Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
My day job is pretty cool; I work with a chap called David Morton building musical instruments - www.mortonunderwood.co.uk David is a research engineer with an impressive CV. I am a dreamer/dabbler/hacker. We work well together.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
So it's like when you're painting your living room and you absolutely, positively decide on Tuscan Sunrise 2 or whatever, and two days later everything's changed and Tuscan Sunrise 2 is the worst thing you've ever seen, and it's all about the Volcanic Splash 4, right?
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Somehow I'm not sure either Sam or I anticipated our collaboration would lead to the two of us driving around The Dings, looking for a store called "Bus Parts." But lo, here we are, knocking on Bus Part's door and asking a slightly bemused Brummie gentleman whether they sell anything in flexible…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
We find ourselves in our final two weeks of our residency at iShed with an idea we are both very happy with, a prototype that is working well in the analogue realm, a plan for how the project will develop and a great space in which to do so (see picture above). Yet again though, the electronics are…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Well, today is officially our last day in the studio. We have a final presentation of our work at the end of January 2013 but regular visits to the studio over the intervening period are unlikely.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
As an initial introduction into using rules and algorithms to make creative decisions, we have been looking at Cellular Automatons - a grid of 'cells' where the state of a cell (on or off) affects the states of the surrounding cells. They can be used to create patterns and 'life forms' which can…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
We have been researching how artificial intelligence might help us make an artwork and we have come across the work of Dr Peter Hall and Bath University. http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~pmh/start/home.html He has created programs which replicate a naive approach to painting and drawing, which is an area…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Throughout November our project has really developed. Through conversations with Pervasive Media Studio associates and staff we have realised that our concerns lie more with emergent behaviours (thanks Tarim!) in technology rather than artificial intelligences.
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
We're in full festive mode now, christmas jumpers on etc. The last few weeks have been really productive though. things are in place to have the robot arm up and working in early January, complete with bespoke lasercut perspex housing. 'I am the Beetle' is now up online:…
