February 22, 2006
IEEE Spectrum- Feb 06 issue
Beating Sony at its own game:
"Graphic designer Nathan Wray and his friend Noah Vawter, a graduate student at the MIT Media Laboratory, developed the software, which they're distributing online [see photo, "Music Mod"]. Mods "are a great way for people to produce something without having to go through the painful and extremely costly process of getting rights and a development platform," Wray says. Besides, he adds, "the more people making music, the better." "
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February 11, 2006
pachydermos
Variations on SuperElephant have been making the rounds, as part of the collision9 show at Art Interactive as well as the Thread Counts show at gasp.
February 10, 2006
re-seamless
On February 1st, Seamless Computational Couture v2.0 took place in the Boston Museum of Science. Gemma and Ayah were among the 23 participating designers. The MC was once again our very own director.
Ayah showed arabiia, a caricature of media stereotypes typically associated with arab women.
Gemma showed endangered senses, an elephant-inspired costume that investigates the pachyderms' ability to detect infrasonic and seismic vibrations.
