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transparent screens..how awesome is that!?

admin » 27 August 2008 » In h.a.i.t. (how awesome is that?) » No Comments

i love these images as much as i love checking out PhotoshopDisasters. Despite my cynicism, I’m so engaged and amazed by these pics! Thanks Jia, for the link!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637/show/

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aboriginal art

admin » 26 August 2008 » In mfa » No Comments

In response the interesting comments by Noam Berg on my recent posting “geomimicry and social patterns“, I did a bit of quick research and found this….

painting by Roslyn Ann Kemp

click here for more information about “dot art” or here for info on Papunya Tula school of art.

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drop beats not bombs

admin » 25 August 2008 » In h.a.i.t. (how awesome is that?) » No Comments

this little piece of “street art” was on my train from DC to NYC yesterday….gotta love the train!

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Zink (zero ink) this!

admin » 25 August 2008 » In h.a.i.t. (how awesome is that?) » No Comments

I found this crazy little product PoGo on the polaroid site. ( I stumbled upon this while researching bluetooth technology….that may or may not relate to my thesis). At any rate, PoGo is a portable, bluetooth (aka wireless) printer for your camera phone or digital camera.

So the cool thing is…the technology used inside the printer and paper to produce INKLESS PHOTOS!
That’s right, you heard me.
Somehow they’ve figured out how to embed 3 layers of heat sensitive CMY (where’s the K?) into a sealed paper that when it interacts with the heat from the printer produces some really amazing and brilliant colors!

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floating, wireless lightbulb

admin » 25 August 2008 » In h.a.i.t. (how awesome is that?) » No Comments

this is pretty neat.
Jeff Lieberman of the MIT Media Lab has created a levitating lightbulb that really works!
In honor of Tesla’s invention of wireless power transfer in the late 1890’s, Jeff created this crazy, mind boggling, and super cool project

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