Yahoo! Research Brain Jam - Ambient Interfaces: What Pervasive Computing Can Learn From Architecture

Quoted: As “the web” migrates from desktops and laptops, slowly forming a landscape of pervasive computing, new interaction design challenges emerge that invite (even demand) further integrations of disciplinary approaches. The (social) success of pervasive computing will depend on a convergence of information science, sociology and architecture. Through such an approach, different programs –computational programs, habitational programs, and architectural programs- mutually support and volatize each other to produce active space.

Quoted: Interactive technology is everywhere, seeping into every crack and cranny of our lives. It’s not just the mouse that we use for pointing and clicking, plus the desktop and windows on our screens—it’s the TV we watch, the iPods that help us enjoy music, video games, digital cameras, phone services, Palmtops, search engines like Google, and on and on. That’s why Moggridge wrote Designing Interactions, interviewing forty influential designers who have created this new technology. He shows that there are interaction designers behind the technologies of our time, and that our interaction with them has been carefully studied and designed.

Quoted: This exhibition focuses on the different aspects inherent in most successful Do-It-Youself projects, be they of historical, political, or artistic importance. Pass It On examines the remarkable breadth of DIY in today’s culture and covers such diverse areas of activity as self-publishing, personal journalism, podcasting, amateur science, architecture and design, and independent filmmaking. The show aims at leading visitors into active exploration of, and participation in, a variety of DIY projects that are exemplary and empowering, and will discuss work that readily gives up any claim of proprietary and lasting authorship. In association with the physical installation, this event includes a web project, accompanying documentation, lectures and workshops within the gallery space.

A free symposium presented by Turbulence.org

Quoted: The second international conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI’08) will be in Bonn, Germany.

Quoted: DC-based artist Graham Caldwell transforms glass into sculptures with claws, spikes and other unusual shapes, using the familiar material to conjure disembodied biomorphic shapes. His ...

Quoted: Join us for the opening reception on Sunday March 4, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Bedford Gallery Guild
A national traveling exhibition from Independent Curators International (ICI), Space Is the Place features an international group of artists working with the theme of space exploration—its infinite potential, as well as its historical successes and failures. Concepts and images of nostalgia, fantasy and technological naiveté run rampant in works by artists Laurie Anderson, Julian LaVerdiere, and Katy Schimert, among others.

Quoted: The Art of Science," an art exhibit that explores the boundaries where art and science overlap, debuts Friday at the Denison Museum in the Burke ...

Quoted: Where High-tech Meets High Fashion CTIA's technology fashion show, Fashion in Motion, is a collection of the most innovative and creative products and prototypes in the wearable wireless arena. This couture style fashion show features the latest wireless devices, accessories, technical textiles, smart fabrics, and fashions available today, along with the futuristic visions of tomorrow.