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a straw-like user interface (SUI) developed by inami laboratory at keio university, japanis an interface system that allows user to virtually experience the sensations of drinking. this simulation is based on the research data collected on the

The current quarrel between neuroscientists and moral philosophers about whether there is a free will or only a surrogate thereof provided by the subconscious cannot be settled easily. Instead Elke Reinhuber offers to see for yourself in her work

With this work Elke Reinhuber is imagining a world in which only robots are extant. They are continuously repeating the phrases which they learned while humans were only wondering how our planet could be saved. The immersive installation lures the

Images of our brain, captured with the means of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), assist neuro-scientists to decipher the mechanisms of our thoughts. With a field intensity of three Tesla, state-of-the-art brain scanners offer a superior

Valise in an iPod follows after Duchamp's Readymade mini-museum, "Box in Valise" ( 1935-41 ). Valise in an iPod plays with the tension between the mass object and the reproducibility of the digital object, the promotional nature of consumer branding

Urban Hero, Part 1 Routines and conveniences of our daily life have become gradually fatal for the environment, thus representing a growing problem for functioning ecosystems of flora and fauna, but also directly for our health. The ubiquity of

D.I.N., the German Institute for Standardisation, is the extremely influential national standards body that represents German interests in European and international standards organisations since 1917. Their press spokesman, Mr. Anthony, describes

How do we make decisions? Decisions can be reached applying various methods – intuition or reason. Sometimes, using divination methods or certain tools to find out what might be best supports the process. Whether shaking fortune sticks, reading the

There are several places at which the density of crucial decisions is rather high. In Paris, I observed the emblematic buildings of the stock exchange (Bourse), the parliament (Assemblée Nationale), the high court (Palais de Justice), an airport

Y straight forward? A city-tour guide of a different sort The human eye is an omnivore and so constantly feeding the corresponding brain cells with loads of information. Only later the important is segregated from the insignificant, but far more