1) Evaporation 

I used a microscope that has the capability for recording video to capture the evaporation of a small area containing condensation from a piece of ice in real time. It is amazing to see the water disappear so quickly.

2) Exploring Mars in a Tomato

Through this microscopic lens I explored the surface of a small piece of tomato, it appears as if it were a rover exploration of Mars. The rocky cell walls and smooth red mounds make this inhospitable landscape. Mars in every pizza! Mars on your pasta, ketchup!

3) Global Organization

Microscopic view of soap bubbles that cling to each other and organize themselves creating space optimizing patterns. In this video show the delicacy of their shiny reflective surface of these bubbles in their floating travesty .

This article is mainly on Object Oriented Programming as well as some of the views of computer development. Alan has a mathematics background, but also has a biology degree, he views of computers are more than the common view. For example, since he is so familiar with the structure of microbial, Alan said, “compared with the biological cells, the computer is very slow and stupid.”

He believes that the most fundamental technological revolution(The Computer Revolution) has not yet come, because we human beings have the ability to change our way of thinking, but also to change the way of understanding the world.

“(Compared with future technology updates) I think that those events have occurred does not matter”, Kay said, “If we take the PC and other technology changes in the field compared with the printing technology, you will find printing technology from concept, discussed fully implemented (ie, fully mature) experienced a total of 150 to 200 years (until then digital technology has experienced several decades of development, isn’t it just start?)’’. Alan Kay expected generally that: the real digital revolution is completed only when computers and the human (especially with children) achieve a high degree of affinity and harmony.

Alan’s analogy of a board really impressed me a lot. He said that we are always like some ants crawling on a pink wood board , if there is no other external induction, we will forever remain in the pink wood board. And if one day we see our way forward with a blue board, we will not hastily to try to climb on the blue wood board? If we dare to do so, it is possible to leverage the new (technological advance), and the people who has been always conformist will forever be trapped in a pink wood board.

Advances in technology need to break the routine, and even, sometimes, destruction is also a re-creation.

When we began to think that we have been strong enough, the science and technology system has been sufficiently developed, and then if we stop thinking , stop trying to break the routine, we will miss the real revolution.

This sound visualization tool was created in Processing using the Minim library. Depending on the sound’s intensity the serpentine spiral animation gains more curves and spheres that compose it change form. This amorphous swirling colorful drawing is representative of Jazz most specifically Bebop. In this example I use the song “The All Seeing Eye” by Wayne Shorter.

The Drink More Campaign is for the spirit of the spirits! To the drowning of our sorrows, the sinking of our madness, and more over the nectar of celebrations. This piece was inspired and conceived at Mani’s house on Friday night, where he hosted a magnificent performative elixir filled, fed full, warm welcome to all. Ironically, I only brought and drank lemonade…. I had enough, and I’m never touching vodka again 😉

Photos by Ashley Muller and Shawn Lauriat

My three favorite projects at Maker Faire:

#1: Untitled 

This was my favorite piece at the fair. The artist told me that he doesn’t not have a name for his creation but he will think of one. What he did is record audio from random radio shows. He removed the tape from the encasement and wrapped it around a bicycle wheel. He placed a needle at the bottom of the wheel so when it’s rotated the audio is played. The wheel works like a turn table but I find the interface more compelling.

This was inspiring to me because I had the idea for the 4th project for the 7×7 assignment in my head (Sylospoon–see earlier posting). I was a little apprehensive about making my Xylospoon instrument thinking that perhaps it was too silly, but seeing this project gave me more confidence to proceed with my project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu_D-Gq9Sz4

#2: Thermochromic Ink

Thermochromic Ink was used in two different ways here. First way was painting a little paper house with the ink and when the ink detected heat, the light in the house, that is powered by a battery,  turns on. The other way was painting a lightbulb on a surface of the table using the ink. When someone touched the painted image an actual light bulb lit up.

This was very interesting to me because my Fashionable Technology class is creating an installation at the BMW Gugghenheim Lab using thermocrhromatic ink. It was interesting to see how this ink can be used in other context besides fabrics and wearables.

#3: Sensing Touch 

This is a car powered by Arduino that has a wire sensor in the front. The car backs up when the sensor touches the wall.

Although this little car is very simple and doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles, I found it to be very inspiring because I am so excited to learn Arduino and finally start making things move! I would love finally have the skills and knowledge to create an actual machine, robot or whatever else comes to my mind.

3- Toy Organ

This circuit prototype is a rendition of Forrest Mims III’s Toy Organ. It is not tuned, as I had a limited amount of capacitors, which is what changes the pitch of the sound. Also, I used a fixed resistor instead of a potentiometer, which allows for a change in range. Mims’s circuit diagram shows 7 switches, and I only had four.

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