Tag: dead technology

(Final) Twitter News Network

Materials: Samsung TV 1983 Model No. CT-505LD Made in Korea Polaroid TV/VGA Monitor TV static video file downloaded from Medialink Openframeworks V.007 This project was an opportunity to explore dead and lost technology. In this case, the term technology was applied to anything that was essential to our daily life. From handwriting and speech, to …

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(Final) Atari Blender

Materials: Dead tech: Atari 2600 Paddle control (1972) Osterizer Blender 8 speeds Purchased on or about 2002 For this project we had to repurpose a dead tech. Our deadline changed and I decided to do a hack that I could tackle. I don’t have much of a background on electronics, other than building very simple …

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Faxing Flowers

Here’s the blog post I did documenting my fax machine flower press. Dead Technology: Faxes to Flowers

Dead tech: Atari Blender

Atari 2600 Paddle control (1972) Osterizer Blender 8 speeds Purchased on or about 2002 Inspired on artist work… I wanted to use the controller in something other than a game, or replicating a game. I thought of connecting the controller to the laptop and use it as a switch control to play/ff/rew DVDs. However, I …

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