ARS Electronica

Obra Social "la Caixa" > Els nostres centres > CosmoCaixa Barcelona > TecnoRevolució. L'era de les tecnologies convergents No disposes del plug-in de Flash necessari per visualitzar aquest vídeo i/o bé tens desactivat el JavaScript del teu navegador. Pots baixar-te el plug-in de Flash a Adobe.com Sinó, tens l'opció de veure aquest vídeo en un format diferent, concretament en format MOV (QuickTime Movie). Aquest format és perfectament executable des del reproductor que el teu Sistema Operatiu tingui configurat per defecte.» Transcripció del contingut del vídeo "TecnoRevolució. CosmoCaixa Barcelona acull l'exposició "Tecnorevolució, l'era de les tecnologies convergents", una mostra que dóna a conèixer com la ciència i la tecnologia han contribuït al progrés i al desenvolupament de la societat, i han obert possibilitats enormes que, fins fa poc, eren impensables. Nanotecnologia, biotecnologia, tecnologies de la informació i de la comunicació, i les ciències cognitives CosmoCaixa Kids posa a la disposició de les famílies visites comentades, laboratoris i jocs de pistes a l'entorn de l'exposició.

Here's How People Look at Your Facebook Profile -- Literally When potential dates, employers and friends glance at your online social profiles, what do they see? EyeTrackShop, a startup that runs eye-tracking studies for advertisers, helped Mashable find out by applying its technology to the profile pages of popular social networks. The study used the webcams of 30 participants to record their eye movements as they were shown profile pages from Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, Klout, Reddit, Digg, Tumblr, Twitter, StumbleUpon and Pinterest at 10-second intervals. What participants looked at on each page and in what order is recorded in the images below. It's not a perfect study. Thirty is a small sample size, and what draws attention on a profile likely varies depending on the content displayed. Profile pictures matter. Take a gander at the results of the study in the gallery below, and let us know your own observations in the comments.

MakerBot Replicator impressions: the dawning of 3D printers in every home? There's something universally appealing about the concept of a 3D printer -- that concept being an automated system capable of turning computer code into real-world objects. I found myself forced to give a brief overview of the technology to AOL employees in our shared New York City office space after a particularly noisy initial run of MakerBot's Replicator. Reactions to such explanations tend to follow a fairly standard arc, beginning with wide-eyed wonder as one attempts to wrap their brain around the idea, followed almost immediately by a list of things they'd love to print out, given a chance. This is usually coupled with questions like "can it print food?" When we received an unexpected package from the folks at MakerBot last Friday, we realized it would afford us the opportunity to field some of these questions. MakerBot Replicator impressions: the dawning of 3D printers in every home? See all photos 31 Photos Even put together, the Replicator isn't all that slick. Comments

World’s largest 3D artwork hits the streets of London If you’ve ever felt like you wanted the ground to open up and swallow you, then check out this video of digital street art at Canary Wharf’s Quayside. Artist duo ’3D Joe & Max’ collaborated with Reebok CrossFit to create an outdoor workout space where you might want to tread carefully. Deep crevasses, cliff overhangs and plunging waterfalls made up this 12,490.441 square feet work of art, setting the Guinness World Record for both the largest and longest 3D painting. Now if only the gym could have this added extra dimension, we might be more inclined to go. If you missed the 3D installation, watch it being created below: Tags: 3d joe and max, canary wharf, Guinness World Record, reebok, sport, street art, workout

Arduino Drum Kit This Piezo Drum Kit from Spikenzie Labs looks like it could provide days of fun. They provide interface software that allows you to output MIDI data from your Arduino that this kit is connected to. Thanks for the tip Andy, send us some pictures when yours is built! "The kit contains the electronic parts required to make a drum kit. This includes the circuit board, resistors, diodes and pins.

Wolfram Alpha launches the coolest flight tracker ever | The Digital Home Have you ever wanted to know where the planes flying overhead were going? If so, you finally have a way to find out. If you head over to Wolfram Alpha right now and input "flights overhead" into the search box, the site will return all the planes that are currently over your position, their altitude, angle, and slant distance. But if you want more usable data, like where the planes took off from and where they're going, simply click on one of the flights, and you'll have all the information you need. I took some time to try out the new feature, which was announced yesterday, and I was impressed. But as with other Wolfram Alpha features, this one comes with more detailed information than meets the eye. However, note that since the data comes from the FAA, only flights that have at least one endpoint--takeoff or landing--in the U.S. will show up.

dorkbot Best and worst stereoscopic 3D console games | Crave It sometimes seems that the only time people talk about 3D TV lately is to knock it . The much-hyped 3D revolution hasn't exactly set the world on fire after it kicked off at CES 2010, and even though plenty of new television sets are 3D compatible, the actual amount of 3D content available remains slim (and with 3D losing its luster at the box office, it may become slimmer still). One possible exception is stereoscopic 3D video games , currently supported by both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. On the PC side, stereoscopic 3D has been around for several years, thanks to Nvidia's 3D Vision platform, which uses compatible hardware and active shutter 3D glasses to enable you to at least try and play almost any PC game. On the console side, however, 3D support must be specifically built in, and you'll find it on a case-by-case basis. The games listed here represent a many (but not all) of the Xbox 360/PS3 console games with 3D support released in 2011 (plus a few holdovers from last year).

The Top 20 iPhone And iPad Apps of 2011 Editor’s note: Contributor Brad Spirrison is the managing editor of mobile app discovery services Appolicious, AndroidApps.com and AppVee. With this post, he continues an annual tradition of picking the best iOS apps of the year. It’s telling that Apple chose an app that debuted more than 14 months ago, Instagram, as its “iPhone App of the Year” for 2011. This should not imply that there was a shortage of quality and groundbreaking apps released this year. Far from it. From social magazines to music discovery apps to console-quality games that players can hold in the palms of their hands, there are hundreds of new titles in the iTunes App Store that will inform, organize, and entertain virtually anyone who owns an iOS device. We picked 20 of the best iOS applications that came out or received significant updates in 2011. Here are ours. 1. After launching exclusively on iPads last year, this pioneering social magazine expanded to all iOS devices in December. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. iMuscle 9.

11 Technologies in Danger of Going Extinct Intro It's a common story: The hottest technologies on the market are often upstaged by the next big thing. As new advancements are made, products that once changed our lives are left in the dust and swapped for the new, the shiny and the updated. Here are 11 devices — some you'd expect and some you might not — that are still roaming the streets but facing rapid extinction. Fax Machines It’s true that faxes have existed in various forms since as far back as the 1800s, but they have finally run their course. Landline Phones Cell phones and online video chat (via both smartphones and computers) are giving landlines a run for their money. Beepers Yes, beepers are indeed still around. DVD players Just a decade ago, consumers were trading in VCRs for DVD players. Film Projectors The Computer Mouse

In Which We Reveal The Top CES 2012 Trends Without Breaking Embargoes CES 2012 is going to be a crapshoot of predictable products. How do we know? Meetings, lots and lots of pre-show meetings. So, what can we expect to see at CES this year? MacBook Air Clones First up, every computer company will debut several ultrabook models. Larger screened ultrabooks are also on tap. So-called Smart HDTVs Google chairman Eric Schmidt previously stated that by the summer of 2012, “the majority of television you see will have Google TV embedded in it.” From what we’ve seen, several major manufacturers will debut Android powered HDTVs that feature little to no Google TV 2.0 design elements. The companies debuting smart TVs at CES are seemingly determined to get the jump on Apple this time around. Android Tabs And More Even with the Kindle Fire currently getting all the attention, the Asus Eee Transformer line is the Android fanboy favorite. Several smart TV concepts have optional voice controls. But don’t fret, friends.

Nils Völker - One Hundred and Eight summer/autumn 2010 One Hundred and Eight is an interactive wall-mounted Installation mainly made out of ordinary garbage bags. Controlled by a microcontroller each of them is selectively inflated and deflated in turn by two cooling fans. Although each plastic bag is mounted stationary the sequences of inflation and deflation create the impression of lively and moving creatures which waft slowly around like a shoal. But as soon a viewer comes close it instantly reacts by drawing back and tentatively following the movements of the observer. As long as he remains in a certain area in front of the installation it dynamically reacts to the viewers motion. 2.40 x 1.80 m cooling fans, plastic bags, MDF, custom electronics Exhibitions 2011 » B-Seite Festival, Mannheim, Germany » ISEA 2011 Istanbul, Turkey » Rewire Festival, The Hague, Netherlands

liquipels-hydrophobic-nanocoating-makes-gadgets-completely-waterproof from... At one point we’ve all done it – spilt a drink over a laptop, gotten our tablets soaked in the rain, or even dropped our phone in the toilet. Water has always been the bane of electronics, however American company Liquipel just announced that they have developed a way to completely waterproof our devices against the elements. Using a revolutionary process, Liquipel applies a hydrophobic nanocoating to your devices that completely waterproofs it and protects it against accidental exposure to liquids. The coating is completely invisible to the human eye and is virtually undetectable. In fact, Liquipel promise that their coating will in no way “compromise the look, feel, and performance of your electronics.” While their website does not go into detailed specifics, Liquipel’s method can reportedly coat an entire device to protect all of the vital components inside and out from accidental contact with liquids. + Liquipel

Enchanting CMYK Lamp Draws Colorful Strokes Using LEDs Denis Parren‘s conceptual CMYK lamp questions how we percieve colors and light by casting multicolored strokes on walls. Unveiled at the latest edition of the Dutch Design Week, the lamp’s name comes from the famous Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK) color scheme commonly used for printing. The cage-like hanging light fixture includes a LED disc that emits CMYK colors, which are then intercepted by white wires to reflect an opposing color of light on walls. Meassuring 25 X 25 X 20 inches, CMYK Lamp is energy efficient, experimental and very innovative. Its creator, Denis Parren, is a Design Academy of Eindhoven graduate who discovered that the reflected lines create a 3D form — hence the makeshift glasses. “It is the light that colors the world” said Parren, “You can’t really say ‘that chair is red. The enchanting CMYK Lamp highlights the fact that light is the only rightful owner of color. + Denis Parren Via Experimenta Photo © Denis Parren