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March 4, 2012
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Design Fiction: Near Future Laboratory, "Corner Convenience"
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*The crowning glory of the Emerge design-fiction workshops.
"Rough cut of the corner convenience movie created in a day and a half by @fosta, @darthjulian and
the workshop team for the Emerge event at Arizona State University."
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www.lumosity.com
Hey Look, a Geeta Dayal WIRED story.
*Tragically, it's not about Iranian disco; but we can always hope.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/03/japanese-speech-jamming-gun/
March 3, 2012
Showtime: Oscar Lhermitte, "Seeing in Circles"
"Looking at the different ways to shoot videos. Part of a workshop at the RCA led by Rosario Hurtado
and Quique Corrales. May 2010.
"Instead of making a normal movie, I am trying to get a colour gradient of what the camera is
shooting. There is no postproduction involved, the effect is achieved by connecting the lens of the
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camera to a drilling machine. The video is taking 15 frames per second, whereas the drill is spinning
at more than 20 turn per second."
MAKERS: la Nuova Rivoluzione Industriale
http://www.worldwiderome.it/site/agenda/
AGENDA
PRESSO L'ACQUARIO ROMANO H. 10:00 – 18:00
09:30 – REGISTRAZIONE
10:00 – WELCOME
RICCARDO LUNA
ANDREA MONDELLO E STEFANO VENDITTI
10:15 – LA NUOVA RIVOLUZIONE INDUSTRIALE
ALBERTO COTTICA "BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: THE ECONOMICS OF THE MAKERS
REVOLUTION"
PAOLO CERETTO "PROGRAMMA 101. QUANDO OLIVETTI INVENTÒ IL PC."
LEANDRO AGRÒ "PROGETTARE GLI OGGETTI DELLA PROSSIMA INTERNET"
CHRIS ANDERSON "ATOMS ARE THE NEW BITS"
11:30 – ARDUINO NON È SOLO UN RE
MASSIMO BANZI "ARDUINO"
SIMONA MASCHI
DARIO BUZZINI – "BUILD TO THINK AND THINK TO BUILD"
GIORGIO OLIVERO E LA COMUNICAZIONE VISIVA PER I MAKERS
12:30 – STAMPARE IL MONDO
ENRICO DINI "IL 3D PRINTING IN ARCHITETTURA: IL PROGETTO D-SHAPE"
KENT'S STRAPPER
SEBASTIANO FRATTINI – MUSIC PERFORMANCE
VITO CHINELLATO E LO STRADIVARIUS
13:00 – PAUSA PRANZO
ØKAPI – MAKE SOME MUSIC
14:30 – VITA DA MAKER
DALE DOUGHERTY "LEADING AND FOLLOWING THE MAKER MOVEMENT"
RICCARDO MARCHESI DIRETTORE GENERALE TEXE SRL
VECTOREALISM "LASER CUTTING FOR THE MASSES"
GIOVANNI RE – "ARTIGIANI TECNOLOGICI: MAKERS MADE IN ITALY"
ZOE ROMANO "MAKERS E MODA COLLABORATIVA"
ENRICO BASSI – "FABLAB ITALIA"
16:30 – FARE IMPRESA DIY
MASSIMO MENICHINELLI "BIT, ATOMI, CITTÁ E SOLDI"
CHIARA SPINELLI "EPPELA: L'IDEA È SOLO IL PRIMO PASSO"
ALBERTO D'OTTAVI "LANA, ACCIAIO, SILICIO: LE GRANDI TRADIZIONI ITALIANE E
L'INNOVAZIONE DIGITALE"
ANDREA PIRAS E ANTONIO PINTUS, "PARAIMPU"
Q&A – LUCA SOFRI INTERVISTA CHRIS ANDERSON
18:00 – WRAP-UP & GOODBYE
March 2, 2012
Design Fiction: EMERGE: Artists + Scientists Redesign the Future
*It's getting pretty hot and heavy over here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/sets/72157629498825231/
http://emerge.asu.edu
March 1, 2012
Curated Design Fiction Videos: the videos every design-fiction fan should
see
*These demonstrate the spectrum of possibility with a design-fiction approach.
Julian Bleecker compilation video
http://vimeo.com/15338098
Superflux, Song of the Machine
Corning, a Day Made of Glass
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp, Growth Assembly
Urbanflow Helsinki
Timo Arnall Robot Readable World
Ludwig Zeller, Introspectre
Stark-Fujikawa HUD
Ben Bashford, Display Cabinet
Dunne and Raby, Technological Dream Series Number One: Robots
February 29, 2012
Li-Fi
*It's a press release. I'm running it because of the interesting implications of Internet connectivity
through visible light. If you combine this with projection-mapping you get a remarkable technology
where visual augmentations transfer their own data.
*I would skeptically note that Internet connectivity has been threatening to ooze out of sewer lines
and buzz out of wall sockets for ages now, yet it never does. Even Alexander Graham Bell tried to put
telephony into light signals. "Fiber optics without the fiber." Well, maybe.
'LI-FI' COULD REPLACE WI-FI AS UNIVERSITY SPIN–OUT LOOKS TO TRANSMIT DATA
THROUGH LED LIGHT BULBS
"Tuesday 28th March 2012 (((Hey wow, a month into the future (sic))))
"For 'Wi-Fi' read 'Li-Fi' as light from an LED bulb can be transformed into communication data
streams using technology created at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
"Large risk of running out of radio spectrum as we cope with the long term demand of wireless data
transmissions and the trillions of bytes of data communicated every month.
"Turning a light source – a simple household LED bulb – into a localised data communications
centre is a potentially viable alternative
"Edinburgh, Scotland; 28th February 2012: A new spin-out from the University of Edinburgh has
embarked on pioneering R&D to throw light on an alternative to wireless radio data communication.
"VLC Ltd (Visible Light Communications) is to launch the first prototype 'Li-Fi' technology
application which will see LED light carry optical wireless communication streams, as an alternative
to conventional Wi-Fi, using VLC's IP technology SIM-OFDM and optical spatial modulation.
"This allows LED light to modulate at a rate so fast as to be imperceptible to the human eye, but
which can be picked up by receivers such as suitably configured smart-phone cameras at speeds of
hundreds of megabits per second, enabling the light source to transmit data.
"Although the idea of transmitting data via the visible light spectrum is not new, the development of
super high-speed transmission using off-the-shelf LED light bulbs initially came from research
carried out by Professor Harald Haas, Professor of Mobile Communications, School of
Engineering/Institute of Digital Communications, University of Edinburgh.
"His research created the technology that can transfer vast quantities of information across a
spectrum 10,000 times wider than the radio frequency spectrum.
"Dr Gordon Povey, CEO of VLC, has overseen the recent company spin-out, working in partnership
with Edinburgh Research and Innovation (ERI), the university's research and commercialisation
office. He believes the company is on the cusp of a quantum leap forward in transforming data
communication, which may eventually lead to a migration away from our dependence on radio
communication.
"He comments;
"Our research has shown that using LED light as the carrier, we can achieve data rate speeds well in
excess of current Wi-Fi configurations.
"One of the key issues is with data capacity – at the rate we currently adopt wireless data, we will
ultimately run out of radio spectrum as we cope with the long term demand of wireless data
transmissions and the trillions of bytes of data communicated every month. (((Well, this spectrum
scarcity is basically a political issue, but maybe it's easier to hide in the light bulbs than it is to
confront the television industry.)))
"Turning a light source – a simple household LED bulb for example – into a localised data
communications centre is a potentially viable alternative. Where we have an LED light source
configured with VLC's own IP, we have a powerful method of carrying data, not just in a single data
stream, but thousands of data streams in parallel at high speed. (((The fun part is when you go to
your Mom's house and say, "Hey Mom! Did you know that your lightbulb is full of mafia, drug
dealers, terrorists and child pornographers that you can't even see with your naked eye? Hey watch
this demo!")))
"Moreover, it can be used in intrinsically safe environments – petrochemical plants, hospitals,
aircraft, etc where the use of radio frequency Wi-Fi can have restrictions. Our research has shown
that the long term potential for Li-Fi over Wi-Fi is one which cannot be ignored." (((That's okay, I'll
just be here websurfing at 2 AM with the nightlight on.)))
Published on February 29, 2012 06:46 • 10 views
February 26, 2012
Generator.x 3.0 : from code to atoms
http://www.flickr.com/photos/watz/sets/72157629442743717/
Generator.x 3.0 : from code to atoms
18 February – 26 February 2012
"An iMAL openLAB Masterclass with Marius Watz
"Participants will explore how software processes can be combined with digital fabrication to
produce physical objects that are the result of dynamic software systems, opening new fields for
artists, designers and other creative people. Specifically, we will look at how generative systems can
be used to create objects according to a programmed logic, allowing for great complexity and a semiautomated model of creativity.
"Digital fabrication drastically changes manufacturing by democratizing access to industrial tools as
well as changing the way objects are produced, opening the door for the on-demand creation of
bespoke objects. Combined with the "craft" of code it becomes possible to directly connect
parametric software processes to an instant manufacturing workflow, turning bits into atoms and
introducing a paradigm that is radically different from traditional 3D modeling."
Showtime: Bart Hess, "Hunt for High Tech"
eindhoven
barthess.nl
Showtime: Lizzie Oxby, "Manhattan 4:33 PM"
"Director: Lizzie Oxby
"A daydream to remind me of the joy of the New York skyline. "Daydreams" is one of my ongoing
projects incorporating a series of observational thoughts. Manhattan 4.33pm is the latest short film
made with three photographic stills which I brought to life (35 secs).
"'Manhattan 4.33pm' has been shortlisted in the animation category in Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
2011 and was selected as a finalist in Raindance's Welcome to the Extraordinary competition."
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