From Icon comes news of the Zamani Project, a fascinating research initiative in which University of Cape Town scientists render the African landscape in 3-D. Through photography, laser-scanning, and a slew of other mapping techniques we’ve never heard of (photogrammetry? say what?) — they’re compiling a uniquely comprehensive digital database of Africa’s built environment, from Persian baths in Zanzibar to mosques in Timbuktu. As best we can tell, it’s the largest documentation endeavor of its kind.
A symposium on technology and education organized by the School of Design Strategies (SoDS) Parsons The New School for Design
NOVEMBER 14, 2009, 12 Noon – 7 PM; Open to the public
“…cultural delta can be loosely described as the rate of change imposed upon culture/society by the speed and depth of new technology.” -from an online exegesis of Charles Stross’ novel Accelerando
Contemporary models of systems and cities rely increasingly on ‘multi-agent based’ modeling tools and theories, using digital techniques to analyze real world situations and propose design solutions. At the same time, radical and unanticipated forms of public space, communication, and subjectivity are emerging in the technologically mediated spaces of today’s cities. read more
And so it begins…. This is the poster for the RPI Architecture Lecture Series this semester. The lineup looks great and Dean Evan Douglis has secured the EMPAC Center http://empac.rpi.edu/ for all of the events. The space in and of itself is amazing an this is another reason to take the trip up and see it.
The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) opened its doors in 2008 and was hailed by the New York Times as a “technological pleasure dome for the mind and senses… dedicated to the marriage of art and science as it has never been done before.”read more
Have a look at the inside of a human being. In this installation, with the help of an easy to use multi touch interface, the user can freely interact with stunning volumetric 3D data-sets of real scanned human bodies. read more
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