A team at MIT Media Lab research group Mediated Matters created a 3D mask specifically for Björk's performance at Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. The final mask has an opaque, semi-flexible support structure that changes in stiffness around the neck, and mostly semi-translucent fibers with varying flexibility based on their distance to the… Continue reading 3D mask for Björk
Info Out / Infra In
There is any interesting article on Gizmodo about infrastructure becoming the new 'information age' Information tech isn’t dead — it has just matured to the point where all we’ll get are better iterations of the same thing. The Information Age Is over. Welcome to the Infrastructure Age.
Rise of the Robot
This blog is about the connection between the physical world that we inhabit, and the virtual world that we created. That connection manifests itself in various forms. Google glass, robots, smartphones, Wi-Fi signals are some forms of connection. Recently, i have come across articles that use robots as the interface between the two worlds. Below… Continue reading Rise of the Robot
Robot Assembles Itself and Walks Away
Gizmodo, linked to an article over at the New Scientist, about a robot that assemblies itself. About five minutes later it is able to walk. Two scientists at Harvard University used a sheet of memory plastic and origami principles to create the robot. Motors attached to the board provide power and gears fold and walk.… Continue reading Robot Assembles Itself and Walks Away
4.4 Trillion Frames / Second
A headline over a PC Magazine reads: Camera Captures 4.4 Trillion Frames Per Second According to the article, this new device is capable of recording the conduction of heat, which travels at around one-sixth the speed of light. A camera that captures this many frames per second would provide a new interface/ filter to the… Continue reading 4.4 Trillion Frames / Second
Smart Contact Lenses
Contact lenses of the future At the beginning of the year, Digital Trends ran an article on the developments that Google X Team was making with contact lenses that monitored blood sugar levels. Just this past July Novartis, the Swiss healthcare company, announced a licensing agreement with Google to further develop this technology. One… Continue reading Smart Contact Lenses
Now its glow in the dark roadways…
Studio Roosegaarde My last post showed paths in the U.K. that where covered with a product that allowed it to glow in the dark. In reviewing some draft posts for this blog, I came across an article about another technology for the road. A Dutch designer is proposing the SMART HIGHWAY project. “Everything’s changed but… Continue reading Now its glow in the dark roadways…