http://life.calit2.net/ Calit2.Life : A day in the life of Calit2, every day. en Copyright 2010 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:44:46 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://life.calit2.net//images/calit2life_web.gif http://life.calit2.net/ http://life.calit2.net/archives/2010/03/deadline-this-friday-for-under.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2010/03/deadline-this-friday-for-under.php UCSD Undergrads Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:44:46 -0800 Maureen Curran Next week, CRCA and b.a.n.g. lab researchers Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas are heading out to Durham, North Carolina to do a performance and artist talk at Duke University. They will also be meeting with the Experiencing Virtual Worlds interdisciplinary research group at Duke to discuss some of their recent writing. technesexual a mixed reality performance 1/25 @ 6pm, SoundSense Studio, CIEMAS Erotic Mixed Reality Performance an artist talk 1/27 @ 4pm, Nasher Museum... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2010/01/technesexual-performance-and-a.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2010/01/technesexual-performance-and-a.php UCSD Faculty Grad Students Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:52:55 -0800 Micha Cardenas If you're a UCSD undergrad (or know one) who is interested in working as a researcher in a laboratory at one of 13 host institutions across the Pacific Rim and India this summer, read on. The Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) program is holding an information session tomorrow. 2010 PRIME Info SessionThurs,, 01/14/10 - 5 p.m. in UCSD's Natural Sciences Auditorium(The Natural Sciences Building is on the Revelle Campus, on Scholars Drive south, near the... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2010/01/prime-info-session-for-undergr.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2010/01/prime-info-session-for-undergr.php UCSD Events Undergrads Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:01:45 -0800 Maureen Curran The Transborder Immigrant Tool was the subject of a whirlwind of media attention in the past week. The project has been developed by the Electronic Disturbance Theater, consisting of artists Ricardo Dominguez, Brett Stalbaum, Amy Sara Carroll and Micha Cardenas. The media coverage included television, radio and print stories including the Associated Press, BBC World, NBC, Fox, and the UCSD Guardian. While the actual stories are too many to list here, the following is a... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/12/media-frenzy-over-the-transbor.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/12/media-frenzy-over-the-transbor.php UCSD Faculty International Press Coverage Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:28:24 -0800 Micha Cardenas http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/12/greening-the-future.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/12/greening-the-future.php UCSD UCI Calit2 Goes Green Events Faculty International Multimedia emissions energy energy efficiency global warming green green IT greenhouse gas sustainability Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:35:03 -0800 Doug Ramsey Vice magazine wrote a long article this month about Calit2 PI Ricardo Dominguez and the b.a.n.g. lab. The article covers numerous Border Disturbance Art projects, including the Freephone, but focuses on the Transborder Immigrant Tool. FOLLOW THE GPS, ESE:THE TRANSBORDER IMMIGRANT TOOL HELPS MEXICANS CROSS OVER SAFELY Also, b.a.n.g. lab researcher Micha Cardenas/Azdel Slade published a new article on Realityshifting on Augmentology.com last week. It includes a short machinima she produced as well as other... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/bang-lab-articles-in-vice-maga.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/bang-lab-articles-in-vice-maga.php UCSD Faculty Press Coverage Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:18:17 -0800 Micha Cardenas http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/inexpensive-desalination-harne.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/inexpensive-desalination-harne.php UCSD Calit2 Goes Green Events Faculty Grad Students Industry Partners Projects Undergrads water sustainability green environment desalination ucsd san diego Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:41:02 -0800 Tiffany Fox Calit2 artist/researchers working with the b.a.n.g. lab have had a number of reviews and articles published about their work this month. The new article Micha Cardenas co-authored with Felipe Zuniga entitled "IO NON HO NIENTE DA DIRE (I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY)" is in the current issue Digimag, an italian new media magazine. Since its only in Italian, you can find english text here. The article discusses the Emergency - Emergent Agency / Emergencia -... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/recent-reviews-and-articles-about-bang-lab-projects.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/recent-reviews-and-articles-about-bang-lab-projects.php UCSD Faculty Grad Students International Press Coverage Projects Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:39:39 -0800 Micha Cardenas UCSD undergrad and Calit2 staff photographer Erik Jepsen won first place in the sports photo category in the Associated Collegiate Press' annual Photo Excellence Awards. Jepsen took his aerial shot of a UCSD volleyball player (shown at left) for the UCSD Guardian while perched in the rafters of RIMAC arena (although he likes to tell people that he set the camera's self-timer and tossed it above the player just before his overhand serve). Click here... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/calit2-staff-photographer-wins.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/calit2-staff-photographer-wins.php erik jepsen photography award acp national geographic Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:41 -0800 Tiffany Fox UC San Diego undergrad Michael Nekrasov spent nine weeks this summer as a Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experiences (PRIME) student in Taiwan. He worked on a project of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Calit2, engineering a system that will allow researchers to monitor coral reefs in real time ("Coral Reef Observing through Data Capture, Data Streaming, and Automation"). His project involved integrating cameras into environmental observing systems, as well as using fluorescence to detect coral... http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/student-captures-the-world-and.php http://life.calit2.net/archives/2009/11/student-captures-the-world-and.php UCSD Undergrads Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:09 -0800 Maureen Curran