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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Smart organic windows: MIT CROMA
MIT’s CROMA group brings together researchers from media arts, architecture, and chemical engineering. The group “aims at developing technologies and use case scenarios for building responsive, programmable, and energy-smart architectural components.” Their “smart organic window” project proposes the use of electrochromic organic polymers to enable touch- and motion-sensitive brise-soleil techniques. Continue reading
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Tagged anne balsamo, architecture, croma, ctin-599, electrochromism, mit, responsive environments, windows
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CLOUD MIRROR
I met Eric Gradman at a meeting of the recently-formed Transmedia LA group; his enthusiasm and sense of humor are as infectious in person as they are in his work. Gradman’s “uncomfortably augmented reality” project, CLOUD MIRROR, is currently on show at the Sundance festival. Continue reading
Ambient storytelling resources
This post contains starting points for researching and developing “ambient” storytelling and interaction systems (i.e., stories or games that take place in the background, rather than traditional attention-focusing media artifacts such as movies or console video games). Continue reading
Engineering Man for Space: NASA’s cyborg study
From NASw-512, “Engineering Man for Space”; May 15th, 1963 (abstract). More: Cyborg bibliography. via @caseorganic
Fandom: An Autoethnography
This paper visualizes a sample of my own fan practices by placing them on a simple x/y grid. Based on this visualization, I draw a variety of provisional conclusions regarding a) the role of fandom in my life in general; … Continue reading
NYC LCD billboard graffiti
The magic of cardboard. The mythos of Star Fox. More info: http://www.bladediary.com/ (via Urban Prankster) Posted via email from remotedevice’s posterous
Victoria Kaiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo…
Victoria Kaʻiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn, Crown Princess of Hawaii (16 October 1875 – 6 March 1899) was heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and held the title of crown princess. Kaʻiulani became known throughout the world for her intelligence, beauty and determination. After the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, she spearheaded a campaign to restore the Kingdom. In New York, she made many speeches and public appearances denouncing the overthrow of her government. In Washington, D.C she spoke before the United States Congress and pleaded with U.S. Presidents Benjamin Harrison and later Grover Cleveland, but her negotiations could not prevent eventual annexation. (via upload.wikimedia.org)
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