Techkreativ – Intelligente Kleidung

Computers are getting smaller and more inconspicuous. As so-called wearables, they can be integrated unobtrusively into everyday objects. They’re even making incursions into our clothes. The Digital Media working group at the University of Bremen (DE) will help workshop participants develop and implement their own ideas for wearables of the future. credit: dimeb

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Ars Electronica – Flickr

APEX radio telescope

The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a radio telescope located at 5,100 meters above sea level, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert, in northern Chile, 50 kilometers to the east of San Pedro de Atacama. credit: ESO

Choke Point Project / P2P Foundation

The Choke Point Project2 by the P2P Foundation is meant for people curious about transparency and control of the networking technologies, their use and abuse by nation states and corporations leading towards new toolsets being produced to distribute connectivity beyond traditional powers. Telephony and the Internet have had a huge impact on society, both positive and negative. Following the uprisings in the Middle East in 2011, where the Internet was “turned off”, we aim to provide a close-to real-time map of leverage points expressed through the power medium of data visualization. credit: P2P Foundation

Newstweek / Julian Oliver, Danja Vasiliev

"Newstweek" by Julian Oliver (NZ) and Danja Vasiliev (RU) is a device for manipulating the news read by other people on wireless hotspots. Built into a small and innocuous wall plug, the "Newstweek" device appears as part of the local infrastructure. This allows agents to remotely edit news read on laptops, phones and tablets without the awareness of their users. credit: Julian Oliver, Danja Vasiliev

The Brain

With a series of lectures by neuro-scientist Manuela Macedonia the Ars Electronica Center devoted a few evenings to the topic of the brain.

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Ars Electronica – Flickr

i3DG / Jitsuro Mase, Tom Nagae

“i3DG” is a playful analog attachment for the iPhone that transforms its 2D display into a multilayered 3D image. By recontextualizing the age-old method of holding a half-silvered mirror up to an image at a 45° angle, the project actually constitutes a timely critique of such popular memes as 3D displays and iPhones. As a peripheral device, “i3DG” supports a wide range of applications including 3D video, film animation and games using the accelerometer.A work by Jitsuro Mase, Tom Nagae (JP) / DIRECTIONS, Inc.credit: Ogawa

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Lux aeterna – incandescent wires

The meditative glowing of the incandescent wire, pulsating, weak and reddish, before it reaches its maximum output giving off blazing bright light, uncertain as to whether it means the beginning or the end. credit: rubra

#unibrennt

“the ubiquitous #unibrennt cloud” formed in conjunction with the protest movement that swept Austrian universities last year. Students organized the setup of autonomous infrastructure, networks and channels of communication to organize, coordinate and focus attention on their demands and actions. Texts, images and films were produced and propagated via Flickr, youtube, unibrennt.tv and other sites. credit: rubra

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Ars Electronica – Flickr

Ars Electronica – Flickr

RIBA

Riba is a medical robot that is intended to help nurses carrying the patients. credit: RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research