Archive for April 17th, 2008

The newest interface: direct brain scans

This is a SciAm Article about a new piece of hardware that allows its users to control their avatar by thinking.

see you later,
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Media politics &social networking &video games &Virtual Worlds Ernest Russell 17 Apr 2008 No Comments

Search is Dead

Brendan Owens, the Digital media Tutor Supervisor, forwarded this article to me. I am not sure which is more interesting, that we could be moving away from Google as the primary search resource, or that Popular Mechanics has taken an interest in digital technologies. Sign of the times.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4259135.html

Uncategorized Joseph Antonioli 17 Apr 2008 1 Comment

Brooklyn is Watching (us)

I just read a really interesting article about a “sandbox” space in second life that is being recorded and projected (in almost real time) to an art gallery in Brooklyn. The avatar who is doing the recording is being controlled by people walking through the gallery. I’m going to sign in and check the space out in a few minutes. Here’s the slurl if you would like to teleport.

Check out the article on the Not Possible in Real Life Site.

The Escher reference is tight.
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MMOW &NotPossible(w/o sl) &Remix culture &social networking &Virtual Worlds Ernest Russell 17 Apr 2008 No Comments

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