Posted 11.17.2010 at 11:59 am
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Artist and Professor Wafaa Bilal
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All art is introspective – or so it is said – but a New York University photography professor is taking the idea of turning the lens around on himself to a literal extreme. Assistant professor Wafaa Bilal is implanting a camera in the back of his head as part of a project commissioned by a new museum in Qatar. Cue the teacher-with-eyes-in-the-back-of-his-head jokes.
Bilal will undergo surgery to have the camera implanted in coming weeks (the camera itself will actually be affixed to a piercing-like attachment) and will wear his camera for a year as it snaps still pictures at one-minute intervals, beaming them live to the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar for visitors to observe. The artwork, titled “The 3rd I,” is intended as "a comment on the inaccessibility of time, and the inability to capture memory and experience." So says the museum, anyhow.
Naturally, this opens up all kinds of privacy issues with regard to Bilal’s students and their rights in the classroom, and the university is sorting through those right now. But frankly, the cyborg-esque nature of the project is undeniably cool, and that’s really the only thing separating this from those “life-blogging” cameras some people hand around their necks to capture the minutiae of their daily existences. That, and 180 degrees.
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Does anyone know of any other sites that are good for Science articles like this? I like reading PopSci during my work day but there just aren't enough articles to stimulate me through the entire day nor are these articles long or in-depth enough. Thanks for the help.
Sark
Julian,
This is your boss. I recommend working at work to stimulate you through your work day.
Thank You,
Your NOW previous Boss
JulianSark... I might recommend going to a site like 'sciencedaily' if you're looking for science articles. If you're looking for something to eat up part of your long work day, and you're not picky, you can try going to kotaku, io9, gizmodo, or lifehacker. Those sites have great articles and lots of good pictures.
haha thank oohoo. It's not like all I'm doing is reading articles all day but these take about 1min to 3min tops to read.
you should try physorg.com
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Theres also a site called dvice.com you could check out.
This would be weird, and I bet it captures tons of crazy pics.
Also I've visited a site call damninteresting.com. It's now seldomly updated, however it is filled with damn interesting articles.
This would be weird, and I bet it captures tons of crazy pics.
Also I've visited a site called damninteresting.com. It's now seldomly updated, however it is filled with damn interesting articles.
I do enjoy newscientist.com It's a nice science site.
@oohoo LOL
I bet that popsci will try to ban the people who gave out other websites, all while doing nothing about the spamming!!
"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before.".. Paul Dirac
That is awesome!!! First it was the woman who set up her camera in her house 24 hours a day on the internet for anyone to view, and now the camera has become mobile.
I want to put a camera on my cat, I have heard they do strange things when no one is looking, well probably find out the same thing about humans... :) lol
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