#micro-camera

[dance-cognition-technology]

Open Body

This is my Master Degree art piece.

At that time, the discussion was reality X virtuality as opposite sides in an antagonistic way. The piece treated this discussion from a different point of view. The choreography was created through Life Forms* software, and I also used their images to overlap the organic body on this digital body. It was not to say they are the same, but to expose that they have their own identity. In addition, I decided to dance naked to emphasize these differences. Through the technology I could change the notion of space and time. Via micro-camera attached on my body (hand and eye),  I had exposed the scene inside out from different perspective to the audience. I superimpose my image on different conditions, my body was still, moving, in real time or pre-recorded image, I was lay down on a horizontal, but also on a vertical... It is an open body changing with the world in a dynamic process.

*LifeForms: computer choreographic software tool developed at Simon Fraser University, Dr. Thomas Calvert, Dr. Thecla Schiphorst, et al.

[newstfionline]

Tiny new micro-camera is as small as a grain of sand

by Mike Wehner, Singularity Hub, April 13, 2011 Researchers at a German medical institute have created a camera lens so tiny that you can only barely see it with the naked eye. The electronic eye measures just 1.5 millimeters at its widest, and is designed to peer inside the human body in endoscopic procedures. Obviously, the smaller the device being inserted into your body, the better, so news of such a miniscule camera is certainly important from a medical standpoint.

The new camera is impressive for another reason as well: it's disposable. The materials used in its construction make the mini lens cheap enough to be tossed after each operation, meaning no more sterilizing and reusing the same camera multiple times.

The new technology could be utilized in non-medical avenues as well, such as in consumer electronics, surveillance, and automotive applications. Imagine a surveillance camera so tiny that a crook would overlook it entirely. Or a smartphone with a front-facing camera so small it can fit unseen on the edge of the LCD display. That's the kind of future we can look forward to, thanks to a camera the size of a grain of salt.