http://c0nn0r.info/blog Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:21:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went home for the weekend to spend Easter and my birthday with my family. Check out the wicked iPad birthday cake I had! Woot! Pretty cool eh? Is this the first iPad cake on the internet? http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2010/04/05/ipad-cake/ What a great project for me to work on! Back in 2006 when I was at the MIT Media Lab I began work on a project called I/O Earphones; a pair of headphones that would be an (implicit) input device rather than just an output channel. Although that ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2010/03/25/bright-ideas-at-2010-olympics/ 10 sec 1 bayt: a competition for the best 10 sec poem +992-98-537-89-54 In US: details TBA In Tajikistan: Mon Oct 12, noon - Wed Oct 14, noon http://www.10sec1bayt.com by Marisa Jahn and Connor Dickie with Sogdiana Cultural Center, CEC Artslink, and Bactria Открытый конкурс в Таджикистане: Начало конкурса 12-е октября (полдень), конец среда 14-го октября ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2009/10/17/10-sec-1-bayt/ I was finally able to make it to Gadgetoff this year in NYC. For those that don't know, Gadgetoff is a "technology salon" or conference that is similar to TED, but is focused on only the most cutting-edge technologies. Past speakers include such luminaries in the tech world ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2009/09/27/the-kameraflage-effect-debuts-at-gadgetoff-nyc-2009/ Produced by Steve Mann, Connor Dickie and Chris Aimone, this video showcases our first attempt at making something interesting from the vast library of giga-pixel inverse-holographic video we have taken over the last 5 years of the construction of the new AGO. Consider this video just a ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2009/03/19/massive-change-ago/   Here's a frame from the video. You can see me as a Cop, and Nikki Awesome as Nikki Awesome. It was super fun to film this. I hope I get more chances to do things like this while I'm in Toronto! Check the video out here.   http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2009/01/16/me-in-a-music-video/ Each year the FBI has an open encryption challenge: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/dec08/code_122908.html Here is the encrypted FBI cyphertext: VFWTDLCSWV. YD NSLMIJFWEJFD GSW SL NIJNQBLM FOBV EJFDVF DLNIGTFBSL. KBVBF YYY.AHB.MSK/NSCDC.OFZ FS EDF WV QLSY SA GSWI VWNNDVV. The decrypted cleartext reads: STUPENDOUS. WE CONGRADULATE YOU ON CRACKING THIS **TEST ENCRYPTION. VISIT WWW.FBI.GOV/CODED.HTM TO LET US KNOW OF ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2008/12/29/i-pwned-the-fbi-cyphertext-challenge-in-about-45-minutes-using-a-pen-and-paper/ The World's Premier Conference for Young People Changing the World brought together the world's greatest visionaries to inspire young people to innovate and better our world. The topics covered included: technology, science, design, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and the arts. Among this year's speakers were: 1 Nobel Peace Prize winner (for stopping nuclear war) 1 ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2008/11/22/changing-the-world-success/ I collaborated with Jacky Lee while in Taiwan on this interactive TV project as part of our ongoing research into interactive and emotionally-reactive television. It was installed at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the 2007 Animamix Biennial. Backoff, Afrobin was created using our HiTV interactive ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2007/10/25/my-work-at-the-shanghai-bienniale/ The "Community Vending Machine" or simply "Pepsi Machine" was a project that I completed while at the MIT Media Laboratory that was shown at Wired NextFest 2006 in NYC. I don't have time to go into details now, but just know that it's an interactive media purveying platform that ... http://c0nn0r.info/blog/2007/09/04/the-pepsi-machine/