With her Tattoo-me boots, Emily Jane Atkinson has developed a way of tattooing oneself without the use of inks and needles. The boots have changeable linings. Each of them have a different pattern on and when worn they leave an imprint on the legs, thus creating a temporary tattoo. Each lining depicts a rite of passage, the cherry symbolises losing your virginity, and it can also be used to allow your partner to know that you are ready for a sexual relationship. The butterfly symbolises coming of age and the doves symbolise new beginning.
Check the boots and other works by design students of Goldsmith College until June 5, at The Old Truman Brewery, in London.
TAGS: boots, lining, sex, tattoo
posted by : regine on 10 Jul 2006
Volume of over Lumen is a rhythm communicator for several people.
Each participant wears a silicone collar which sends a rhythmically arranged sound. A particular sound is generated for each participant according to an analysis of their voice. LEDs in the collar create a halo of pulsating light that radiates around the wearer. If another partecipant comes within the range of the collar, he or she can hear the sound generated by the collar worn by the first person. But if he or she comes within the range of several collars, then it’s a mix of the various sound compositions that will be heard.
By their own movement in the area participants can modulate their own sound experience, as well as the acoustic experience of the other collar wearers.
Electronics are visibly cast in the collar: resistances, transistors, diodes, conductive strips and other elements have a functional as well as an aesthetic role.
A work by Martin Bellardi and Anne-Christin Delakowitz.
Check the collar at Sonambiente in Berlin until July 16.
Via rhizome. Bottom image.
TAGS: collar, rythm, silicone, sound
posted by : regine on 10 Jul 2006
Central Scotland and Strathclyde Police are piloting a ‘handy’ way of capturing knife carriers.
The new metal detector gloves are the world’s first ‘hands free’ metal detector gloves. Made of Kevlar, the gloves are stab proof and are an additional tool in the fight against knife crime.
The battery-operated gloves allow officers to scan an individual for weapons with the fingertips or the palms of the hands. If metal is found, the glove starts to vibrate inside the wrist area.
The gloves will be used by officers in Central Scotland and Strathclyde Police during the month-long enforcement phase of the campaign which follows on from the nationwide knife amnesty. One thousand hand held metal detectors have already been issued to Scottish police forces as part of Safer Scotland.
TAGS: gloves, kevlar, metal, security, vibration
posted by : regine on 10 Jul 2006
