A Deep Listening Haiku

the chaos of air
the wave crashes through the sea
a sound passes by
-Luke Noonan (2009)

Fun with Grass

Particle systems are so cool. I came across this awesome tutorial, Which I uses to produce the above image. I recommend it if you are at all interested in doing particle based hair/grass/fur in Blender.

By the way, Blender 2.49 just dropped. Which makes me excited for the big 2.5.

Machine Dreams

In case any of my readers happen to be in South Korea this month, you should stop by Space CAN and Media Space at Soongsil University. I don't know which space my piece will be at, but there should be lots of cool work including some by Kyle McDonald and others.

a nunnery thought her antipapal ...

I am playing around building software that writes sentences. Here are some conversational highlights:

the nonregimental Qubecois gratulatorily let in the Delaware.

Kazue limpingly handed Conti to the Peralta.

Walter nonflirtatiously represcribed Huggins.

And my favorite:

Mia and Mia yakety-yakked sycophantishly.

More to come on this project later

Neural Constellation

Finally some documentation of my thesis project.

Neural Constellation from LukeNoonan on Vimeo.

The mind is an inscrutable thing. Science can tell us exactly how a neuron operates, but it cannot even start to explain why we love, hate, hope or dream.
Neural Constellation is a pulse-based neural network created using circuit boards and microcontrollers. This system is modeled after neurons in the human brain. Each of the independent neurons communicates with flashes of light. Forming an interconnected neural tissue.
Unlike most computing systems, this one is not kept constantly busy with endless calculations. This is a mechanical brain at rest, blinking away in peaceful slumber: dreaming.


This work is now headed to a show in South Korea called Machine Dreams (my page). Curated by Byeong Sam Jeon and Haru Ji.

Thesis Show

I will be showing my thesis this week.

Tubes

Quick break from thesis work, done in processing.