technology ← JK

Living Things

Mar

30

2013

Nooo wonder I see objects as sentient beings, I grew up watching this crap:

First attempt: Cut bottom out of old box, took photos with iPad camera against plain background. Second attempt: Photographed objects inside box, loaded photos onto iPad, placed iPad inside box. Items:

Desk Crit with Kyle Li

Feb

16

2013

Feedback from guest critic Kyle Li, as well as Louisa Campbell and my other classmates: Where are the bears sitting? In a clean gallery space, or in my room? Could the bears be having some type of online chat between them? Where is the viewer situated? Are they a participant? Should the cameras inside of ...

Nanny Cam Cam

Feb

10

2013

(working title) The idea: 2 teddy bear nanny cams, watching each other. Live feed of the footage streaming online. Humans watching objects through objects, objects watching objects.

Project Proposal

Nov

21

2012

Thesis argument: Objects are symbols of human history. This history can get lost as they physically erode, rust, break, and disappear. Additionally, the nature of objects is changing: physical objects are being translated into immaterial software that is housed in high-tech hardware. Immaterial software and high-tech objects cannot be vessels of sentiment/nostalgia in the same ...

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (3/3)

Oct

23

2012

This is the last episode in a series of documentaries by Adam Curtis. It focus on the idea of humans being machines. Adam Curtis – All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 3/3 – The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey – Subs from avefenix1954 on Vimeo. Notes: Humans are ...

Howard Odum’s Ecological Modeling

Oct

18

2012

Adam Curtis’ documentary series “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” mentioned the work of Howard Odum. Odum was an ecologist who is known for making analogies between ecosystems and electrical, mechanical, acoustical, magnetic and electronic systems. I’m interested in the analogy Odum made between ecosystems and Ohm’s law. Odum set up analogies between ...

Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots

Oct

17

2012

These five objects are common domestic furniture or machines. They are designed to be powered by microbial fuel cells. They trap insects or small rodents that are found in the house and convert them into energy that can be used to run the device. Mouse Trap Coffee Table (fueled by mice that go after crumbs) ...

Answering Machine Hack

Oct

17

2012

I’m brainstorming ways to alter a digital answering machine so that it can either be used to engage with more modern technologies, or perform some new function that is valuable/interesting/relevant. Ideas so far: Integrate Siri Make it reply to my voicemail for me Make it alert me when I have a voicemail on my cell ...

Troika– “Electroprobe”

Oct

17

2012

Interesting project by Troika that allows visitors to listen to the electromagnetic noises that come from common household electronics. Items are organized into groups based on their electromagnetic audio output. Viewers use a magnetic microphone/headphone set to listen to the “music.” More details on the Troika website ›

Flow

Oct

17

2012

This is a project that embodies a lot of the things I’ve been researching: mechanical energy, low-tech materials, environmental sensing, and online data aggregation. Here’s a description from the website: “~Flow, by Owl Project and Ed Carter, was a tidemill – a floating building on the River Tyne that generated its own power using a ...

Old/New Tech “Combines”

Oct

17

2012

I’m brainstorming ways to allow people to use new technology with old technology: Bold = old, obsolete thing Italic = new technology/method (parentheses) = combine idea wallets – credit cards, google wallet (google wallet wallet) glasses/contacts – lasik surgery pagers – cell phones (pager that dials phone numbers) carrier pigeons – email printing press – ...

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2/3)

Oct

16

2012

I’ve been watching these Adam Curtis documentaries for inspiration. They’ve been really thought provoking and given me an interesting perspective on the relationship between humans an machines throughout history. I didn’t take notes during the first episode, but I started jotting things down during the second one. See below: Adam Curtis – All Watched Over ...

Smell-o-Meter

Oct

15

2012

How stinky is too stinky? There’s a machine to measure that, apparently. It’s called the Nasal Ranger.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Inventions

Oct

15

2012

via http://www.leonardodavincisinventions.com