biofeedback
How Women Were Pushed to the Margins of Cybernetic History
What does it mean to write yourself out of history? Janet Freed Lynch, administrator and organizer of the Macy Conferences, leaves a contested legacy of female labor at the margins of cybernetics.
For $300 You Can Buy a Gadget That Uses Plants to Control Synthesizers
MIDI Sprout connects plants and synthesizers via, you guessed it, MIDI signals.
Stunning Biofeedback Performance Returns a Dancer to the Womb
Hungarian artists connect ECG and pulse sensors to an LED sculpture to create what they call a "light uterus."
Building Trust in Self-Driving Cars Through Biofeedback
BraiQ wants to use bio sensors to teach you to trust your self-driving car.
Those Virtual Feelings
VR is venturing into the realm of brain waves, heart rates, and other biometric signals, and it will blow your mind.
A Pixel-Based Plant Performance Took Root in Barcelona
Artist Oliver Jennings fused nature with digital forms for an audiovisual performance at MIRA Festival 2014.
The Techno-Collagist Who Turns Lasers and Human Limbs into Instruments
In this new season of Sound Builders, we meet sonic artists who are pushing the audio experience to a whole new level.
"SKIN" Transforms Your Emotions Into Sound And Color Through Sweat Data
The installation measures skin moisture to turn your anxiety, stress, and arousal into observable information. Clammy people take notice.
In the Future, Horror Games Will Take Your Pulse to Scare You Better
In video games, the hardware will hear you scream.
A Machine for Meditation Lets You DJ With Your Breath
The Sonic Cradle, in development by artists and technologists Jay Vidyarthi and Darwin Frost, suspends a human body in absolute darkness and allows the user to mix a soundscape using only their breathing. It's not just a neat interactive installation...