Addictive TV
No longer the domain of the bootlegger, audiovisual remixers are going mainstream.

Created by London-based audiovisual remixers Addictive TV, new DVD turntable technology can be used by DVJs to manipulate DVD visuals in exactly the same way as they would music. So real-time digital video scratches, loops and instant cues are possible, while the video and audio streams always stay in perfect sync. This phenomenon has spawned the term ‘mashup’. EMI commissioned Addictive TV to create Blondie Vs The Doors, where original concert and video footage from two different sources have been ‘mashed’ together.

Mapping your emotions
How does your everyday geography impact on your emotions? The new Bio Mapping system is described by its creator, artist Christian Nold, as an ‘inversion of the lie-detector’ because ‘people can make sense of their own biological data’. It enables people to compare their moods with their surroundings. It measures not just major reactions that tend to stick in the memory, but also how much you are excited by speaking to a stranger, crossing the road or even listening to birdsong. Emotion mapping combines two existing technologies - ‘finger cuffs’, long used in lie-detector tests, and Global Positioning System (GPS). It continually records the subject’s location. The data is downloaded and can then be easily visualised in 3D by map applications such as Google Earth.

A head for film

Hands-free filming in a difficult situation is now possible with a camera system you can actually wear. This new high-resolution ultra-portable camera worn on the head and linked to a digital video recorder (DVR) complete with an LCD screen has captured action from the boxing ring to our UK streets. It has been adopted by UK police forces as well as the BBC when filming its Ray Mears and a Husky documentary. Camera extras include thermal imaging for the fire and rescue services and a waterproof DVR box. Very useful if you are, as Steve Rogers, spokesperson for the developers Cylon, points out, ‘teaching marine and environmental sciences and need go to places such as the jungle in Borneo or 100m underwater and can’t take the whole class with you!’  

John
July/August 2006

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