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Mar 13
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Burning a Logo into a City…

By city logos, CityEngine, Lumion

This is very much a work in progress post, but we are interested in integrating text/patterns/logos into 3D models of the city. At the moment we are putting a work flow in place to take our CASA logo and burn it into the street patten of a procedural city.

Using the CityEngine, combined with vector files and Lumion/3DMax some interesting results can be obtained, especially if you also build in some physics/particle engine and agent based model capability.

We will have more on this in the coming days….

Update 14th March 2012 – Below is the first second draft movie:


Next stages are to build the city over time, we should have a work flow in place soon…

Mar 10
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Time-lapse footage of the Earth as seen from the ISS

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In the words of NASA –  Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas.

On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth’s thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges. The ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.

Images: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Music: ‘Freedom Fighters’ by Two Steps from Hell Inspiration: http://youtu.be/74mhQyuyELQ Editor: David Peterson

 Sequences: 1. North-to-south down the western coast of North and South America.
2. North-to-south over Florida, the Bahamas and other Caribbean islands. 
3. South-East Asia, approaching the Philippine Sea.
 4. Western Europe, from France through Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East.
 5. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean, approaching Australia.
 6. Aurora Australis, over the Indian Ocean.
 7. Aurora Australis, unknown location in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mar 02
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USEUM Wins 1st at Athens Start Up Weekend – A new kind of Social Network

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USEUM, the latest innovation out of CASA and Digital Humanities here at UCL, participated in Athens Startup Weekend hosted by Microsoft Hellas last weekend and won 1st prize.


From the official website of the competition:

“1st place – USEUM – A brilliantly executed and presented platform that will disrupt the way we buy art. They describe it best as “A bridge between art lovers and artists. It’s a web platform where art enthusiasts can discover emerging artists based on their artistic preferences. ” This team will be visiting Berlin in March to pitch at HackFwd at the Pitch in Berlin V2 event”

Foteini and the winning team handed the mic for the winners’ speech

USEUM was represented by a team of 3 developers (Georgia Kalyva, George Manoltzas, Michalis Nikolaidis) and a businessman (Nikolaos Soulitzis), led by USEUM’s founder Foteini Valeonti. Foteini is currently taking a PhD programme in CASA with joint supervision at UCL DH. Within a few short months she has the backing of UCL Advances and won a mentorship from Rapid Innovation Group. In short its everything a University research lab should be about, innovation, research with the addition of support and a push to get research into the wild.

USEUM aspires to become the no-brainer network for the arts and is potentially a game changer, a beta will be released in late March.

For future updates take a look at http://useum.org/

Mar 02
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USEUM Wins 1st at Athens Start Up Weekend – A new kind of Social Network

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USEUM, the latest innovation out of CASA and Digital Humanities here at UCL, participated in Athens Startup Weekend hosted by Microsoft Hellas last weekend and won 1st prize.


From the official website of the competition:

“1st place – USEUM – A brilliantly executed and presented platform that will disrupt the way we buy art. They describe it best as “A bridge between art lovers and artists. It’s a web platform where art enthusiasts can discover emerging artists based on their artistic preferences. ” This team will be visiting Berlin in March to pitch at HackFwd at the Pitch in Berlin V2 event”

Foteini and the winning team handed the mic for the winners’ speech

USEUM was represented by a team of 3 developers (Georgia Kalyva, George Manoltzas, Michalis Nikolaidis) and a businessman (Nikolaos Soulitzis), led by USEUM’s founder Foteini Valeonti. Foteini is currently taking a PhD programme in CASA with joint supervision at UCL DH. Within a few short months she has the backing of UCL Advances and won a mentorship from Rapid Innovation Group. In short its everything a University research lab should be about, innovation, research with the addition of support and a push to get research into the wild.

USEUM aspires to become the no-brainer network for the arts and is potentially a game changer, a beta will be released in late March.

For future updates take a look at http://useum.org/

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