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mcruise37

America's Space Age Has Never Looked More Eerie and Otherworldly - 7 views

  • In the 20th Century, humanity finally built and strutted up its mechanical ladder to the heavens to discover the space above our skies; the first step of a grand and beautiful journey that will become the thread of history books to come, widening its place in the narrative as we ourselves evolve in knowledge and know-how.
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    Visual News is a wonderful website collecting unique and interesting collections of art. This particular piece features photographs of abandoned NASA stations and offices, offering a unique glimpse into America's space age.
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    "So you can thank photographer Roland Miller, who, for 25 years, has traveled to more than 15 NASA launch and research sites across the country to document their current state." Wow, so beautiful and sad... and i think we will only see more of this. Thanks for posting.
hdale1983

Section 6: Overall Impact of Technology on the Arts - 1 views

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    The arts organizations represented in the survey tend to agree with the notions that the internet and social media have "increased engagement" and made art a more participatory experience, and that they have helped make "arts audiences more diverse." They also tend to agree that the internet has "played a major role in broadening the boundaries of what is considered art."
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    100 Louvre masterpieces in your pocket. The selection of museum must-sees now features Greek sculptures, paintings by Bosch, Titian, Raphael, Holbein, and Cranach, and a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci..." One of the cool finds from this list! Thanks!
mcruise37

Science peers into Van Gogh's Bedroom to shine light on colors of artist's mind | Art a... - 3 views

  • Newly uncovered colors of two van Gogh paintings show how the artist’s darkening life cast a shadow over his work and change the way art experts see the late period of his life. Both paintings portray Vincent van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, southern France, in the late 1880s, and are part of a new exhibition opening in Chicago. On Sunday conservators revealed the original colors, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), thanks to technology called X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.
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    Van Gogh painted two version of this infamous "Bedroom in Arles". Thanks for a recent technology called "X-ray fluorescence", the original colors of the paintings can be seen for the first time.
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    This is amazing! "He described it in a letter to his brother Theo: "I have painted the walls pale violet. The ground with checked material. The wooden bed and the chairs, yellow like fresh butter; the sheet and the pillows, lemon light green. The bedspread, scarlet coloured. The window, green. The washbasin, orangey; the tank, blue. The doors, lilac. And, that is all." "Casadio said Van Gogh had a room ready for Gauguin and he had worked for weeks to decorate the walls with art. "In the myriad letters he wrote to his brother Theo and friends, he said the color has to do the job here," she said. "When he was finished he slept for two days." And now there is an Air BnB where you can stay in his room! ( I'll post about it!) I'm in, he's a favorite of mine! Great post, thanks!
mcruise37

How The LEGO Movie Was Built - 1 views

  • The truly surprising part about the LEGO Movie, which is far more entertaining than it has any right to be, is how it looks
  • the whole movie looks like it's actually made of stop-motion LEGO bricks.
  • The whole movie really is stop motion. Sort of. Okay, Internet, slow down. Technically speaking, a huge majority of the film was made on a computer by the animation team at Animal Logic. But. But. That CG animation was created according to the rules of classic stop motion. McKay explains that in order to achieve motion blur or certain effects, they would crib cheats and camera tricks from the stop-motion playbook. "We set ourselves up with a bunch of rules and limitations with how we animated the thing, because in CG you could do anything. You have 15,000 explosions and their arms can bend and stretch but we said, 'No, we're only going to move these figures in the seven points of articulation that a minifig can move in.'"
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    Lego created their film using CG animation based on stop-motion. Technology meeting childhood toys meeting film.
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    This was really interesting to me not only because Lego has suddenly taken over my son, body and soul, but also because I am fascinated with the practice of using new, cutting edge technology to make new stuff look old. Amazing! Thanks for posting, really fun to know how it's done!
tpoelstra

Stage Write Software | New York, NY 10019 - 2 views

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    Drat! The link no longer links! Grrr If you find this again would you re-post? Thanks!
hdale1983

Digital Transitions and the Impact of New Technology on the Arts - 1 views

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    Written in 2011 in Canada but could be very useful if writing a paper.
hdale1983

Krita | Digital Painting. Creative Freedom. - 1 views

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    FREE sketching and painting program for artists using technology!
hdale1983

Integrating the Arts with Technology: Inspiring Creativity - 4 views

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    An excellent article about using technology and the arts to assist students with learning disabilities grasp concepts and make connections in academic subjects. Several sources of technology applications are also included. This piece is very relevant for me and for the work that I do with students who learn "differently".
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    Technology and art helping children with disabilities in the classroom.
hdale1983

Technology and the lost art of drawing - 1 views

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    For all their benefits BIM and 3D printing could lead to lazier architecture, warns Russell Curtis.
hdale1983

A List of Awesome Art and Drawing Apps for your iPad ~ Educational Technology and Mobil... - 1 views

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    This is a great list of apps for iPad users in the art world.
hdale1983

Technology and art: Engineering the future - BBC News - 0 views

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    From the section Entertainment & Arts Think art. What comes to mind? Maybe Picasso, Rodin, Dali. Now think technology - and you'll probably imagine a smartphone or a computer. Throughout history, technology has provided artists with new tools for expression.
ninasokol

Art Now: Petra Cortright - Into The Gloss - 1 views

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    Petra Cortright turns internet art into fine art.... paintings that look and feel abstract but are in essence plainly representational.
mcruise37

Robotic Third Arm Turns Drummers Into Beat Machines | Popular Science - 2 views

  • This robot drum arm comes from Georgia Tech, and was originally designed as a way to help a drummer who had lost an arm.
  • Here, the drum arm augments an existing drummer. While the user in question is wearing a headband with sensors, that part of the project isn’t ready yet. Instead, the robot arm is drumming of its own accord, with some awareness of what the human is doing. It listens, and it plays along.
  • The robotic arm is smart for a few reasons. First, it knows what to play by listening to the music in the room. It improvises based on the beat and rhythm. For instance, if the musician plays slowly, the arm slows the tempo. If the drummer speeds up, it plays faster. Another aspect of its intelligence is knowing where it’s located at all times, where the drums are, and the direction and proximity of the human arms. When the robot approaches an instrument, it uses built-in accelerometers to sense the distance and proximity. On-board motors make sure the stick is always parallel to the playing surface, allowing it to rise, lower or twist to ensure solid contact with the drum or cymbal. The arm moves naturally with intuitive gestures because it was programmed using human motion capture technology.
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    Mechanic arm allows drummers to augment their playing. The arm's technology allows the arm to tune into what the human drummer is doing and follow along. Interesting technology that perhaps could find its way into other areas of music (the three handed piano player, or allowing people with one arm/hand to play instruments formerly difficult to play).
mcruise37

With Video Cage, U2 Continues To Evolve Concert Staging And Experience - Forbes - 1 views

  • Between the two stages is a walkway that is surrounded by two 96’ by 22.5’ LED screens on each side. While the screens do play video, they are also see-through and allow the band to stand and play in the walkway between the video boards. Bono and Co. are still playing their exhaustive list of hits dating back to 1980′s “I Will Follow”, but they are also innovating the in-arena experience to suit an audience that is growing increasingly used to living on and through screens.
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    On U2's 2015 tour, the jem of their stage was the "video cage"; two massive video boards spanning the length of their two stages (linked by a walkway). Whether you are a U2 fan or not, the stage is pretty remarkable. A clip of the screen in action can be found here (start at the 3:30 minute point): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YylDq4BlkRI
mcruise37

This new electronic instrument can make every sound ever | Consequence of Sound - 3 views

  • Nashville-based Artiphon has created an electronic instrument that beats them all for one reason: It can become them all.
  • the Instrument 1’s endless compatibility and customization means it can reproduce the sounds of a bongo, an oboe, a hurdy gurdy, a lur, even a nyckelharpa. Even crazier, it can create all those sounds at the same time by assigning each of its digital strings to a different instrument.
  • The incredible device can be plugged into almost any computer or Ap
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  • The musician can perform hammer-ons and pull-offs, turn on fret-less play, slide, create vibrato, and even use an iPhone like a bow(!).
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    Amazing new instrument that can be strummed, bowed, plucked and that can mimic the sounds of many instruments, even at once.
Mark Henasey

PG Music - Band-in-a-Box for Windows - 0 views

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    The GUI has been redesigned with a great new look and many time-saving enhancements! The Toolbars and Song Title Area have been redone, and the chord sheet now has a "Real" looking handwritten font for chords. We've added UserTracks. Now you can make your own RealTracks to add to your song.
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    I think this is kind of cool tool, it gives a new look to music and is a way to customize your work a little. Saves time.
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    I purchased this software several years ago and found it interesting. The RealTracks sounded clean and followed my chord and time changes as good as could be as expected for a computer program. Sadly, my computer was not powerful enough to run the program without it jamming/freezing/lagging. I think with a proper computer system, a lot of time, and some creativity you could produce a pretty professional backing track for gigging out or creating your own studio tracks without the help of other musicians.
mpwillson

ThingLink - Make Your Images Interactive - 0 views

shared by mpwillson on 14 Dec 15 - No Cached
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    ThingLink is the leading platform for creating interactive images and videos for web, social, advertising, and educational channels. Be creative! Make your images come alive with video, text, images, shops, music and more! Every image contains a story and ThingLink helps you tell your stories.
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