This was another project I did during the course. In this case there is the contrast between two diifferent treemaps with the same hierarchy but one with a filter applied. More explanation on the link.

This is one of the experiments I did during the course. It is very simple/banal but it permits to design quite interesting shapes. Enjoy!

This is one of the experiments I did during the course. It is very simple/banal but it permits to design quite interesting shapes. Enjoy!

Wow, these last three weeks flow literally away. It was a pleasure and honor discuss about very interesting topics with so bright minds like John, Peter, Martin and not last Ben. I can't avoid to mention also about the very friendly camp mates I found.

It was a very inspiring experience directed in a very nice way by Mr. Maeda. Thx John, and of corse my company that is going to pay it

The project microrevolt.org is against sweatshops and they revolt with knitting! (deutsch: Stricken) The basic idea is to knit accessoires with logos from labels who support sweatshops. They also have a pedition made of wool: it is a large scale blanket that shows the nike-logo. The blanket is made of patchworks - every single patchwork is contributed by someone who “subscribed” this pedition of wool. Right now they are collecting patches for the border of the blanket. So feel free to contribute your piece of wool now!

For me the most interesting thing is the knitPro-application they have on the website. With this you are able to upload an image and transform it into knit, crochet, needlepoint and cross-stitch patterns. They have also an instruction to get into the ancient technique of knitting. All is round up with links to very interesting knit- and anti-sweatshop organisations.

The project microrevolt.org is against sweatshops and they revolt with knitting! (deutsch: Stricken) The basic idea is to knit accessoires with logos from labels who support sweatshops. They also have a pedition made of wool: it is a large scale blanket that shows the nike-logo. The blanket is made of patchworks - every single patchwork is contributed by someone who “subscribed” this pedition of wool. Right now they are collecting patches for the border of the blanket. So feel free to contribute your piece of wool now!

For me the most interesting thing is the knitPro-application they have on the website. With this you are able to upload an image and transform it into knit, crochet, needlepoint and cross-stitch patterns. They have also an instruction to get into the ancient technique of knitting. All is round up with links to very interesting knit- and anti-sweatshop organisations.

Algunas lecturas veraniegas para todo aquel interesado en las intersecciones entre la programación y la creación (visual, sonora, conceptual…):

• Computer Vision for Artists and Designers: Pedagogic Tools and Techniques for Novice Programmers, de Golan Levin

Completísimo ensayo teórico-práctico sobre visión por ordenador para los que no somos programadores de verdad (lease ingenieros). Con gran cantidad de referencias a otros recursos e incluso implementaciones de algunas técnicas en… ¿lo adivinan? Claro que si.

• {Software} structures, de Casey Reas

Un interesante escrito que relaciona el arte producido con software con la obra del artista conceptual Sol Lewitt. Acompaña a la exposición del mismo nombre comisionada por el portal de net art whitney artport.

• LivecodingGrades, del colectivo Toplap

Tal y como su nombre indica, el livecoding es el arte de programar (y obtener resultados) en directo. Toplap son un interesantísimo colectivo dedicado a esta disciplina. La mayoría hacen música aunque también los hay que producen visuales. Estos livecoding grades son los hipotéticos ejercicios que tendría que efectuar un estudiante para convertirse en livecoder. Obviamente están bromeando, pero tiene mucha gracia. (Sobre este grupo espero publicar pronto una prensentación en profundidad).

Every Sunday night, once Family Guy starts up, my cat climbs atop the television and… uh… well, thats pretty much it.

Pixelsumo pointed me to a project by MIT freshmen who, high on pizza and caffeine, decided they should build a computer controlled disco dance floor. Using 1536 LEDs and 20,000 hand soldered connections, they built a fairly impressive 128 square foot dance floor based on a suggest brought up during an evening meal at Bertuccis.

Man, I miss being in school. And I miss having nerdy friends. All my friends now are rockers… and don’t know shit about electrical engineering.

Which brings me to my next point: Can anyone recommend a person in the Boston/Cambridge area who would be willing to tutor me on the finer points of working with electricity? In the first 2 hours of playing around with my Wiring board, I managed to fry one of my boards and both USB ports on my monitor (purely my error… it was NOT a problem with the board).

I tried book-learnin, but I would rather have someone show up for an hour at a time and teach me the proper way to work with electricity. I simply don’t have the time to take a class, and I would want to structure the ‘course’ to suit my needs. I would happily pay for this service. Contact me at robert {at} flight404 {dot} com.

Eso suena realmente bien. Esperemos que así sea.

Hey, nobody is telling you to like Coldplay. Personally, I liked them better before Gwyneth entered the picture. Easier to be filled with angst when you aren’t shacking up with a Hollywood icon and have a kid named ‘Apple‘… whatever.

But melodramtic camera angles aside, I love the light installation in the ‘Speed of Sound’ video released a few weeks ago. The entirety of the video was shot with LED lighting. Might be the first time this has happened… and probably wont be the last.

The installation is by Element Labs who are doing a great (though sometimes tacky) job of introducing the masses to the wonders of computer controlled LED installations.

Surprised this kid didn’t have a seizure.

It is often problematic to make digital events at public spaces, because you surely will need power. But after all we realized, that almost everybody has access to at least one car: a highly free movable device equipped with sometimes excellent soundsystems. The iPod in combination with iTrip sends music via FM-Radio. Now it is possible to synchronize the car-stereos. We can think of various constellations of “floors”:
- mobile disco unit, with 4-cars (each at a corner of the dancefloor)
- ambient mood event with hundert cars distributed all over the place with decent volumes
- holiday trip convoy at the motorway.

So yesterday we had a vernissage at a parking garage. (Whole story and pictures on the vernissage at baumanns blog). To make this event possible we used the following gear:
- mailinglist and mobile phones to syncronize the crowd
- iPod equipped with iTrip
- cars equipped with tuner and sound system.

Setting up System, driving to location, having fun with the crowd

So with this concept it is possible to totally re-think the ability of beeing digitally equipped in the public.

… an flickr und Google Maps. Es gibt zig Seite bei denen man seine Photos rein stellen kann und für Deutschland sicherlich bessere Kartendienste. Aber keiner von denen (falls doch, bitte kommentieren) bietet Schnittstellen mit denen man sich seine eigene kleine Anwendung basteln kann. Mit Hilfe der API von …

It is often problematic to make digital events at public spaces, because you surely will need power. But after all we realized, that almost everybody has access to at least one car: a highly free movable device equipped with sometimes excellent soundsystems. The iPod in combination with iTrip sends music via FM-Radio. Now it is possible to synchronize the car-stereos. We can think of various constellations of “floors”:
- mobile disco unit, with 4-cars (each at a corner of the dancefloor)
- ambient mood event with hundert cars distributed all over the place with decent volumes
- holiday trip convoy at the motorway.

So yesterday we had a vernissage at a parking garage. (Whole story and pictures on the vernissage at baumanns blog). To make this event possible we used the following gear:
- mailinglist and mobile phones to syncronize the crowd
- iPod equipped with iTrip
- cars equipped with tuner and sound system.

Setting up System, driving to location, having fun with the crowd

So with this concept it is possible to totally re-think the ability of beeing digitally equipped in the public.