emotion deflection + adjustment mask – edam
Been sitting on this idea for a while now, and after discussions of similar train of thoughts over the last few weeks, I just had to do something. Coincidently, as I am typing this post, pia sent in couple of Philips research touching on similar grounds. Were there moments when you wished you weren't as transparent as you were; your →
Mind-reading headsets will change your brain
The last line in the article wrote, "Given the awesome adaptability and plasticity of the human brain, how will our biological hardware and software will adapt?"
Mapping emotion and awareness
Came across these 2 projects on visually mapping emotions and awareness. Bio Mapping an interesting research project which explores how one can make use of the real-time biological information of the human body. several wearers record their Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) (a simple indicator of emotional arousal) in conjunction with their geographical location. this is used to plot a map that highlights →
20 Amazing Examples of Art from Obsolete Technology
Thought this was a rather interesting article.
the journey
the journey ... silence (that speaks a thousand words, or not even a single word can be placed) ... colours (that intensify the brownness of the sand, the greenness of the leaves, the texture of the canyons) ... time (that seems to bring you to another dimension; a world of its own; a pause from everything else) ... wind (the →
EAF exhibition
More images from the exhibition
Redefining the role of architects
This is to add to Pia's earlier post on the future of design. (decided to do a new post instead of a comment since i realised I am having too much to pour on this topic). This is going to be highly subjective. Architects has traditionally been linked to the term 'builder'. As a builder, we are expected to build, to →
Idiocracy (2006)
I am really looking forward to The Age of the Stupid and its the perspective it is coming from. To add on to the topic of future in a more cynical/comical manner, try this film Idiocracy (2006). When two people awake from a 500-year deep freeze, they find that the world has decayed into a glorified garbage dump. Commercialism and anti-intellectualism →
[Computer, open diary] - Diary opens - 09 Turian 2049, Arvo 17:00 Rainy Today, Liz, my grand daughter doesn’t seem to understand that whatever she is sensing off her hair is not for real. I tried explaining to her that there used to be these things called X-Box and television, when I was young, but all that she can get out of it are →
skin & bones
somehow there was so much discussions on the idea of 'skins', reminded me of this exhibition - 'skins and bones' which I had attended a few years back. Really inspired me a fair bit; the relation between the process of fashion and architecture. did a summery of it a while back.
The Beautiful Mind
There is this online gallery that combines that the art and science of the brain into visually interesting images. http://www.enception.org/
The Singularity Is Near
Came across this book predicting our future from the science point of view. Something I would draw parallel to the Epic 2015 clip we had seen earlier. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil Got the following off wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near Predictions 2010 Supercomputers will have the same raw power as human brains (although not yet the equivalently flexible software). Computers will disappear →
Futuristic movies
On a lighter note, i had always been fascinated by all the different possibilities of the futures that the realm of films and theaters had presented to us and somehow gave us some insight on the possible consequences of our actions. Just for entertainment.
are we ready for 2040?
climatic adjustments is the world one day really have to face the irreversible damages that have resulted from our willful actions as suggested by many movies such as in Time Machine where human were evolved into underground creatures as the earth surfaces are no longer habitable? thirst for biomedical advancement curiosity kills the cat. as we human take each step forward in finding →