We are in the verge of creating the first publication, which covers the effects of applied social media in mexican elections.

As a preview of we will publish we like to share some words:

Citizen Movements are nothing new to politics, whether provoked or authentically emerged from organized citizens, supporters are actively taking active roles in delivering the message.

Such citizens, which collaborate for a common goal, can leverage a myriad set of tools, which “official institutions” can barely hope to imitate or copy. Mainly because of the costs of production and distribution.

Take for example images from a riot, or public social event, such as sports or elections. Take for example Iran’s Election and its riots, in which social media has taken a key factor for citizens to communicate worldwide their discomfort and government abuse. If such media would have been available in Mexico during the 68’s The People would have much less unanswered questions.

But how is social media currently affecting our local elections in México. Mass media is slowly losing its effect on populations, slowly that is in comparison to other countries (where telecommunication is cheap and ubiquitous).

As a preview to our article, we will cover among many other examples, the crowdsourcing exercise created by citizen movement SED: sociedad eduacion y democracia (http://sed.org.mx/) by democratizing a video production supporting tatiana clouthier, using low cost, distributed teams rather than a single and considerably more costly option (and with very variable results).

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This and more topics we will cover in Join.org.mx next issue. Where will not only review examples the theory behind applied social media, but will apply it, by using a citizen movement to ver the local elections.

This new operative system is actually making me rethink a lot of my (now obsolete)

Well i just ran it from a browser:

Although i had to
a_ download the files to my computer: http://nuigroup.com/forums/viewthread/3867/

b_ download and config tbeta
http://tbeta.nuigroup.com/

c_ and then provide flash for the correct permissions to read my TUIO Inputs. (make sure to add the path of your tbeta et bloom files )
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
and obviously create an input device or use your mouse

Don’t forget to send TUIO Messages from TBETA executable

: )
 

happy hacking

Multitouch IrGlove on Bloom Demo from .hj barraza on Vimeo.

http://ukini.org/
http://hjbarraza.com/
http://nuigroup.com/

via my tumblr via awake

Second demo for IrGlove now with color iris, 

Shakey Camera

Real Multi (both hands) touch as soon as i finish building the second glove.

nuigroup.com/
ukini.org/

Cast: .hj barraza

Showing a test drive of the IrGlove v.03, im using only one glove cuz i havent built the second one, ja !

nice demo using both hands and nice apps after the brake.

nuigroup.com/
hj.ukini.org/
ukini.org/

Cast: .hj barraza

5 hours or so, i managed to pull this out

quite much better than using a projector.
ukini.org/

hj.ukini.org/

nuigroup.org/

Cast: .hj barraza

Just a quickie demo, will elaborate laterz

ukini.org/
hj.ukini.org/
nuigroup.org/

Cast: .hj barraza

via IrGlove v03 coloriris on Vimeo.

via Multitouch IrGlove on Bloom Demo on Vimeo.

Heart Robot

http://www.heartrobot.org.uk/

“We wanted to make a puppet to which people might respond emotionally. We wanted the puppet to seem vulnerable, alien, and cartoony. Something new! Something handmade, not factory-built”

this little British guy comes equipped with breathing simulation circuit and since its a puppet it can be controlled by hand. Its amazing to see how people almost automatically relate emotionally to this little creature. they have several other robots per-se (not only robots)

Probo

http://anty.vub.ac.be/info/Probo/

Probo uses sensors for vision, audio and touch to interact with the children. By means of artificial intelligence, Anty is capable of understanding and expressing emotions.

Personally i hate the way this one looks, but its very usefull as stories its aid with ill children at hospital sprawled all over the web. Its hability to detect emotions and react to them made it a perfect companion for hospital beds.

Needies

http://needies.com/about.html

Needies are interactive plush dolls inspired by codependent, high-maintenance relationships.

I was fascinated when i first learned of needies by Brett Schultz (i think they where his thesis project for ITP)  The coolest feature of a needie is that its emotionally dependant of its owner, (needs hugs) and each of them has a different personallity and reacts differently when you pay more attention to another needie he lives with. Not only they sense when you interact with itself but with its peers !

and they are quite huggable too

Huggable

http://robotic.media.mit.edu/projects/robots/huggable/overview/overview.html

It is designed to function as a team member that is an essential member of a triadic interaction. Therefore, the Huggable™ is not designed to replace any particular person in a social network, but rather to enhance that human social network.

This Super Teddy Bear is probably the most advanced companion/toy robot and seems to be mutually inspiration on the Movie AI.  MIT claims it has three main applications,

• Robotic avatar for remote family members
• Early Education Companion
• Therapeutic  Companion

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Exponentes: Arq. Agustín Landa V, Arq. Roberto Romero, en sesiones de interlocución entre ambos exponentes. Catedráticos del Taller Cátedra Blanca CEMEX-ITESM, del ITESM Campus Monterrey.

• 5 sesiones del 23 de agosto al 27 de septiembre
• Sábados de 11:00 a 1:00 pm
• Costo: $1,250 pesos

Contenido: México no quedó exento de la influencia del Movimiento Moderno de las primeras décadas del siglo XX, fue incluso una fuerte plataforma para que este movimiento arquitectónico consiguiera sus mejores ejemplos de como un movimiento de carácter internacional se acoplara sincrónicamente a una cultura local, un hecho que en nuestros días se ha perdido por completo. El curso analizará histórica y teóricamente la producción de arquitectura en nuestro país desde 1910 hasta nuestros días. Se revisarán, por medio de casos de estudio, las obras y los proyectos de los principales autores que dieron las bases y aquellos que son protagonistas de la arquitectura mexicana en la actualidad.
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Beatriz M. Castillo
recepcion@marco.org.mx
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey
www.marco.org.mx
Conmutador: 52 (81) 8262-4500

Image by Carlos Bravo, Arte Terrestre

It kind of reminds me Gremlins 2, where they where obsessed with adopting human behaviours. I want one of these mantis scenes…

You can see more of them at Judith Klausner’s website Rouge Entomologist

for example, i could grow small vegetables in the top and use them to feed the ants, after a time, switch the earth from the ants to the top (im guessing it will be fertilized).

and finally, i guess it wont hurt letting the ants to the upper level everyonce in a while…

anyways this is just RC.001 i’ll be hacking mods and publish them

On one side, it delivers what I’ve always wanted , clean and dry in a single chamber, Secondly it can help reduce health problems in developing countries.
Third, It recycles human energy that its usually lost in everyday activities.

you can read more on http://www.cyclean.biz/ or contact Alex Gadsden.

Facts

• 50% of the world’s population lives in cities.^[6]
• 800 million people are involved in urban agriculture world-wide and contribute to feeding urban residents.^[7]
• Low income urban dwellers spend between 40% and 60% of their income on food each year.^[8]
• By 2015 about 26 cities in the world are expected to have a population of 10 million or more. To feed a city of this size – at least 6000 tonnes of food must be imported each day.^[9]

With the increasing costs of food, and the misuse of cropping lands for bio fuels, Urban Agriculture seems an obvious solution for importing food, which helps to generate employment and decrease costs, and reduce contamination produced to transport food across states and countries.

Any major technology or process that leverages the adoption of Urban Agricutlure and Horticulture will gain great economic and social value. From Guerilla Gardening and Local Markets to Urban and PeriUrban Crops.

There exists a great development and social opportunity for business in urban irrigation, distribution

In Mexico cities like Monterrey, Guadalupe, Santa Catarina etc, there are city wide local markets called Mercado de Abastos, yet they import from long distances and while they offer an open market solution (free prices) they operate under un-optimal conditions and are centralized.

For a deeper insight please read more at Wikipedias references its practically a whole argument in favour of urban agriculture systems, for economic and social development, including wellfare, health and pollution.

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Moonjar v2.01, originally uploaded by .hj barraza.

This moonjar jar includes foil paper to make reflections and cover the guts, and a small layer of water at the bottom to create nice light effects when slightly shaken,

This Moonjar is for a present, so i dont want to turn it on until breceda sees it… ill take a picture of it in action later

Coca-Cola Bottles turned into a indoor gardening tool
go green and make stuff !!

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