This post defines three key values latent in the theories of Embodiment , Systems Theory, and Network Technology: M E T R I C S S E L F    O R G A N I Z I N G    P R I N C I P L E S R E L A T I O N S H I P S   This list came about through a collaboration from the research,...

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Systems theory, network technology, and embodiment demonstrate three pearls valued by our generation. Though they have grown over time, each with varying circumstances, they are now a part of our zeitgeist. But understanding other generations of thought can help better understand ourselves. We...

I mentioned the concept of the Uncanny Valley a few weeks ago in class. I wanted to put this reference up for people to read because it connects with issues of human-computer interaction and interface. Read more about the uncanny valley here. The basic concept (from Wiki): The uncanny valley...

Students in Oslo School of Architecture & Design created a device to detect and display the wi-fi networks which weave throughout our visible landscapes. Read more here.   What is so appealing about these informatic renderings? It is interesting to think about the way information...

(above) This Venn diagram is comprised of keywords from the four readings covered by our group. Systems Theory keywords come from Rachael’s book The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. Embodiment ideas originate in both Alexandria’s book Materializing...

Check out this article on a new interface in which the human blows air on the screen of the computer instead of clicking the mouse… http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2007/11/15/new-computer-interface-blow-on-the-screen/ Though it seems like a peculiar concept, it is a good example of interface...

The Power of Digital Ecosystems written by Thomas Petersen. Petersen is the co-founder of hello. I thought this was a nice article in response to Michael’s presentation. Petersen says… “Understanding the power of digital ecosystems is going to be one of the major differential...

Consider the Continuum A review of HCI and Interfaciality Since the birth of the analog computer the machinic language of the computer dictated the conversation between human and machine. As the computer advanced, the everyday embodied experience of the human remained a condition of neglect....

Integrating information with the real world… A TED talk by Pattie Maes about a technology called Sixth Sense which was developed at MIT Media Lab. Touches on wearable and ubiquitous computing, gestural interface, augmented reality and lots lots more… Responses and...

Sociial is a performance by new media artist Aram Bartholl asking wonderful questions about the translation from digital and physical life. Read more at his site (with lots of other enlightening projects). Can software be social? Where do these developments on digital levels overlap with or...

I had to post this. It has connections to my other seminar “Body as a Computer” which Nastia and I are taking. It is the introduction of an ibm computer named Watson which is trained to understand natural language. The commercial applications of a computer which recognizes natural...

This post outlines some process work to understand concepts of HCI and interfaciality in response to Anna Munster’s Materialising New Media. I created note cards with excerpts from the text sprinkled with my personal responses. I reordered these note cards into “big idea”...

The Big Idea… The human face acts as an communicative intermediary between the body and the outside environment. In a similar way users interact with machines via a constructed interface. In Materializing New Media: Embodiment in Information Aesthetics Anna Munster challenges traditional...