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The Internet of Things Inside You

April 30, 2012 mary In the News

The readings this week reminded me of a piece that was on “On the Media” in January. Hugo Campos had to fight to get the

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Instagram & the Photographic Object

April 19, 2012 shannon In the News

…you take your pristine high-tech photo and damage it, messing up its tonal balance, vignetting it, discoloring it. Why would anyone want to do that?

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Reading the Invisible Text

April 17, 2012 shannon In the News

via “The Case of the Blind Woman and Her Invisible Manuscript,” New York Times (April 15, 2012). When she went blind as a result of

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Significant [Vintage] Objects

April 6, 2012 shannon In the News

[via Studio360] It all started with a broken coffee cup. “It was a totally meaningless thing,” remembers Rob Walker, “but it happened to be a

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Natural History Museum of Utah in NY Times

March 24, 2012 shannon In the News

The Natural History Museum of Utah, which Tim Ventimiglia told us about in class last week, is reviewed in the New York Times.

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Deep in the Utah Desert

March 21, 2012 astolarz In the News

“…the National Security Agency is building the country’s biggest spy center. It’s the final piece of a secret surveillance network that will intercept and store

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The Materiality of Online Publication – Triple Canopy in Art Journal

March 13, 2012 shannon In the News

There current issue of Art Journal, the publication of the College Art Association, is focused on “print,” and features a fantastic article on the online

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Marclay & Materiality

March 11, 2012 shannon In the News

This week’s New Yorker features a fantastic article about artist Christian Marclay, who throughout his career as a DJ and visual and sound artist, has

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Solar Radiation and Geomagnetic Storms Continue

March 8, 2012 astolarz In the News

(NOAA) The Washington Post reported, “Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth, could disrupt power grid, GPS and more”. CNN reported, “the sun had

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Metaphors of the Past

February 5, 2012 astolarz In the News

An interesting article by Clive Thompson [“Out with the Old”, Wired Feb 2012], on how designers keep simulating analog interfaces in digital products. In short:

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