hi folks..
AstroDime is proud to say that we will be presenting a 20 minute preview of Intransit V.7: Ecology y Callejero.
Check at the 119 Gallery web site for more info!
http://www.119gallery.org/?p=6073
Here’s our preview of the preview. Come take a look!
AstroDime correspondant sam smiley just came back from a trip to Buenos Aires..and in the process was lucky to be invited to a grafiti party and jam in an area neighborhood. All and all, she shot an hour of video. The final version will be on vimeo, and will also be included in INtransit V.7: Ecology/Ecología, as part of “ecología de callejero” or street ecologies.
Here’s an interview with Ariel (Scratch) one of the organizers. He is a DJ, and his cousin, Nelson (Next Graf) is a grafiti artist. Included are photos of the final works.
There’s a lot to report from this spring, but one thing that happened is that AstroDime had a chance to interview biologist Oscar Aranda, in Puerto Vallarta for the upcoming journal INtransit V.7: Ecology/Ecología. This journal will also be bilingual English/Spanish and should be completed by the end of this summer.
Oscar Aranda is the founding member of the Sociedad Ecología de Occidente. He is a biologist, and his work currently revolves around saving sea turtle eggs from the busy tourist beach of Puerto Vallarta. His partner Mar Zuloaga Lopéz is the marketing director. The following is a video taking in the spring of 2011. For more info, or to donate or ask questions, go to http://www.vallartanature.org/.
Based on a user survey on the iCAN, here are the preliminary results. This survey was conducted at the MIT7 conference on Saturday May 14, 2011. This is Question 1.
QUESTION 1: If you had an iCAN (TM), how often would you use it and what would you use it for?
Only as often as necessary
I’d use it to sing to myself and test my own reaction to my lectures. I’d use it several times a day. (5 to 10 times)
At least once a day for meditating on difficult problems.
Secret meetings with myself.
During lent for confession.
I do wish I had a pipe-based trans-home communication system.
Control of personal soundscape
Often, for whispering sweet nothings at my neighbors who shout back and forth at each other across the street. (Quiet by example)
I don’t think I would use it.
Once in a while, not very often.
Looks like it has multiple uses -a quick plumbing solution -2nd communications, after all has a lot in common with plumbing.
Very frequently
Frequently unknown confidential conversation.
Testing quality, timbre or my own voice.
I mean, I can’t imagine a time during the day when I wouldn’t be using the
I’ll use it always as a necklace, and would be able to communicate all the time.
Once a week at parties.
All the time for everything.
Based on a user survey on the iCAN, here are the preliminary results. This survey was conducted at the MIT7 conference on Saturday May 14, 2011. This is Question 2.
QUESTION 2: What would be your preferred network for use of the iCAN (TM)?
I could build my own network.
Network for anything.
At lunch time when I could also use as A can.
My voice 4g.
Would mostly use it myself.
The network of one. (I love the battery life.)
Listening to my own voice. Museums.
Intimate.
Not AT&T, calls would be dropped. True story. AT&T told me my Internet was out because birds and squirrels chew wires for the electrical shocks to stay warm.
The social.
The Nashville network.
Spy network.
Verizacan.
Around campus to have students record their feelings in real time about what they do and see around campus.
Aethernet.
Based on a user survey on the iCAN, here are the preliminary results. This survey was conducted at the MIT7 conference on Saturday May 14, 2011. This is Question 3.
QUESTION 3: What accessories do you suggest would be useful for the iCAN (TM)?. What are your favorite colors?
Little boxes. Rose, blue, violet.
Blue accessories. Blue
I like black and blue colors. A recording device to record talks and thoughts for later replay.
The Ican open source CanOpener. Software hacking package.
Purple. It could have a pinhole camera.
A lanyard hook for mobile accessories. My favorite color is blue (tooth)
Metallic. More iPhone like.
A larger can or (can shaped bucket) to carry it in. a can cozy (quilted rooster shaped) A perpetual motion machine. A mobile made out of other cans that a group of people could stand under and talk into.
Blue.
Blue. Clock timer.
Definitely white. (Smudges might also be a nice touch.)
Belt clip.
I would like to have some amplification capabilities. Any fashion enhancement would be good. Bright colors.
Green maybe the color of preference nowadays.
Soft grip-pod lining around the PVC piping.
Favorite color: red. But why not a device that change the color according to your humor?
Neon green. Ican covers in all colors.
Transparent and yellow.
Based on a user survey on the iCAN, here are the preliminary results. This survey was conducted at the MIT7 conference on Saturday May 14, 2011. This is Question 4.
QUESTION 4: Can you suggest any apps you would like to see developed for the iCAN (TM)?
Twitter.
Fax. Wouldn’t it be so cool to be able to sands print transmission through our phone lines.
I think I already answered.
Can I? I can! Neoprene sleeves please.
IPhone holder.
Not really. I think you tapped the main possibilities.
Recorder
/recording device.
Music.
Rustproofing app. Re-canning app for packaging and transmitting preserves.
No apps! Resist application. Or apps that track my period menstrual cycle.
Net hack.
Angry birds.
Yes.
An amplifier to make the sounds louder and a stress meter to measure the stress in the voice of the speaker.
AstroDime Transit Authority will be taking part in MIT7: Unstable Platforms: the Promise and Peril of Transition. This is taking place May 13-15, 2011.
here’s the agenda for the Media in Transition conference:
http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit7/subs/agenda.html
AstroDIme will be doing some interventions and a presentation. Based on the data we have collected this spring for our iCAN, suggestions for apps and updates, we will present our data and our next prototype for the iCAN 2.2.2.2
We will be collecting more data at the Saturday reception in the TING foyer at MIT
from 7-9pm. There, we will circulate with iCANs and tin can phones and take surveys on the future of the iCAN.
http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=E51&selection=E51&Buildings=go
Our presentation of data will be on 10:45AM sunday. in room E51-335.
Here’s the full session:
Music of the Spheres
Ananya Ghoshal, Cybernetics, the Music of John Cage and New Media
Boris Goesl, Modern Projection Planetariums as Media of Iterative Reinvention
sam smiley, The Future is Now: smartCANS in the 21st Century
moderator: Paul van den Hoven
Hope to see you there!
AstroDime Transit Authority is pleased to present:
INtransit V.6: “scientfic american”/La America Científica
This will screen as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
This 1-hour 10 minute video compilation is a remix of the concept: What is a ‘scientific american’? The INtransit series of videos looks at science and art within the continental Americas. This specific issue will be focusing on the U.S. and Colombia.
The location is here:
From here, go up the stairs to the 2nd floor, do a U-turn toward the Atrium. Signs will guide ou to room 2-078 where the screening will take place at 7pm.
Opening Sci Am Ciencia from AstroDime Transit on Vimeo.
The Future is NOW!
smartCANS in the 21st century.
TRADE SHOW and Conference
5-8PM
Bannister Gallery
Rhode Island College
Providence Rhode Island
Keynote Speech by Mitchell K. Ahern,
Chairman of the International iCAN Developer’s Association
His speech will take place via SKYPE at 6PM EST
AstroDime Telecommunications Company is sponsoring a TRADE SHOW and demonstration of cutting edge TIN CAN technology.
Based on consumer response, we will premiere our iCAN version 2.2.2.2, with new improved performance and optional interactivity. In addition, using only the most intelligent of our smartCANS and the faster than sound speed of our 2G network, consumers will be able to beta test ENHANCED ™ tin can phone calls via our Party Line, for the latest in social networking.
We are honored to have Mitchel K. Ahern
Chairman of the International iCAN Developer’s Association
as our Keynote speaker.
his Keynote Speech: “iCAN is the Platform on Which We Will Build the Future”
6PM via SKYPE
bio:
Mitchel K Ahern, Chairman of the International iCAN Developers Association
Mitchel has been in digital marketing and communications for a very long time with titles like SYSOP, Webmaster, Digital Media Producer, Product Manager and Director of Communications for companies such as One to One Interactive, Eastern Acoustic Works, and currently Cantina. He’s worked with clients such as Aegon, Royal Caribbean and UPS to develop apps for both consumers and in the B2B space. He writes for industry publications such as iMedia Connection and speaks at various industry events, most recently leading a panel at the Direct Marketing Associations DMA2010. Mitchel also has extensive experience with non-profit trade organizations as Vice President of the Webmasters Guild and chairman of the Association of Internet Professionals with over 33 international chapters. In his current role as Chairman of the International iCAN App Developers Association Mitchel is responsible for coordinating the efforts towards establishing a coherent and consistent iCAN user experience, promoting accessibility, and establishing professional development opportunities for the larger iCAN technical community.