MEFT 3102

This is the old MEFT3102 site

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:01:46 +0000

This is the old MEFT3102 site. The new one is here.

E-Learning Focus Groups

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:07:03 +0000

If there are any students on the course willing to roll up for an e-learning focus group, could you please contact Andrew as soon as you can. It would be quite simple – an hour long discussion with a facilitator concerning what you know, like, don’t like, when it comes to “e-learning”.

Thanks, Andrew!

Robots – Rodney Brooks

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:50:19 +0000

We’re looking at the artificial this week – so this video below, by well-known robot researcher, Australian Rodney Brooks, is really very interesting … you might also look at Ken Rinaldo’s site … you might also check out the links for Mitchell Whitelaw’s excellent book on this topic – Metacreation.

and here is a robot that can re-assemble itself.

Amoeba Dance

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:26:56 +0000

Here’s another interesting video – an “Amoeba Dance” produced live in a VJ package (VDMX), using Quartz Composer, audio analysis and some effects. The status of this image of course lies somewhere between new forms of design, new images, the generative, cross-signal processing, living coding and the impact of the digital – that’s before you get the question of this an an “artificial” life form, exploring it’s own virtuality across these domains.

So it’s a kind of an emblem of the last 3-4 weeks of the course.

More info here …

Amoeba Dance from Memo Akten on Vimeo.

The Future of Photography

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:37:58 +0000

New Scientist has quite an interesting piece on the future of photography.

Nice essay on Intimate Transactions

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:30:23 +0000

Here’s a rather nice essay on Intimate Transactions, by an interesting design/ecosophy academic, Tony Fry.

Interesting Visuals

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:59:11 +0000

I’m posting some interesting visuals for week 9 on …

electronic night from Rocco Helmchen on Vimeo.

Particle Engine w/ shaders from flight404 on Vimeo.

Accidental sunflower. from flight404 on Vimeo.

The Free Culture Game

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:31:12 +0000

This is a very simply piece of visualization in the form of a game – the Free Culture Game.

Self-Directed Learning (Research) – Great Online Library Tutorial

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:17:33 +0000

This is a really useful tutorial- put together by our library – to help you search for things relevant to your research online. I highly recommend it.

It will be very useful for the final research project.

Animation and Virtual Actors

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:43:44 +0000

This is an animated virtual actor (for most of the video)