[ AOS ] Art is Open Source reinventing the world using ubiquitous technologies
Research
Here you will find the updates regarding our research projects, including the release of new results, publications or prototypes.
The birth of the Electronic Man
The Birth of the Electronic Man, in Rome, on May 31st 2011, at the celebrations for McLuhan’s Centennial
Beyond the technologic body
An article about the possibilities for technological enhancements of the body, published on Rivista delle Scienze Sociali
How to make a sound toy for the iPhone using Cocos2D
this tutorial explains how to make a simple interactive sound toy for the iphone, based on the Sonoria iPhone application
Extreme connectivity on Media2000
AOS published an article on Media2000 dealing with the extreme forms of connectivity that are being experimented to connect far regions of the planet
Museums at Play
FakePress and Art is Open Source contributed a chapter to the book Museums at Play, about playful augmented reality solutions for museums
Bluetooth wars & MACME: practical workshop on invasive ubiquitous media, in Milan
AOS in Milan at Il Cantiere on April 9th 2011 to perform a workshop on invasive uses of Bluetooth and ubiquitous media. Using MACME wordpress Plugin and Bluetooth Wars
Leaf++, leaves, nature and augmented reality
an article published on Media Duemila about Leaf++, an augmented reality application for leaves and nature that we will present at ISEA 2011
Cross Media design scenarios: smartphones and tablets, a workshop @ ISIA Florence
a workshop for designers explaining how to imagine, design, build and market smartphone and tablet based cross media applications, including a full exampe and ideas on how to use these technologies in critical, sustainable ways
Workshop at Queen Mary University with self-org
a presentation of the REFF project at Queen Mary University in London, from the perspective of self organization and group dynamics
An Augmented Reality Drug
more info about the event held at Furtherfield Gallery, to present REFF RomaEuropa FakeFactory and the Augmented Reality Drug.
REFF Augmented Reality Drug
REFF, RomaEuropa FakeFactory, the fake cultural institution internationally enacting real policies for culture, creativity and freedoms of expression, has created the next step of its strategic program: an augmented reality drug!
Workshops and Tutorials: slides, informations and software downloads
Here you will find all the information materials, software and a short tutorial on the themes of the workshops we have been performing in London’s universities while preparing the REFF exhibition.
CoS – Consciousness of Streams
CoS, Consciousness of Streams, is about to begin. Join in this weird social network, creating a cognitive virus first at transmediale and then in the world
CoS, Consciousness of Streams
FakePress and Art is Open Source will be at transmediale in a few days presenting CoS, Consciousness of Streams, a cognitive virus on the event and a cross-medial, emergent, publication.
New scenarios for education and action: back from Milan
after the Always Already New conference in Milan, we present our project for a knowledge sharing, networked expression framework that is usable to create collaborative projects and innovative education paths
Knowners WordPress Plugin: new Version
Art is Open Source and FakePress released the new version of this wordpress plugin used to create infoaesthetic representations of your content. Here some updates
FLUXUS boxes, augmented reality and innovative publishing
AOS and FakePress will present a FLUXUS box created using augmented reality and cross-medial approaches. At the NABA in Milan, for 50 years of FLUXUS, December 15th, 2010. Here is an intro on the methodologies and technologies that will be used.
REFF, RomaEuropa FakeFactory: critique, arts, culture, publishing and augmented reality
REFF RomaEuropa FakeFactory, a book in augmented reality, a performance about critical innovation on cultural policies and forms of expression, an open source system to produce cross-medial publications
ESA Conference 2010 @ Bocconi University
FakePress at the ESA Conference at Bocconi University, presenting FakePress, Ubiquitous Anthropology, NeRVi NeoRealismo Virtuale, REFF RomaEuropa FakeFactory, and Holophnics
Squatting Supermarkets, new interfaces and project development
A new interface for the squatting supermarkets installation was featured recently at the SMIR project.
Traditional products were added to the system, documenting their history, sustainable production processes and ecologic impacts.
Holophony @ La Sapienza University in Rome
a picture report of the lecture we held at La Sapienza University in Rome about Holophony
Squatting Supermarkets @ Mondovì
On Friday May 5th 2010 Art is Open Source, FakePress and the Hub Roma will be in Mondovì together with the Piemonte Share Festival and associazione Marcovaldo to present the next steps of the Squatting Supermarkets / iSee project.
Holophonics & Design
April 30th, from 9am to 2pm, at the Interaction Design laboratory held at the course on “Multimedia Technologies and Communications Experimentations” at the Faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni” – La Sapienza, Università di Roma, Department of Industrial Design by FakePress, will explore the territories of holophonic listening with Marco Fagotti, guest Lecturer for the event. Salvatore Iaconesi, visiting professor at the course, will illustrate the fundamental technologies and methodologies that can be used to design digital sound spatial positioning with the techniques of holophony.
