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BoozBot Beta

Jeff — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:06:29 +0000

With the creation of BoozBot, Eyebeam Fellows David Jimison and Jeff Crouse have now added the bartending robot to that list of creative roles for automatons. The birth of BoozBot opens a fresh chapter at the intersection of technology, human interaction, and the science of personality. BoozBot converses with the wit and wisdom of your favorite corner barkeep, pouring drinks, monitoring sobriety, and engaging patrons one-on-one.

My role in the creation of BoozBot was to write the software that controls him. I also did a bit of the building.

Dirt Party

Jeff — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:50:25 +0000

Dirt Party is an installation/performance where gossip, rumors, photos, and other types of information about people at a particular party is dug up and reshaped into some kind of display or performance. At Futuresonic, the aesthetic was the popular “LOLCat” format. Using volunteers and Mechanical Turk, we dug up dirt about over 100 party-goers and created a series of photos that entertained and embarassed the party-goers.

The first Dirt Party took place at the Eyebeam 10th Anniversary Benefit, where the output was a series of dynamically generated tabloid covers.

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Anywhere But Here

Jeff — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:49:19 +0000

Anywhere But HERE! is a playful examination of the use of party photography as social currency. Participants use an assortment of props, costumes, and computer-aided special effects to fake being at an imaginary location.

For more pictures from the installation, check out the page on the Digital Situations site.

Secret Satan

Jeff — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:57:59 +0000

Participants exchange Halloween costumes over the course of the evening, surprising each other with the outfits that they must wear. Those who do not take part are outfitted with costumes on the premises. Hilarity ensues.