http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2008-12-04T03:56:47Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1489/brian-eno-and-music-for-airports--the-inspiration.html <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian Eno</span> talks about what inspired him to create <span style="font-weight: bold;">Music for Airports, </span>the album<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>that gave birth to the ambient movement<br><br><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbtxhXynjuM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbtxhXynjuM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br><br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2007-07-28T00:13:16Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1278/from-smart-home-to-ambient-home.html Influx attended an excellent mini conference at CCA hosted and curated by <b>Geoff Manaugh </b>of <a target="_blank" href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/"><b>Bldgblog</b></a> fame. <br><br>The line-up of speakers:<br><br><b>Geoff Manaaugh- </b>Gave an amazing talk about his pet interests that included- articifical islands, micro nations, fault lines and underground cities<b><br></b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.techgnosis.com/">Erik Davies</a><b>-</b> Talking up California's eclectic spiritual architecture<br><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Murch">Walter Murch</a><b>-</b> The academy award winning movie editor- <a target="_blank" href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/heliocentric-pantheon-interview-with.html#comments">talking about the connection between the Pantheon in Rome and Copernicus</a><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rebargroup.org/">Rebar Group-</a> A San-Francisco group of acitvist artist/performers who's projects explore the concept of space<br><br>One of the most interesting presentations was given by the architects <a target="_blank" href="http://www.iwamotoscott.com/ISARhome.html">Iwamoto Scott</a>- who talked about their recent projects. One which stuck out was the <b>Jellyfish house;</b> a vision of a home (50 years into the future) located on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay.<br><br>It was full of lots of amazing ideas:<br><br>- The house is built with a skin designed to filter water from the bay and rain water- the filters would use a combination of UV (just like many bottled waters we buy today) and titanium dioxide<br>- The ambience of the environment is changed by the user- the color of the walls and roof could be changed at a flick or a switch<br>- The skin of the home would also act like a digital membrane- carry digital circuits and technologies<br><br>The last element reflects the evolution from the concept of the smart home (a concept that's been with us for the last 10 years) as a home that you program, to the ambient home; something even more intelligent, in that it reacts to changes in stimuli. This is already a theme we are starting to see more in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/platform.html">consumer electronic</a>s and <a target="_blank" href="../../../../../article/997/the-future-of-materials--blaine-bronwell-at-poptech.html">building materials. </a><br><img src="%3Ca%20href=" http:="" www.flickr.com="" photos="" edcotton="" 450148139="" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/450148139_d91c5e5f8f.jpg" alt="Jellyfish House" height="375" width="500"><br>Image: Iwamoto Scott<br><br><br> Influx Insights 2007-06-14T14:15:36Z