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we-make-money-not-art.com - 7/2/2009

Self-Portrait Machine

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Jen Hui Liao's Self-Portrait Machine is a device that takes a picture of the sitter and draws it but with the model's help. The wrists of the individual are tied to the machine and it is his or her hands that are guided to draw the lines that will eventually form the portrait

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GEARFUSE:  Self-Portrait Machine Forces You To Draw Yourself

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gizmodo.com - 7/3/2009

Self-Portrait Machine Forces Your Hands Into Drawing a Pretty Picture [Robots]

— gizmodo.com — No artistic ability? Let a friendly robot force your hands into drawing a realistic self-portrait of yourself. Jen Hui Lia's Self-Portrait Machine takes your picture and then guides your hands into drawing your own portrait. You slip your wrists and ... (more) Self-Portrait Machine Forces Your Hands Into Drawing a ...

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gearfuse.com - 7/3/2009

Self-Portrait Machine Forces You To Draw Yourself

— gearfuse.com — A narcissists dream, the Self-Portrait Machine takes a photo of the user and transfers the picture into a drawn image of themselves. The catch is that the user is actually the one that does all the drawing, as they are physically attached to the ... (more) Self-Portrait Machine Forces You To Draw Yourself

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newlaunches.com - 7/7/2009

Self-portrait machine guides your hands, compromises real art

— newlaunches.com — Keeping aside all the sympathies we have for masters of the fine arts, let us appreciate this new form of digital art that’s gradually making itself known to all. Say ‘hello’ to the Self-portrait machine that helps you draw your own sketches, with ... (more) Self-portrait machine guides your hands, compromises ...

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Self-Portrait Machine Forces You To Draw Yourself
GEARFUSE — ... The catch is that the user is actually the one that does all the drawing, as they are physically attached to the machine. The machine itself performs a little dutch rudder action, guiding the user’s hand along the page. If you’ve always wanted to be a talented portrait artist and never had a lick of talent, the Self-Portrait Machine not only allows you to draw, but damn well forces you to. Check out more pics and a video after the jump. selfportrait2 selfportrait3 Link

Self-portrait machine
Hack a Day — ... [Jen Hui Liao] created a device that guides the user into drawing a portrait of themselves. Dubbed Self-Portrait Machine, it comments on how much in society is created by machines and we are dependent on them. Unlike ...

Self-Portrait Machine Forces Your Hands Into Drawing a Pretty Picture [Robots]
Gizmodo — ... It's sort of gimmicky now, sure, but imagine the next generation of this thing: instead of a picture as the source, it uses your brainwaves to put down whatever you're picturing in your head on paper. Who needs talent? [We Make Money Not Art] ...

Self-Portrait Machine Forces You To Draw Yourself
OhGizmo! — ... so instead they can rely on a machine to help them. No, it’s not going to make you a great artist per se, but it will force you to draw at least one really good picture. This Self-Portrait Machine takes a picture of the person using it, and once they’ve strapped themselves in, it moves their arms back-and-forth to create a picture. It’s a little gimmicky, sure, but who wouldn’t want to be able to show off an awesome self-portrait that they drew? [ We Make Money Not Art ] VIA [ GearFuse ] ...

Self-Portrait Machine
Gadget Venue — ... and could be horrible (like this one that shows how we human invent machines then put human inside to it to manufacture goods), The final object - A machine is a miniature of what I understand through the process of research, and the aim of the machine is to let people have a chance to feel the condensed process of how we generate our self identity from external point of view as from the society, which is a big machine we all in. Via: Gizmodo and We make money not art ...

Video: Self-Portrait Machine binds your hands then bends your will
Engadget — ... intersection of philosophy... only it's not -- it's just a robot too lazy to make the portrait itself. See the video after the break. Continue reading Video: Self-Portrait Machine binds your hands then bends your will Filed under: Robots Video: Self-Portrait Machine binds your hands then bends your will originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Self-Portrait Machine helps you draw your own face
Gizmo Watch — ... as Jen Hui Liao’s Self-Portrait Machine is here to help you sketch yourself. Any guesses how? Your hands are tied to the drawing robot, which after clicking your picture guides the hands (holding pencil of course) into drawing a realistic self-portrait of yourself. The bot’s been developed with an intention to enhance the man-machine relationship giving the human the ability to create his own personality identity. We have talents, but this one’s really amazing. Via: WeMakeMoneyNotArt/Gizmodo

Autoportrait
TrendsNow — ... Le projet a pour but d’explorer le domaine des relations entre les hommes et les machines qui peuvent des fois être cruelles. Ici la relation est exposée de manière positive : la machine identifie l’humain et retranscrit l’image qu’il laisse paraitre. Découverte en vidéo Crédit photo We make money no art / via Dans la même thématique ...