Art and Technology in the News

Technology has become so common place in our society we almost don't notice it. One way that we can use technology in an eye catching way is through art. Whether thats the use of a robot to paint a picture or using a microscope to view electron micro pictures we are advancing the integration of art and technology everyday. I recently found an article titled "Using a Laser as the World's Most Powerful Paintbrush" in the news.

This article talks about a man named Ben Tricklebank who was testing out new concept of art using a powerful laser projector on a California valley floor. Tricklebank bought the laser off of eBay for $600 dollars and the rest is history. He spent the next few months using the projector as a form of temporary graffiti that he could place on the landscape. Most laser exhibits are reactive to the environment such that if the viewer interacts with the lasers the exhibit will change. Ben had an idea of placing a new environment onto the existing one.