Things at futuresonic seems to be more and more appealing. This application named (area)code is promising. It is an sms mapping system which reveals personal memories and the hidden histories behind 5 key sites in Manchester city centre. (area)code is one of the first systems to use sms and the ubi...
[Space and Place] collectif_fact: art stuff
Check ou this nice project from collective_fact. Wiretown is a new way to perceive the city (website in french). ...
(Weird) Map of Hollow Earth
There are several hollow Earth theories. The most prevalent one holds that there are great but hidden openings at both the North and South poles, and that it is possible to enter those holes. Some - including the respected Admiral Byrd - claimed to have entered those holes. This hohlweltlehre the...
[Weird] Kaiju Big Battle new release
For people who track things about giant monsters that fancy destroying cities, there is a new release: the Kaiju Big Battel: A Practical Guide to Gian City Crushing Monsters The preview is availbale here (pdf). ...
[Research] Firefighters goes wireless!
According to the feature, a research team is working to integrate wireless technology into firefighters' helmets, providing them with mobile information to help save lives. Someone in the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) read a newspaper account last year about a high tech motorcycle helmet that had ...
[Prospective] UbiSoft Meeting in Annecy
Today, I am in Annecy (France) chatting with Ubi Soft's game designers, in order to talk about possible partnership about how my research could help them to refine game/level design. ...
[Weird] readings page 23
Via caterina: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Here we are, taken in "bits and spaces" edited by Maia Engeli: "The system was first presented in the conference 'acerca d...
[Prospective] e-learning is still shitty
I was reading some stuff about e-learning and m-learning (a buzzword for mobile learning). It seems that the authors does not really understand what is learning: Imagine a pharmaceutical sales representative preparing to meet with a client. While he waits for his meeting to start, he uses his perso...
[Weird] Technology Utopianism
Hugo Gernsback, father of science fiction. ... One should also read William Gibson's novel: The Gernsback Continuum. ...
[Research] Locative Media Workshop
I am considering going at Futuresonic: Locative Media 2pm, April 30th Panel - One area that is perhaps generating the most excitement, and that has caught the imagination of a new generation of artists, programmers and DIY technologists, is the emergent field of Locative Media. Assigning data with ...