The Wikileaks Iraq war logs provide us with a unique picture of every death in Iraq.
These are those events mapped using Google Fusion tables, by the Guardian.
Source: https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/oct/23/wikileaks-iraq-deaths-map
Digitally masking corporate logos in your home videos
Hacktivist/tech artist Jeff Crouse is developing a digital filter that automatically masks corporate logos in recorded video.
Unlogo is a web service that eliminates logos and other corporate signage from videos. On a practical level, it takes back your personal media from the corporations and advertisers. On a technical level, it is a really cool combination of some brand new OpenCV and FFMPEG functionality. On a poetic level, it is a tool for focusing on what is important in the record of your life rather than the ubiquitous messages that advertisers want you to focus on. In short, Unlogo gives people the opportunity to opt out of having corporate messages permanently imprinted >into the photographic record of their lives.
It’s simple: you upload a video, and after your video is processed, you get an email with a link to the unlogofied version (example: https://vimeo.com/14531292). You can choose to have the logos simply blocked out with a solid color or replaced with other images, such as the disembodied head of the CEO of the company. This scheme is a bit ridiculous (which is kind of my style), but I like it because it literalizes the intrusion into the record of your life that these >logos represent.
The Wedding at Cana. A Vision by Peter Greenaway
The second of Peter Greenaway’s live projects onto a facsimile that was produced by Factum Arte. The performance took place in the original location of the great painting by Veronese: the refectory of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
Micro Grow Project’s LabBox Grower
“Imagine, growing your favorite plant, herb or medicine in a micro container utilizing advance hydroponic technologies. A fully contained system that uses an automated drip system and high intensity LEDs to deliver everything your plant needs to mature to harvest. An open source software and product design where we all can collaborate to grow an endless supply of fresh >greens and herbs year round.”