Archive for October, 2008

The New York Times Visualization Lab Launch!

October 28th, 2008  |  Published in Uncategorized

I am incredibly proud to announce the launch of the latest project from the “Visual Communications Lab”:http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/ that I am lucky to be a “part”:http://vizlab.nytimes.com/page/About.html of:

Here’s a little embedded version of one I made in the spirit of our political times:

Go play!

Noise can be so much fun

October 26th, 2008  |  Published in Uncategorized

I have recently been incredibly interested in electronics following a completely accidental discovery of make magazine and “instructables”:http://instructables.com. A good friend of mine heard of this interesting Circuit Building workshop that was held at Gallery 119 and let by Jessica Rylan.

I figured I’ll give it a try and I really had the best time!
We built a Touch Sensitive Noise Generator (you can see some of the ones Jessica sells at “Flower Electronics”:http://www.flowerelectronics.com/ which turned out to be incredibly entertaining!

Here’s a quick pic of my little creation:

Here’s an audio sample of what this thing can do.