Want to try a helping of edible landscape? Mosey over to LongGreenHouse this Friday and Wednesday for a permaculture field day.
DIY couture may not yet have hit the runways in Milan and Paris, but it’s alive and well in new media circles.
For her performance Cast, U-Me Intermedia MFA student Amy Pierce didn’t make her own wedding dress as much as invite others to make it for her. Her choice of material–a plaster body cast that required her to stand motionless for four hours–was a metaphor for the marriage contract that was particularly, well, “fitting.” (Like any good bride, she eventually fainted.)
Meanwhile designer Mary Huang has developed an application that turns drawings into dresses, courtesy of a handy mathematical algorithm.
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/24/1157201/An-App-That-Turns-Any-Drawing-Into-a-Dress?from=rss via Byline
“A new app by interactive designer Mary Huang called Continuum, lets you turn any drawing into a customized three-dimensional garment. From the article: ‘Huang dubs her software “D. dress”—the “D” stands for “Delaunay triangulation,” an algorithm she uses to deconstruct each dress into a series of triangular planes. Any adjustments in necklines, skirt lengths, or sleeve types are achieved by adding or subtracting triangles. “Lo-res triangular models are more abstract,” Huang admits, “but this abstraction prompts people to imagine what the resulting dress would look like rather than expect an exact rendition of the screen image. The triangulation also insures that almost any drawing will produce an interesting form.”’”
California-based bamboo supplier and renewable material promoter CaliBamboo offers free materials to the best project, and last month NMD alumnus Chris Bagley bagged the prize for his bamboo ski capstone.
UMaine New Media graduate Chris Bagley stepped outside of the box in 2009 when he switched from a Web-based capstone to start a local business premised on building environmentally responsible skis. The do-it-yourselfer built his own ski press in his garage and began turning out prototypes–and turning heads on the slopes. As the Bangor Daily News reports, this will be the first season his skis will be available to the general public, custom-built for both East Coast skiing conditions and to customer specifications.
In an age when the Canadian government is muzzling scientists, religious groups are using special search engines like Jewogle to filter out unwanted results, and one in five Americans believes the earth is at the center of the solar system…you might just want to hear Randy Olson speak.
Season seven of this venerable intermedia festival finds newly minted U-Me MFAs mixing it up with the likes of Fluxus mainstay Dick Higgins and DJ paul j. bosse, the “junky but funky beat mechanic.”
Ready money for anyone willing to party like it’s 2007.
The Faculty Development Center, a division of Information Technologies, is looking for a new part-time employee as a Microsoft Office Trainer. This position would be perfect for someone who already has a job at UMaine (full-time or part-time – faculty, staff, classified) and just wants to expand the career and earn extra income.MS Office Trainer This position requires developing and conducting training programs on MS- Office 2007 for the faculty and staff (Excel, Powerpoint, and possibly Access).
Candidate must have exceptional and strong command over MS -Office 2007 and excellent communication skills. Overall computer proficiency is a must, previous teaching or trainer experience is desirable. The ideal candidate will demonstrate patience and experience working with users at all levels of computer and desktop application knowledge.
More information: http://www.umaine.edu/it/employment/professional/mstrainer.php
Please forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thanks,
Andrei
Ready money for anyone willing to party like it’s 2007.
The Faculty Development Center, a division of Information Technologies, is looking for a new part-time employee as a Microsoft Office Trainer. This position would be perfect for someone who already has a job at UMaine (full-time or part-time – faculty, staff, classified) and just wants to expand the career and earn extra income.MS Office Trainer This position requires developing and conducting training programs on MS- Office 2007 for the faculty and staff (Excel, Powerpoint, and possibly Access).
Candidate must have exceptional and strong command over MS -Office 2007 and excellent communication skills. Overall computer proficiency is a must, previous teaching or trainer experience is desirable. The ideal candidate will demonstrate patience and experience working with users at all levels of computer and desktop application knowledge.
More information: http://www.umaine.edu/it/employment/professional/mstrainer.php
Please forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thanks,
Andrei
Josh Plourde at AEWC Offshore Wind sent this my way.
AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center is now accepting resumes for a paid student research assistant who would:
•Create and edit promotional materials.
•Cooperate in the development and design of web site.
•Take leading role in iPad/iPhone app design and development.
Applicants should:
•Be knowledgeable of several programming languages, including PHP and Javascript.
•Be familiar with design standards.
•Have strong New Media/Programming background.
•Demonstrate strong communication skills.
•Be available and willing to work 40 hours this summer and 20+ hours during the fall and spring semesters.
If interested, send resume and cover letter in PDF format to Elizabeth Viselli on First Class.
Josh Plourde at AEWC Offshore Wind sent this my way.
AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center is now accepting resumes for a paid student research assistant who would: •Create and edit promotional materials. •Cooperate in the development and design of web site. •Take leading role in iPad/iPhone app design and development.
Applicants should: •Be knowledgeable of several programming languages, including PHP and Javascript. •Be familiar with design standards. •Have strong New Media/Programming background. •Demonstrate strong communication skills. •Be available and willing to work 40 hours this summer and 20+ hours during the fall and spring semesters.
If interested, send resume and cover letter in PDF format to Elizabeth Viselli on First Class.
Have you ever played a guitar that sounds like a thunderstorm? Worn glasses that automatically upload a photographic history of your everyday life? Schussed down Sugarloaf with skis made from organic materials?
This Wednesday, thirty-five New Media seniors will rock the U-Me campus with a night of curb-jumping capstones.
Held in Lord Hall from 4 to 6pm on Wednesday 28 April (Maine Day), this event showcases senior projects that reveal or transform what we take in with our eyes, ears, and even taste buds. More than one-off student projects, many of these startups already have sizable audiences, proving that an economy in the dumps is little deterent to the creative undergrads of the University of Maine’s New Media Department.
Open Your Eyes: The 2010 Capstone Night
Wednesday 28 April 4-6pm
Lord Hall
Find out more about projects featured in the 2010 Capstone Night
Save the world, get a scholarship.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I am a faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department. I research in the areas of robotics and prosthetics.
We are in immediate need for help with some graphic design and sketching work for my lab. I have a few jobs that an art student with some digital graphics background will be able to complete. This includes making digital sketches for our experimental set ups, drawings of our robot, concept design for future robots and website logo design etc. The artist will compensated appropriately for their work.
Would you be able to help me locate an artist who can help me?
Thanks for you time. Regards, Ashish Deshpande (via First Class)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I am a faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department. I research in the areas of robotics and prosthetics.
We are in immediate need for help with some graphic design and sketching work for my lab. I have a few jobs that an art student with some digital graphics background will be able to complete. This includes making digital sketches for our experimental set ups, drawings of our robot, concept design for future robots and website logo design etc. The artist will compensated appropriately for their work.
Would you be able to help me locate an artist who can help me?
Thanks for you time. Regards, Ashish Deshpande (via First Class)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I am a faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department. I research in the areas of robotics and prosthetics.
We are in immediate need for help with some graphic design and sketching work for my lab. I have a few jobs that an art student with some digital graphics background will be able to complete. This includes making digital sketches for our experimental set ups, drawings of our robot, concept design for future robots and website logo design etc. The artist will compensated appropriately for their work.
Would you be able to help me locate an artist who can help me?
Thanks for you time. Regards, Ashish Deshpande (via First Class)
Jan 202010
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Please contact Lily Olson on firstclass or come to the CML for more information!
Lily Olson 4th Year New Media Major Communications Minor CML Manager [ http://www.lilyolson.com ]www.lilyolson.com
Jan 202010
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Please contact Lily Olson on firstclass or come to the CML for more information!
Lily Olson 4th Year New Media Major Communications Minor CML Manager [ http://www.lilyolson.com ]www.lilyolson.com
Jan 202010
Please contact Lily Olson on firstclass or come to the CML for more information!
Lily Olson
4th Year New Media Major
Communications Minor
CML Manager
network, sharing, software, Orono, library
If you like the idea, email Deborah Rollins on First Class to ask her to extend the free trial beyond the spring.
Personally, though, I think the title “Windows for Dummies” is redundant. *ducks*
Fogler Library is pleased to provide a 6-month trial to Safari Tech Books Online at
http://www.library.umaine.edu/indexesdb/Indexes.asp
The database has approximately 3,000 full-text IT titles on topics including certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linus/Unix, Web development, Windows, XML, and more. Publishers include O’Reilly Media Inc., Pearson Technology Group, Adobe, Idea Group, Sams, Wiley “For Dummies” books, and many more. Because there is a limit of 2 simultaneous users, please click “Sign Out & Clear Session” when done using the database. Fogler Library’s trial subscription expires June 30, 2010.
For assistance using the database, please contact Reference (581-1673) or Science & Engineering (581-1691).