Tag Archives: electronic

Fingers

By Tom Saunter | Published: February 26, 2013

[box]This post originally appeared on the FTMF.info planning blog.[/box] What does the word ‘digital’ mean to you? dig·it·al /?d?d??tl/ adv – of or pertaining to a digit or finger resembling a digit or finger manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch displaying a readout in digital form: a digital speedometer having digits or […]

Posted in Technology | Also tagged action, body, computer, data, digital, illustration, keyboard, problem, screen, technology, touch, virtual, watch, world, youtube | Leave a comment

Music is the Virus

By Tom Saunter | Published: November 22, 2011

Airborne, a potentially disruptive start-up in the music sector, hopes to “cure the music industry of its sickness” with their upcoming launch. Their cloud-based music sharing platform places fans and artists in direct symbiosis. It’s an interesting model, so take a look: Beyond all the virus metaphors (they even go so far as to call songs ‘strains’) the core […]

Posted in Music | Also tagged airborne, audience, community, favourite, idea, ideas, industry, interesting, Music, net, real world, remix, rights, share, sharing, soundcloud, viral, world | 2 Responses

Web Discoveries for October 20th

By Tom Saunter | Published: October 20, 2009

These are my del.icio.us links for October 20th Eigenharp Alpha – A new kind of instrument for the future of expressive electronic music – research for an upcoming piece. Wearable Technology, the next User Experience Frontier | UXbyDesign – Some brilliant real-world applications of wearable computers, that could drive us further into the age of […]

Posted in Del.icio.us | Also tagged audio, Blogging, brand, business, clothes, clothing, computing, fashion, food, geek, innovation, inspiration, instrument, interesting, interface, internet, links, list, marketing, material, Mobile, Music, News, opensource, psychology, reference, resources, retail, robotics, scent, smell, socialnetworking, sound, statistics, stats, synthesizer, technology, The Future Of..., tool, trends, ubiquitous, ux, wearable, Web, websites | Leave a comment

Applying McLuhan

By Tom Saunter | Published: July 22, 2009

I begin with McLuhan, whose Laws of Media or Tetrad offers greater insights for Mobile AR, sustaining and developing upon the arguments developed in my assessment of the interlinking technologies that meet in Mobile AR, whilst also providing the basis to address some of this man’s deeper thoughts. The tetrad can be considered an observation […]

Posted in Academic | Also tagged Academic, agency, application, augmentation, baudrillard, commercial, computer, device, digital, exploration, free, future, human, image, information, interactive, interface, internet, investment, laws, laws of media, levinson, life, magic lens, marker, marshall mcluhan, mcluhan, Media, medium, metaphor, mixed reality, Mobile, multimedia, new, obsolescence, optical tools, pc, physical reality, physicality, play, position, postmodern, potential, power, real world, reality, rules, screen, share, society, sound, space, success, superimpose, target, technology, tetrad, Tools, touch, user, users, view, virtual, visual, visual space, voice, wave, wearable | 1 Response

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

By Tom Saunter | Published: February 10, 2009

This piece from The Onion brutally destroys both Sony, and the wider electronics industry for their shameless plugging of products they ‘think’ we all want. Of course, what we all really need is convergence between existing products, rather than entirely new products that defy comprehension. That aside, check out the video:

Posted in Technology | Also tagged electro, embed, images, industry, new, play, sony, theme, video | Leave a comment