laser tag

check this out, that laser is awesome! especialy the water drip down effect. it reminds me of this torch effect video
http://www.chrisoshea.org/projects/out-of-bounds/
both seem using open fameworks
yiting

Spatial sound

Edwin van der Heide

"This installation consists of a surface of 40 loudspeakers. The use of this number of loudspeakers in a relatively small lateral spacing creates the possibility not only to create vibrations in the air but also to control the spatial shape of the waves". Jane

Links Arduino + sensors

Regarding the practises we are gonna have next term with arduino, there are some interesting links, to see a little bit what is arduino, some sensors we can use and some ideas or examples of implementation and projects.

1. Arduino (page of the manufacturer)

2. Sparkfun (projects and shop for sensors)

3. Make: Blog: Open source hardware (some examples of implementation with arduino)

You will see that the possibilities are almost infinite. At the moment there is code I think wont be easy to me, but we still having two years to do stuff.

If you search in google "arduino projects" there are a lot more ideas to understand the potential of this "tool".

Big Dog - boston dynamics robot.

Technology, my friends !
OK this may be a bit off subject, but I still find it quite amazing. It jumps, man !

And of course the cheaper version of it here
(why spend millions on something you can do by yourself, really ?)

Sanky All Of Us

So for those who were there and perhaps especially for those who weren't here is Sanky's website.  The work he showed was really fantastic!  I especially loved the panel he made which was for the patient preparation room before heart surgery.  It was a screen that was craved out of wood that had very peaceful images projected onto it and came with a remote, also wooden exterior,   in which the viewer could alter the images and play with the subjects. It was so thoughtful, right down to the use of wood which has a very non-hospital, soothing feel to it.  It took people's mind off what was about to happen which resulted in a calmer heart rate, resulting in greater survival success!  

Mateer

A quiet Reverie

By sound artist Mark Peter Wright
At IMT Audio Forensics

This work really grabbed my attention. I wish they had had more space though. For sound art I thought sound proofing was integral in the presentation. I was upset that the sound from the projects ran into eachother. Jane

New Ratio

Dr Simon Payne
Simon Payne is a visual artist and did his PHD at the RCA. He is a fantastically interesting chap and showed us examples of early 20th century motion graphics from Walter Ruttman, Oskar Fischinger and Len Lye at the recent Kinetic Colour event the Tate Modern. New Ratio explores the phenonmena of seeing and hearing, how the eye hears and the ear sees, sorta ☺Jane