April 02, 2009
my Technomadic Hacks in Cyberpunk Non-Fiction; "C/Punk/Doc"
I met Laszlo Kovacs, Director of C/Punk/Doc through the amazing forums @ Cyberpunk Review. He invited me to submit media just as they were wrapping production, so we have a 1.5 minute segment on my Wearable and Nomadic Computing work that begins Act 2. Narration is by Hawk from American Gladiators, over the song Teenage Hitman by Encephalon. Thank you Wood, Keypixel, and my other fellow Cyberpunks.
December 31, 2008
Wearable Computing @ 25C3
Via Hackaday, the 25th Chaos Communication Congress's Wearable Computing and Solar Power presentations roused me from blog hibernation to say Happy Holidays and please don't text and drive. For abstracts, lecture notes, slides, and links, you too can veer off; About Cyborgs and Gargoyles:State of the Art in Wearable Computing, and Solar-powering your Geek Gear: Alternative and mobile power for all your little toys.
New Year's greetings from under a rock. No, I haven't been in the desert lately, but I have been in other realms. I've been getting into some high voltage shenanigans, the splendid forums at Cyberpunk Review, back into microcontrollers with the Seeeduino, interfacing it with Pure Data, and touring exhibition and interactive design. 2009 is looking to be hacktastic, but more on that next year.
June 26, 2008
My N430
This is the work I exhibited at Maker Faire this Spring. I've been hacking my Archos PMA-430 into wearable computer prototypes for 2 years, and hacking my Nokia N95 for about 9 months. The top image shows a video feed from my Nokia to my Archos, while the image below it shows the unhoused wiring that adds functionality such as USB connectivity and power.
Systems integration is designed for field-reconfigurability and use of ubiquitous technologies such as USB ports and ethernet or phone cables. I can charge both devices from AC, my motorcycle, its solar panel, or even a random computer in any number of libraries, cafes, etc. The two devices link up through a retractable 8-conductor ethernet cable, although I can use a multitude of available cords. The green terminal blocks allow field connections without soldering, since I believe the universal connector is bare wire if no adaptors are nearby.
I have hundreds of images of my work, and lots to write about, so there will be much more ahead. Just a Heads-Up.
May 08, 2008
What is Metavlogging & Phrashion?
Blog = Web + log
Vlog = Video + Blog
Metalog = log re: log
Metavlog = vlog re:log or log re:vlog or vlog re:vlog
Some elements represented by the Metavlogging: Video web Logging + mobile device video display mirroring + video screen capturing + Geo-tagging + metadata video frame imprinting. Metavlogging may incorporate media and synchronizable metadata logs. An application includes recording use-scenarios of ubiquitous computing interfaces in software and environmental contexts.
Phreak = Telephony + Hacker + Freak
Phrashion = Phreak + Wearable Technology
Phrashionasa = Phrasion + NASA + Fashionista