Media Arts and Technology

see Sami Bohn's post.

Samantha Bohn and Amber O'Rourke 3d 1.jpg 3d 2.jpg Aerial 3D created by Burton research was first announced in 2006. This system works to create screen-less 3D images in air or underwater. Through the use of a complex system of laser beams that are projected from below, atoms of oxygen and nitrogen ...

Removing Camera Shake from a Single Photograph: http://people.csail.mit.edu/fergus/papers/deblur_fergus.pdf A research team at the University of Toronto led by professor Rob Fergus is creating a way of correcting the blurred photographic images that are the result of camera shake. Because cameras ar...

I am always extremely impressed by the type of research being conducted at UCSB. This was the second time that I have had the opportunity to visit the MAT labs and to receive a glimpse into the type of work that is being done. The first station that we visited was a demonstration of a computer progr...

Amber O'Rourke Dose equis ad.jpg The advertisement that I chose was for Dos Equis beer. This particular brand of beer uses lots of linguistic messages. The first is displayed at the top and says “on Happy Hour: Happy Hour is the hour after everyone from” happy hour has left.” For those who are famil...

Amber O’Rourke One that is able to merge scientific study with aesthetics truly has a gift. Whereas most people find themselves drawn to one or the other Etienne-Jules Marey was able to create, invent and make works of beauty all at the same time. Amazingly, Marey is able to artfully display his sci...

Amber O’Rourke The 1966 film Blow-up uses photographs in order to illustrate the way photography helps viewers to “see” what otherwise might go unnoticed. The main character takes a photo of what he thinks is only a couple in the park but later upon closer inspection of the photo finds more. As he n...

Amber O’Rourke Art 130 10/2/12 George Legrady The Camera Obscura Camera Obscura is Latin meaning “dark room.” The earliest known discovery of such a device was first made during the 5th century. Chinese philosopher, Mo-Ti had allegedly created a darkened room in which the only light that penetrated ...