Archives > 2009-07

Solar - by Rejane Cantoni and Leonardo Crescenti (under development) Solar is a robotic installation, immersive and interactive, designed to simulate qualities and measures of solar light in relation to man-space time.
 The interactor can agency the machine in two ways: he can control his geographic position with his feet and/or he can speak with it. 
Agencying via positioning make it possible for the interactor to inform his geographic position to a data bank. One possible example of this type of user-system interaction could be: 
You enter the machine – a black rotunda of 6.30...

Super soldiers equipped with neural implants, suits that contain biosensors, and thought scans of detainees may become reality sooner than you think. In this video taken from the show " Conversations from Penn State ",  Jonathan Moreno discusses the ethical implications of the applications of neuroscience in modern warfare. Moreno is David and Lyn Silfen professor and professor of medical...

Via Sentient Development The BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center (BTCC) is developing  a wheelchair that can be navigated in real-time with brain waves . The brain-controlled device can...

Nice video of magnetic liquid (ferrofluids) created by Sachiko Kodama and Minako Takeno that reminds me to some sort of artificial life

In this interesting paper Burke and coll. describe how the massive proliferation of mobile devices and sensors may give raise to interactive, participatory sensor networks that enable users to...