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just found this very entertaining screensaver by michael zoellner. u can check out all his projects on...

i.document.m05.de

 

SurveillanceSaver is an OS X screensaver that shows live images of over 600 network surveillance cameras worldwide.

a haunting live soap opera.

 

more info & download here

p_ouT

 

 

well here´s my preffered approach...

www.rotaug.com - visualizing the net

(full size image)

 

...another one using the tokyo subway map and the periodic table

... for serious visualisations u might wanna check out the Opte Project.

 

_p_out

This one just looks awsome, like the first music gameboy.

it reminds me somehow that music has to be "play" _ed.

link: tonori-on site, uk-site

now to the facts...

The tenori-on a 'visible music interface', or a digital music instrument featuring a 16x16 matrix of LED lights, allowing even non-musicians to play sounds & improvise intuitively. each LED light also functions as a touch-sensitive switch that is capable of emulating related sounds when touched. when users push a switch a short time, a ripple of light & sound spreads out. when a switch is held longer, the light dot & sound will be played repeatedly (looped). several tenori-ons can be wirelessly connected & synchronized

p_out

www.rotaug.com - semiconductor image

(still from brilliant noise)

 

Semiconductor make moving image works which reveal our physical world in flux.

Sc was founded by UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt back in 1999.

Currently they are on a touring exhibiton where they perform with a special real-time digital performance software called Sonic Inc.

 

for more information and sample works check...

www.semiconductorfilms.com

 

there is also a good interview about their live work on Dazed Digital.

interview link

/∂igg_that

well... i DO.

there r just 2 many of them...

& i don´t wanna waste any more brain resources on 8digit numbers for random forum accounts.

but the good thing is... there are always other people having the same problems... ;)

here r 2 example tools that make life much easier

 

www.hashapass.com

www.angel.net/~nic/passwd.html

 

 

www.rotaug.com - elevate festival

 

www.elevate.at

 

the site is up & the program sounds gr8.

 

Democracy! addresses different critical views on the topic of democracy through a dense schedule of lectures, discussions, workshops and film screenings. It will be a gathering of forward thinking activists, authors and scientists as well as a playground for new ideas and projects. (text taken from site)

 

Lab brings you workshops, lectures and showcases featuring international and local artists with the aim of supporting practical knowledge in areas such as sound design, street art, music production, music marketing and visual art , will be held on the three floors of the Forum Stadtpark Art Center.(text taken from site)

 

Live! A 4 day long 24 hour broadcast. New standards of interaction will be set, as the program will feature documentary films, short films, visuals and live-broadcasting of discussions, workshops and lectures, as well as live music of artists at the festival. A hitech guerrilla-media experiment. ‘Build your own media!’. (text taken from site)

 

& of course the music

just 2 name some...

Murcof, Bogdan Raczynski, Skream, Amit, Virus Syndicate, Oris Jay / Darqwan, DJ Scotch Egg, Baby Ford, Modeselektor ... & many more

 

seeeeyathere__

peaceout

this is a good one...

MOVINO s a collection of open source applications for streaming and broadcasting live video from phones.

It was developed during a project course at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland.

the cool thing is, the software uses the camera of your phone and streams it to a bluetooth enabled computer or directly to a host via tcp/ip. u can even forward the videosignal into skype. but the whole package includes more...

 

 

* A client for Symbian Series 60 smartphones

* A client for J2ME camera phones

* A GUI application and a QuickTime component for OS X

* A video server for Linux

* A web interface based on the Drupal CMS

 

links:

www.movino.org

files (all operation systems)

drupal.org/project/movino

 

peaceout

 

 

 

 

 

www.rotaug.com - error level analysis

(Error Level Analysis. The bright area indicates where the image has been manipulated)

 

Dr. Neal Krawetz presented a software tool that is able to detect if an image has been digitally processed using format- and image-analysing technics @ this years BlackHat Convention.

It is actually possible to determine the last "tool" that created the image ---> this means u can tell the camera model if its the original image or the version of photoshop that has been used to alter the image.

see his blog for more examples.

 

Pdf slides of Krawetz s presentation @ BlackHat (35mb / this document explains the basic techniques used & is not2geeky)

SourceCode

 

pOUt

 

fring is a smart little application that implements the chat client of you choice (msn, icq, skype, twitter, google talk, SIP) on your phone.

this means if you have a wlan compatible phone & access to a free wireless network all your calls/messages can be free and anonymous (unless u enter your real name in web formulars ;) ), wherever you are on the planet. u don´t need a contract with a phone company any more.

 

more info --> www.fring.com/blog/

got a compatible phone? --> www.fring.com/wml/

 

peaceout

masterplanthemovie.com

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a bachelor thesis about the power of google.

by Ozan Haloci & Jürgen Mayer (University of applied Science, Ulm, Germany)

really nice illustrated animation with alarming facts.