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Petite visite en France ...
2009-06-15 12:17:00 Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure.......................... ......................................... ..........................Blog Jouons Blog Maison Blog Passion More About: France , Petite
Multitouch for gaming
2009-05-03 23:06:00 In the vein of table top interfaces with multitouch and gesture tracking, the trailer for the new game R.U.S.E. by Ubisoft is quite effective! Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure More About: Gaming
A floating chandelier
2009-05-03 03:28:00 Wireless transfer power has been explored by artists and engineers, but designers Dana Gordon and Jean Baptiste Labrune brought it a step further! In their induction powered lamp, the closer the lamp gets to the induction the brighter the lamp becomes. So naturally, as you work, sleep, read near such a flexible lamp, you can just bring it closer or not to you to receive more or less light intensity. Tesla would be proud!Video Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure More About: Floating
The mythical green card
2009-05-02 01:40:00 Awesome! I have been randomly selected for the Diversity Immigrant Visa program for 2010 to receive the mythical Green card! Yes!!! It is the second time that I applied to the lottery so I am pretty thrilled!! More About: Card
The omelette of shame!
2009-05-01 05:00:00 It is so good, this guy is so fun! Journalist Casey reports on MMO news including our WoW pod!! Watch the MMO report on g4tv Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure
Villa Arpel reconstructed!
2009-04-28 18:12:00 Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure.......................... ......................................... ..........................Blog Jouons Blog Maison Blog Passion
Therapeutic massages via facebook!
2009-04-26 05:00:00 Put your online friends in your pocket and ... in your jacket! Based on our online communication style with social networks such as facebook and the research on remote physical communication, you can now be anonymously/friends-only massaged. Brainchild of Keywon Chung, Carnaven Chiu, Xiao Xiao, Peggy Pei-Yu Chi and Hiroshi Ishii, Stress OutSourced (SOS) is a peer-to-peer network that allows anonymous users to send each other therapeutic massages to relieve stress. By applying the emerging concept of crowdsourcing to haptic therapy, SOS brings physical and affective dimensions to our already networked lifestyle while preserving the privacy of its members. SOS is an exploration and illustration of a new field of haptic social networking. Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure More About: Facebook , Massages
A kitchenette for neo-nomads
2009-04-21 23:18:00 Tonight I will attend Yasmine Abbas' talk about her neo-nomadic research, this at the Graduate Schoold of Design for the Critical Digital conference. Today I also discovered this work, that I think Yasmine would particularly love, the DoubleSpace Kitchenette designed by Jeffrey Warren! The DoubleSpace kitchenette caters to those with a taste for unique, compact living. People living in crowded cities such as New York can appreciate the value of flexible, efficiently used living space. This roomy easy chair converts easily into a countertop with two electric burners.I personally love compact and modular structures where one can transform a furniture into another one. Not only it is convenient for someone who lives in a crowded city, but it also allows you to move your belongings in a more "compact" way, question that Yasmine investigated throughout her ethnographic research on neo-nomads. It also invites for a more playful relationship to your interior! More About: Nomads
Do it yourself tangible systems!
2009-04-15 22:33:00 This is MIT Media Lab's open house and we show our latest demos, ideas, research. Adam Kumpf impressed all of us with the Trackmate initiative, an open source system he designed to create an inexpensive, do-it-yourself tangible tracking system. For over 20 years researchers have been looking at ways to go beyond the mouse and keyboard to interact with computers. One of the most promising areas has been tangible user interfaces; physical objects directly coupled with digital information. These new interfaces have typically required expensive technologies and complex installation procedures, limiting them to the context of specialized research labs and museums.Trackmate is an open source initiative to create an inexpensive, do-it-yourself tangible tracking system. The Trackmate Tracker allows any computer to recognize tagged objects and their corresponding position, rotation, and color information when placed on a surface. Trackmate sends all object data via LusidOSC (a protocol laye... More About: Systems
Barbie and Ken by Karl Lagerfeld
2009-03-27 05:57:00 Colette features Barbie and Ken by Karl Lagerfeld until tomorrow, hurry!
The humble telescope that brings you wonders
2009-03-26 05:27:00 Not very humble this little telescope who thinks he can bring you the wonders of space down to earth and into our cities, to encourage us learn more about the universe and perhaps appreciate our own world a little more.But he is right.Inside the telescope exists a 3D simulation of our entire known universe. Pointing the telescope in any direction immediately shows us what exists in that area of space, so now we can get a greater understanding of where the planets are and where we live in the Milky Way.The Humble Telescope serves as an on-going reminder of how truly amazing our universe is, and how truly small we are in context. What better way to provoke thought and discussion concerning our existence, where we are going, and ultimately inspire us to care more about our home, Earth. More About: Wonders
Listening to birds between meetings
2009-03-25 16:59:00 Dana's work is always so delicate, inspiring and challenging. Here is her WildUrban Radio. My take on it is that you just need to turn the knob to listen to a variety of birds from your area. The radio is mapped directly to your location and you can hear the smallest species directing you closer to them whether you are going North or South ....I have ordered one of those from her and will update on my productivity level asap. More About: Birds , Meetings , Listening
A video for the WOW Pod!
2009-03-20 22:51:00 Here it is, the video about the WOW Pod, a collaboration Cati Vaucelle and Shada/Jahn that you can visit at MIT Museum from March-September 2009! The WOW Pod is an immersive architectural solution for the advanced WOW (World of Warcraft) player that provides and anticipates all life needs. Inside, the gamer finds him/herself comfortable seated in front of the computer screen with easy-to-reach water, pre-packaged food, and a toilet conveniently placed underneath his/her custom-built throne.When hungry, the gamer selects a food item (‘Crunchy Spider Surprise’, ‘Beer Basted Ribs’, etc.) and a seasoning pack. By scanning in the food items, the video game physically adjusts a hot plate to cook the item for the correct amount of time. The virtual character then jubilantly announces the status of the meal to both the gamer and the other individuals playing online: “Vorcon’s meal is about to be done!” “Better eat the ribs while they’re hot!” etc.When the food is ready, ... More About: Video
A Design for Extimacy and Fantasy-Fulfillment for the World of Warcraft Add
2009-03-08 20:04:00 April 13th 2009 I will give a talk and participate in a panel organized by Marisa Jahn at MIT Museum based on my idea of designing a WOW pod for addicted players! Design that we will have finished this week (more pictures soon...). It should be fun and y'aura du beau monde!On the WOW Pod: A Design for Extimacy and Fantasy -Fulfillment for the World of Warcraft Addict.A panel discussion about the inducement of pleasure, fantasy fulfillment, and the mediation of intimacy in a socially-networked gaming paradigm such as World of Warcraft (WOW). Participants include Raimundas Malauskas (curator, Artists Space, NY); Visiting Scientist Jean Baptiste LaBrune (Media Lab); Laura Knott (Associate Curator, MIT Museum); MIT Gambit Lab researcher (TBA), and co-artists Marisa Jahn, Steve Shada, and Cati Vaucelle. Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure.......................... ......................................... ..........................Blog Jouons Blog Maison Blog Passion More About: The World
Souvenir from my exhibition in New York with Shada/Jahn
2009-03-08 19:58:00 ... people interacting FULLY with the WOW Pod at the Mixer event in New York . Project I am doing with Shada/Jahn! More about the project -> here Visitors playing with WOW PodInside the PodThe WoW Pod is an immersive architectural space that provides and anticipates all life needs of the World of Warcraft player. Outfitted with toilet throne, hydration system, and meals at the ready, the WoW Pod makes daily human function possible without ever stepping away from the game. In addition, these tasty meals are cooked via a cookset that connects a hotplate to the computer, allowing the player to let their World of Warcraft avatar know when the meal is ready to eat.The AFK cookset within the Pod is designed for the hungry role playing gamer who can connect her food items, e.g. Spicy Wolf Dumplings, to her online cooking habits. By scanning in the food items, the video game physically adjusts a hot plate to cook the item for the correct amount of time. The virtual character then jubilantly ... More About: Exhibition , New-York
The WoW pod at Mixer in New York!!!
2009-02-23 18:44:00 After receiving three grants: from the Council for the Arts at MIT, SHASS’s Peter de Florez Fund for Humor and from Eyebeam, the WoW Pod will be exhibited during the MIXER event in New York !Cati Vaucelle, Steve Shada, Marisa Jahn's WoW Pod is an immersive architectural space that provides and anticipates all life needs of the World of Warcraft player. Outfitted with toilet throne, hydration system, and meals at the ready, the WoW Pod makes daily human function possible without ever stepping away from the game. In addition, these tasty meals are cooked via a cookset that connects a hotplate to the computer, allowing the player to let their World of Warcraft avatar know when the meal is ready to eat.The official call!MIXER: EXPOEyebeam presents an alternate "World's Fair" with airborne surveillance balloons, guerilla media towers, and computerized prayer booths. A temporary village occupied by a dozen creatively engineered pavilions, performances, and DJ sets by Tim Sweeney and Ju... More About: New-York , Mixer
Yes, Topobo is out, you can buy it!
2009-02-14 16:51:00 Hayes Raffle designed the famous Topobo robotic system for kids during the course of his Master and PhD at MIT. He finally decided to produce it, so you can now get it for your home or school!VideoWhat is it like to sculpt with motion? Topobo is the world's first construction toy with kinetic memory, the ability to record and playback physical motion. Snap together Passive (static) and Active (motorized) pieces into a creation, and with a press of a button and a flick of your wrist, you can teach your creation how to dance or walk. The same way you can learn how buildings stand by stacking up blocks, you can discover how animals walk by playing with Topobo. Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure
Show off your offline commitment!
2009-02-11 18:57:00 As part of an online detox process, one deserves the right outfit. Jonah made it for us. You can buy all of these and for the right move, on the right track, you can express your offline commitment.A special one for Yasmine... Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure.......................... ......................................... ..........................Blog Jouons Blog Maison Blog Passion More About: Offline , Show , Commitment
The secrets of syrian seduction
2008-06-04 22:20:00 Ayah Bdeir examines the role technology plays in cross cultural communication and attempts to create technologies that promote human rights. One of her latest work "Teta Haniya's secrets" is one of the most hilarious one -> pics here After decades of running her kinky Syrian lingerie store in the Hamidiya souk of Damascus, Teta Haniya has arrived in America bearing gifts. Drawing on more than 60 years of Islamic teachings on seduction, and updating it using her arsenal of kitschy technology, Teta Haniya hijacks the Western panty, triggering the sexual liberation of American women. Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure More About: Secrets , Seduction
Physical Heart in a Virtual Body
2008-05-30 21:37:00 My friend Amit Zoran, from the Ambient Intelligence group at MIT Media Lab, continued his work on structural innovation, re-designing acoustic musical instrument according to the abilities and characteristics of rapid prototype materials. Together with Pattie Maes and Marco Coppiardi, they created a new generation of physical instruments by tailoring wooden hearts. The wooden pieces are inserted in body of the guitar to give the instrument the desired sound identity.Watch the video of the resonator ->here<-Amit changing the physical heart of his guitar can traditional values be embedded into a digital object? in this project we implement a special guitar that combines physical acoustic properties with virtual capabilities. The acoustical values will be embodied by a wooden heart - a unique, replaceable piece of wood that will give the guitar a unique acoustic sound. The acoustic signal created by this wooden heart will be digitally processed in a virtual sound box in order to ... More About: Body , Physical , Heart , Virtual
Imprint digital functions onto common everyday physical objects
2008-05-28 23:15:00 Amphibian allows users to easily imprint digital functions onto common everyday physical objects. Amphibian is a low cost, low infrastructure system that enables users to choose their own physical objects and imprint onto them almost any standard interface functions that take place on a GUI desktop. The goal of Amphibian is to create a system that the common user can implement and operate so that we may learn more about the digital-physical object relationships people will form.So basically, you take an object, put it on the amphibian scale, and it labels it automatically for you. You can associate data to that object through the Amphibian user interface. Anytime you want to retrieve the data associated with that object, you just put it back on the scale. As for applications, you can play music from your itunes library with forks and spoons, you can write am email by composing with color pens, e.g. a red pen on the Amphibian scale and you say "I miss you!". A very unique take on lab... More About: Physical , Functions , Common , Digital , Objects
Calculator and simulator of loans
2008-05-28 19:26:00 I am thinking of getting a house and I am looking into options to get it right. Because I have never done it before, I ask a tone of questions around me about how to do an amortization for the loan. To get an idea on how to pay it over the course of the years is very hard, because there are so many parameters to take in consideration. I found this great tool that I recommend to everyone who is in my situation. A cool interface with a simulator that works as a loan calculator for getting to know how you can reimburse a house over the course of the years.It is just a calculator but takes into account Purchase price, Down payment, Mortgage term, Interest rate, Property tax, Property insurance, PMI, First payment date. You can then show the Amortization per month or per year. It does not offer any third party loan recommendation neither does it give an average of interests for specific loans, but it is a pretty neat free tool if you want a reality check on the next thing you buy. I hav... More About: Loans , Calculator , Simulator
Electro plushy
2008-05-27 21:03:00 ElectroPlushies are a set of anthropomorphic plush electronics components consisting of a switch, battery, resistor, LED, and buzzer. Each component has a personality reflecting their functionality. Each component contains the actual electronics component and can be connected with magnetic snaps at the ends of flexible arm leads. Definitely a toy of the year idea!Watch the video of the project presentation ->here Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure More About: Electro
The iRing
2008-05-27 20:52:00 The iRing, designed by Victor Soto, is the concept of a Ring that controls the Playback functionality of your iPod/iPhone device and this ... wirelessly! Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure
Independent media via telephone
2008-05-24 17:56:00 Dialup Radio is a tool that distributes human rights and independent media via telephone. Brief radio-style audio files are uploaded and managed via the Dialup Radio website. These files are immediately available to callers who phone the project phone number. The software automatically generates interactive voice response (IVR) menus that enable callers to navigate audio content using their telephone keypads. Dialup radio works with any telephone, and can be adopted for a variety of activist campaigns.Dialup Radio has been designed specifically to meet the needs of human rights activists in the developing world. The system can be installed locally or may be operated across national borders. Particular attention has been paid to system security and to minimizing costs of operation. You can play with the demo ->here Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure More About: Media , Independent Media , Independent , Telephone
A Health-Obsessed Robot for Health Obsessives
2008-05-20 04:08:00 After leaving us for London, Daisy Ginsberg now designs health obsessed robots at RCA! Daisy uses her Bio Spy concept to express that we develop irrational relationships with machines, mourning dead appliances or resisting unfamiliar replacements. How will we behave when robots are trusted with the most intimate moments of our personal lives? Will the master/slave relationship survive? Is symbiosis with a robot possible? And what are the consequences of offering our most personal data for surveillance? Her questions remind me of my post on jealous computers and the 80's electric dreams movie, with a special RCA's touch!For the hypochondriac, the BioSpy offers reassuring constant health surveillance, removing the nagging fear of illness. But would such a health aid induce unhealthy behaviour? The user and robot develop obsessive mutual dependence: the user only feels healthy when accompanied by the robot, sharing her most intimate information with it. Meanwhile, recording, storing... More About: Health , Robot
Architectradure's blog moving ... onto a new platform!
2008-05-17 16:07:00 I recently migrated Architectradure.blogspot onto its own server and domain name. Please join us at Architectradure's new home! It has a new RSS feed as well, so update your bookmarks, feed readers, spider programs of all sort and welcome to the new participatory world of Architectradure!Check also my new blogs: Blog Jouons and Blog Maison ! More About: Moving , Platform
The Human Space Invaders
2008-05-17 15:58:00 Who does not remember Space Invaders, one of the very first video-games? With your spaceship, your task was to defend the Earth against squadrons of invaders coming from outer space... Well the Human Space Invaders is the second video performance of the Game Over project, directed by Guillaume Reymond.VideoFor the project 67 people sat for almost 4 hours in the theatre of the Espace Nuithonie. After they received colour t-shirts, they simulated the pixels of the game. For each of the 390 pictures, these human pixels moved or not, from one seat to another, following the specific rules they had been given according to their role (canon, spaceship, missile, bunker,...). All photographs were then put together into a short animation movie.Check also the Tetris, Pole Position and Human Pong! Posted by Cati Vaucelle @ Architectradure
Living in a robot
More articles from this author:2008-05-17 03:05:00 Victor Vetterlein's Reboot is a self-sufficient and eco-friendly house. The building is constructed with a space frame, and the outer skin increases structural strength through double curvature. The skin system consists of a vapor barrier, dense foam insulation, and metal sheathing where the exterior face is glazed in solar cell paint. The surface of the building serves as a solar energy collector.Supplemental electricity is provided by on-site wind turbines and energy is stored in batteries on Deck 1. Wind power is also used to pressurize a large canister to operate the hydraulic elevator and the water treatment system. The smooth outer skin of the building acts as a foil against adverse weather conditions, and the rooftop serves as a water collection surface where rainwater runs into a drain located above the resin laminated glass windows. The water is stored in holding tanks positioned below the Main Deck and managed by an in-house water treatment system on Deck 2. Natura... More About: Living , Robot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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