind each interface, lays a complicated data system, which…

Art Against Information    After reading this article, I was impressed by how people presented there can make art out of anything they stumble upon. For example, The Dumpster is a visualization of blog posts.It has over 2000 blog posts of teenage splits. I thought it was absolutely genius to take something so useless(even though it’s a great…

Learning about artists in this class has really opened my eyes to a whole new way of thinking that seems to be common in the New Media world. The artists that we read about don’t just make art with a subject and a background and thats it. They think about every aspect that goes into…

The Light Up Dart Board is a fun way to spice up the dull game of darts. By using batteries and a few extra supllies we are able to light up different areas of the dart board. Depending on which circle the magnetic dart lands, an LED light begins to shine. Materials required: -4 AA…

Drip Lights, 2014 The purpose of this assignment was to explore different ways to activate a switch. In this case the switch will light up an LED light. The switch works by having water close the circuit when the water drops come in contact with the open part of the circuit. This piece is meant to be…

Proj1: Hanging Lantern Tutorial This is a small tutorial on how to build a small lantern for decorative purposes. This small  lantern works on a weight activated switch. So in essence you can simply hang the lantern and it will light up, and turn off once you un-hang it. This is a nice little idea…

In the “Hacking for fun and profit video the aspect that I took away from this was Creative Commons and how that is still prevelant to creative works. At the time of this video, Ippolito brings up a lot of cases where even though the internet was created for the sharing and collaboration of information,…

I appreciated John Ippolito’s discussion of Creative Commons licenses in his “Hacking Copyright For Fun and Profit” lecture. When content can be shared so easily over the internet, it’s important for creators to be aware of their options. The first time I came across a Creative Commons license was alongside videos created by The Lonely…

Just like other students have been able to relate to the way academia treats copying, I can also relate to this. John talks a bit about Turnitin, I personally hate this internet service. In high school whenever we had to turn in an essay or some other type of written work we had to do…