Media Arts and Technology

Dane Smith - Recognition The technology that I decided to use was Facial Recognition Technology. Each persons face has 80 different nodal points, or points of recognition. The video camera looks at the person, analyzes their face, and then records that into a data system. I would have this technolog...

This article written by Steven Mamber discusses the Marey’s contribution dealing with the study of movement. During Marey’s time, cinema has not been invented yet, although he foresaw the technical change into the digital. He wanted to portray movement and study it. However, in order to fully unders...

The Corner Shot is a brutally simple contraption: a modified gun that, thanks to a hinged frame, under-the-barrel camera and handy video screen, allows the user to shoot around corners. Currently, there are three versions available, each with a different weapon at the business end of the frame—a pis...

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Each of the images I decided to use are related in multiple ways. The first , and simplest way they are related to one another is that there is at least on person in each image. There is also a very strong horizontal line within each image. These lines help to portray the sense of power and grandeur...

In this article by Gabriele Peters, six dimensions of visual aesthetics within the photograph were discussed: color, form, spatial organization, motion, depth, and human body. The one that I found most interesting was the aesthetic of motion. I have always been attracted to movement and flow within ...

In this article, Dillion brings up three main concepts. The first being the indeterminacy of image meanings. Essentially this is how the image is composed and the parallels and differences between image and text of natural language. Images are more susceptible to the viewers interpretations and prec...

1. Ferrofluids. Basically, ferrofluids appear as a black fluid. They are prepared by dissolving nanoscale ferromagnetic particles in a solvent such as water or oil and remain strongly magnetic even in a fluid condition. Therefore, they are more flexibly transformable as compared to iron sand. It is ...

Image Overview As I was perusing through the different techniques listed in the image overview link, I came across a term that I did not recognize. The term was anamorph. I typed it into google to find out the meaning, as the link on the page was not working. Google took me to various wrong sites, ...

Response In Barthes article there are three characteristics of an advertisement image that he is explaining. The first characteristic of of this type of image is the linguistic message. This is normally words, or a symbol that allows the viewer to relate with the overall intention of the product be...