Westlane: NYC Westside Transit System – Exploration of Social Media in Mobility

Westlane: NYC Westside Transit System – Exploration of Social Media in Mobility

Westlane is a NYC Westside Highway Transit System which integrate social media with transportation system.  New vehicle design and the transit system were developed, and new grounds on which transit systems and social media can come together to deliver new user experiences. The research, design, and system development was executed during the senior thesis seminar by(…)

ROLLIN SAFARI: Motion, Humor, and Reality

ROLLIN SAFARI: Motion, Humor, and Reality

Rolling Safari is a series of animations produced to use as trailers for Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film / Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2013. This work exemplifies creators’ sense of humor, sensibility for motion, and knowledge of a particular digital technology in deforming virtual objects into spherical forms. DAHRC Researcher MJ Truong produced a sketch of(…)

UNDERSTANDING MUSIC: Can it Make You Smarter?

UNDERSTANDING MUSIC: Can it Make You Smarter?

Music is universal, yet many are afraid to discuss it if one is not a musician.  This experimental animation about music summarizes most of the parts and bits of music with each of the terminology accompanied by respective visual manifestations: Interview with Jad Abumrad on the function of music: If you would like to understand music,(…)

Pratt-Cornell Collaboration: Article 1

Pratt-Cornell Collaboration: Article 1

Pratt DAHRC collaborates with Weill-Cornell Medical College for interdisciplinary research, education, and technology development.  Some results of the effort which are ready for release are mentioned here.   Science Visualization Developmental Cell Cover Illustration Pratt researchers HyukJae Henry Yoo and Tianxu Tim Guo created a scientific illustration to augment the publication of a science journal(…)