Mar 3
Frogenstein
This is different, if a bit morbid:
Another of Garnet’s works, Experiments in Galvanism: Frog with Implanted Webserver is currently installed at Latitude 53 in Edmonton, Canada. A miniature computer is implanted into a dead frog. The animal is suspended in liquid contained in a glass cube, with a blue ethernet cable leading into its splayed abdomen. The computer stores a website that enables users to trigger physical movement in the corpse. You can view and activate the project online until March 18th 2006.
Go on, give it a try. Hours of fun for the kids!
The creator, Garnet Hertz, is a Fulbright Scholar, Research Fellow at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, and a doctoral student at University of California Irvine. He was previously famous (so to speak) for using a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach to control a robot. He talks about the details here, and it’s actually quite interesting. This is assuming that you don’t mind looking at pictures of Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches, which are not, to be sure, among God’s handsomer creations.
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OK, wow, I’m not sure whether that’s foul or fascinating. I guess it’s both, and it’s probably better that way. I’m a big fan of macabre art. Kinda like watching a car crash. laughs
Britblog Roundup # 55
Apologies in advance this week, this is a fairly short Britblog Roundup. I’m afraid my own additions this week have been severely curtailed by the pressure of time. So, please don’t forget that you can make your nominations by emailing