The 2.4Ghz project uses a wireless video receiver to hack into wireless surveillance cameras. This device (which is now part of consumers popular products), can be used for wireless surveillance cameras, but it can also be used for parents to monitor their children. Such systems are becoming more popular as they get cheaper. But what most users of those devices don't realise is that they are broadcasting the signal. This project (on-going) has several layers. Initially, I have been walking around different towns in Europe to collect and record footage received with the device ... The second part of the project ... consists of placing the device in the street to reveal the presence of the cameras and to make obvious the fact that anyone can receive those signals. The third stage of the project consists of a series of workshops: 2.4GHz Workshop, where participants are invited to explore the CCTV wireless networks of their city by searching and recording 2.4GHz surveillance video signals. The recorded material is then compiled into a movie of the event.(via rebel:art)
In this research we develop a janken (rock-paper-scissors) robot with 100% winning rate as one example of human-machine cooperation systems ... Recognition of human hand can be performed at 1ms with a high-speed vision, and the position and the shape of the human hand are recognized ... The vision recognizes one of rock, paper and scissors based on the shape of the human hand. After that, the robot hand plays one of rock, paper and scissors so as to beat the human being in 1ms ...
"Did you know that 20.000 Toys worldwide have no access to fresh spraypaint and that every day 5000 toys do scrapcan tags over good pieces?"
"He never gives it away. Circle Bike Dude's worked hard to engineer this contraption... it's really kind of an incredible machine. If you see him at night he's got a killer light set up on his Circle Bike now. It definitely adds to the experience. I see Circle Bike Dude everywhere the action is day and night. Rock on Circle Bike Dude!"(via @Gerda_Mueller)
"Fotoarbeit nach Kriterien der Conceptual Art an über 4000 semiotischen Selbstverständlichkeiten im Wiener öffentlichen Raum von 2004/06. Ein spontanes Spiel mit Proportionen und Flächen, Formen und Farben, Licht und Schatten sensibilisiert in gezielten Ausschnitten die Aufmerksamkeit für die detailreiche Schönheit und Komplexität eines wenig bewusst beachteten Bereichs der urbanen Lebensumgebung. Aus diesem flüchtigen Grundmaterial - bereits etwa 40% der Sujets sind heute nicht mehr aufzufinden - entstanden zwei grossformatige Werke, die diese Lebenszeichen einer sich rapide ändernden Stadtlandschaft im künstlerischen Kontext bewahren. ..."(via swiss miss)
