Humans walking on two legs consume only a quarter of the energy that chimpanzees use while “knuckle-walking” on […]
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After a friend died from melanoma, Chicago-based artist Joseph Kohnke realized that even small imperfections on the surface […]
Another project from the Royal College of Art design interactions show. There were several digital pieces, but also […]
I’m in London for the RCA Degree Show. It’s the biggest show ever as they gathered all the […]
Among the Amazonian Desana, all members of a tribal group a believed to share a similar odour. Marriage […]
While in Paris i checked out Airs de Paris, an exhibition that runs until August 15 at the […]
I’m now spending a week in a super boring city. That’s the best way i found to catch […]
The Smoking Jacket, by Fiona Carswell, has a built-in pair of lungs on the front that act as […]
This Device is For You is a series of accessories that examine the way we relate to ourselves […]
Just discovered: Hellen Chadwick‘s 1977 performance/installation In the Kitchen typifies her initial involvement with the feminist art of […]
I was recently wondering where all the bioart projects had gone. The question is addressed to art curators […]
One of my last posts about the Design Interactions work in progress show in London. People who checked […]
All the projects of the Design Interactions work in progress show occupied only one room. Yet i had […]
Wow! That was a fantastic talk. I wish more artists could talk about their work with so much […]
The advance of biological engineering allows scientists to manipulate genes and modify the very nature of certain organisms. […]
It seems that i should explain a bit better the background of the Work in Progress Show of […]
Some of you are wondering why i still haven’t posted anything about the interim show of Design Interactions […]
Over the past few days i’ve had my stomach turned, my definition of what’s acceptable tipped over and […]
The Heart Chamber Orchestra is a one-hour performance that literally creates music “from the heart”. The orchestra consists […]
Notes from Quinn Norton‘s talk at the 23rd Chaos Communication Congress which took place in Berlin last week: […]
I’m sometimes asked what my favourite “new media art”/interaction design projects are. The answer varies according to my […]
Still slowly sharing my notes from NEXT exhibition and conference. Tomorrow i’ll be in London. And when a […]
In the near future, most of us will be implanted with some kind of artificial body part. Metalosis […]
Earlier this month, Hussein Chalayan wowed the Paris runway audience (and the blogs!) with five dresses that twitch, […]
Last month at Cinematexas, Eddo Stern premiered Darkgame (prototype), a sensory-deprivation game that explores whether a video game […]
Australian performance artist Stelarc is to present three of his latest works Partial Head, Walking Head & Extra […]
The name of the Interaction Design Department at the Royal College of Art in London has now officially […]
Brendan Walker, the “thrill engineer” (pictured on the left wearing the prototype equipment), is curating Thrill Laboratory, an […]
Vollkontaktkonzert – Full Contact Concert, by Stefan Brunner and Michael Wilhelm, arranges a musical composition out of a […]
First up at the second day of the workshop on biotech and art was artist and Buffalo-based researcher […]
I’m currently participating in a two-day workshop about art and biotechnology at ISEA/Zero One here in San Jose, […]
If i were to go to ISEA this year (but i won’t have to as Sascha is going […]
Microcosmos, by Polona Tratnik, confronts the spectator with the everyday environment, in which everyone comes in contact with […]
Architect Claire Price explains how to harvest the energy expended from footsteps and the vibrations from trains. Energy […]
Virtual Sumo is inspired by sumo, the Japanese sport in which two contestants try to force their adversary […]
It is estimated that the average person produces up to 300 watts of electricity during a workout session […]
Tobias Grewenig has conceived the installation Emotion’s Defibrilator as a play on the clichés of consciousness-manipulation through electronics. […]
Remember the Bikini lifejackets or the Nipple enhancers Samantha and Miranda were wearing in Sex & the City? […]
Palpable City is a location aware garment that allows walkers to feel the spatial form of the urban […]