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Power-generating Dance Clubs
via [Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News by Kiltak on 7/28/08
Yep, you read that right folks. The guys from the Sustainable Dance Club project have developed a piezoelectric dance floor that uses the energy that dancers generate to power most of the equipment required to run a [...]
this is what makes the interweb the wonderful series of tubes that it is.
I had an article published recently, detailing some recent work developing an interface to (and deeper awareness of) biophotonics. I presented on this in July at the 2006 conference of the Planetary Collegium, which is a society for transdisciplinary inquiry. Technoetic Arts is a journal of similar mission, edited by the director of [...]
Have you seen this? http://www.wat.tv/video/71143 It sounds a lot better than some of the computer generated music I’ve heard.
This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Amazingly, 97% of the machines components came [...]
oh yes folks. it’s issue one of nerdsgonewild
i mentioned these merry pranksters in the smms meeting yesterday. you might also like these guys, these folks and this initiative
Nintendo’s Wii (pronounced we) is less technically ambitious than Sony’s PS3, which is why it will cost far less and be far more available in stores this holiday season. To market the Wii, Nintendo hopes to make up in innovation and accessibility what the machine lacks in sheer silicon horsepower.
charmingly idiosyncratic list of great british design projects from doc marten boots(mandatory wearing for me as a teenager, the oxblood version of course) to grand theft auto to the sgt. pepper album cover. compiled by the bbc culture show and the design museum.
nice article in the new york times yesterday, on how einstein was inspired by mozart’s music.
guys, here is a flickr gizmo called retrievr. It allows you to find relevant black-and-white images in flickr by sketching a shape in a small box. (”retrieval by sketching”) The algorithm may or may not work, in the “About us” page, the makers have claimed that it works based on “our expectations” — [...]
Hi ppl , I came accross this artists work , Gregory Colbert. The link below is to one of his on going project, there are some stunning visuals ! I loved it.
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/
An interesting site listing “odd” instruments: http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/index.html. The beer bottle organ and the animusic stuff are pretty interesting, but then again, most things on this site seem to be .
Apropos our conversation on gender in engineering at the last student forum. This article make some interesting points.
Moving AI out of its infancy: Changing our Preconceptions
Some fun work by Ben Fry (students from HAMA/AT class – thoughts?)