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What Kids Look Like When They Play Video Games

by Evan Shamoon, posted Nov 30th 2008 at 3:04PM

A few years back, photojournalist Robbie Cooper put together the fantastic book Alter Ego: Avatars and Their Creators, in which real-life gamers were photographed and juxtaposed with their virtual world counterparts.

His newest work, "Immersions," also looks at a group of younger gamers deeply involved in gameplay: the intense, often ridiculous expressions on our faces as they play are a sight to see (we heard GTA IV and Call of Duty 4 in the montage, among others).

Head over to the New York Times Magazine and check it out -- it's a great watch. [From UberReview]

Embroidered Text Messages on Display as Art

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Nov 24th 2008 at 6:32PM

Embroidery isn't a typical medium for art. But then again text messages aren't a typical subject either.

The artist took 19 text messages (from separate conversations) about love and romantic relationships and embroidered them, complete with message icons and battery and reception meters. They're sometimes adorable, sometimes heartbreaking, and, in the case of at least one message, a little dirty.

Check out the complete gallery here. We're not art critics, so we'll leave judgment of its quality to those more qualified. [From: Walyou]

Robot 'Bible Scribe' Writes Out Good Book in Calligraphic Text

by Lee Bains, posted Nov 24th 2008 at 3:38PM

A trio of German artists are currently showing an installation in which a robotic arm transcribes, on scrolls of paper, the entire Bible in calligraphic text, according to Walyou.com.

Entitled 'bios [bible],' the installation aims to "correlate two cultural systems which are fundamental for societies today -- religion and scientific rationalism," according to the artists.

This work certainly has viable context in these days when Bible study groups meet on message boards, and the Good Book itself is available online in its entirety and in every conceivable translation and language.

That being said, Scripture and the avant-garde of technology have been bedfellows for much longer than this installation seems to let on. After all, if it weren't for one German's faith and technological savvy -- nearly six hundred years ago -- some of us would have never held a Bible in our hands. [From: Robotlab.de via Walyou.com]

Artist Wants Webcam Installed In Her Prosthetic Eye

by Engadget Staff, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 4:31PM

Tanya Vlach, a San Francisco-based artist, lost her eye in a 2005 car accident, and now keeps a blog chronicling the "monocular life." She's got a real-enough looking prosthetic peeper, but Tanya's a self-described "sci-fi geek," and, with the approval of her doctor, she's put out a call for engineers to build her a camera... for her fake eye. \

Likening her possible future self (the one with the eye-cam installed) to a cyborg, Tanya reasons that her aesthetic-only eye could become a source of "augmented reality," and she's got a list of possible specs up on her blog for would-be engineers to begin with. Just some of the things mentioned for inclusion are: DVR capabilities, MPEG-4 compression, a microSD slot, A/V out, and Bluetooth. In other words, Tanya Vlach is insanely cool. Emphasis on the insanely part. [Via Digg]

Send 'X-Ray Messages' to Airport Security With These Steel Plates

by Lee Bains, posted Oct 13th 2008 at 2:53PM

There are certain people and institutions you should never really mess with: 911 operators, your government's computer systems, and T.S.A. security personnel. Apparently, nobody informed designer Evan Roth of the latter.

Probably the kind of guy that wonders, "Just what would that cop do if I reached out for his pistol all of a sudden?," Roth has laser-cut "hilarious" messages and images into stainless steel plates so that trouble-making airline passengers can play a little prank when security folks X-ray their baggage, Asylum reports.

While Roth's stock designs include "Nothing to see here," "Mind your own business" and an image of Osama Bin Laden, the plates are fully customizable. Although these plates are clearly intended for artistic, rather than practical, use, we're certain there will be some airborne jokester unable to resist zipping one of these bad boys into his backpack. For that guy's customized plate, may we recommend the more straightforward "Arrest me, please." [From: Asylum]

The wowPOD Looks Like an iPod on Drugs

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Oct 7th 2008 at 11:43AM

Have you always dreamed of a giant, wall-hanging iPod seemingly warped and twisted like a big, crappy, old television? Well, Russian artists Aristarkh Chernyshev and Alexei Shulgin have, and now they're subjecting the world to it. Yes, say hello to the wowPOD, a fully functional iPod mutation which is absolutely worth whatever our business manager has been authorized to pay for it. [Via TUAW]

Salvador DaBot: Robot Portraitist Extraordinaire

by Engadget Staff, posted Sep 29th 2008 at 2:06PM

Leaps and bounds have been made with Sylvain Calinon's robotic portrait artist since we first caught a glimpse of this amazing AI being -- and no, we're not just referring to the stylish beret and mustache. Now dubbed "Salvador DaBot", the portraitist has developed far more advanced conversation skills, along with a voice that sounds a lot less like Steven Hawking. We kinda miss that feather pen he was sporting before, but his movement's a lot more natural now and his new marker seems to have helped his drawing style -- similar to old-school comic art. See this awesome little guy in action after the break. [Via Sylvain Calinon]

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Pea Speaker Concept Makes Multi-Room Wireless Audio Easy

by Darren Murph, posted Sep 20th 2008 at 4:47PM

Look, we never said we meant multi-channel, multi-room audio, nor did we imply that these were the real deal, but the Pea Speaker concept would make it mighty easy to fill up to seven (tiny) rooms with audio sans wires. In theory, Lu Le's peas-in-a-pod-like creation would enable each speaker to play back audio that was streamed over Bluetooth, though just one would posses a global volume control. Oh, and unless these spheres are much heavier than they look, we can imagine your kids having an absolute field day. [From: Yanko Design via CyberTheater]

Jeans Analyzed to Track Cell Phone Development

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 18th 2008 at 1:01PM

Just as wallets leave impressions in rear pockets, cellphones can do the same for pockets in the front. One Aram Bartholl has decided to start a collection of battle-tested jeans that "show traces of mobile tech development in society." We've no idea if he's planning to tackle the whole thing on his own, but we'd suggest buying up old pants from around the globe in order to amass a sizable collection ~~before death~~ sooner. The image you see above shows what happens if you walk around for three solid years pocketing an original Nokia 6600. Anyone got any impressions (SFW, please) they'd like to share in comments below? [From: textually]

'I Am 8-Bit' Gallery Showcases Art Inspired By Classic Video Games

by Evan Shamoon, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 1:21AM

The fourth annual I Am 8-Bit art show took place on Thursday in Los Angeles, with opening night festivities kicking off at 8 PM on the 14th day of the 2008's 8th month, and featuring, once again, art inspired by classic 8-bit video games (no relation). This year, the shenanigans took place smack in the middle of Hollywood, at the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery on Hollywood Boulevard -- amidst the intoxicated, swirling chaos of a sweaty summer weekend night in the city of the stars.

Lines were even longer than those of years past, with hipsters queuing up for several blocks in a cloud of anticipation (and Parliament Lights smoke), patiently waiting for their moment to be ushered into the art-stuffed sweatbox. And the two-hour wait was almost strictly for perusing: the vast majority of artwork on hand had been sold to a collector before the doors even opened to the public.

As in the past, the walls were adorned with mostly Nintendo characters -- Mario, Donkey Kong, Samus (from Metroid) and Link (from The Legend of Zelda) were all over the place, as any child of the Nintendo Generation would expect. Some cameos were made by Bionic Commando, Earthworm Jim, and the like, and Computer Jay, DJ R-Rated and Leeni provided the evening's chiptunes-centric soundtrack.

Check out the gallery and see what caught our eye.

Gallery: I Am 8-Bit

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