Harpoon Attribution

Finch and Bluebird follow a comparison of whaling to online advertising.

2021American CyborgOctober 20, 2021bluebird, finchComment

Pokémon Snap

Finch and Bluebird play the new Switch edition of Pokémon Snap, and consider the Nintendo console’s visual cortex.

2021American CyborgMay 19, 2021bluebird, finchComment

Random Forest

Finch and Bluebird write a new description of the Machine Learning algorithm known as a Random Forest.

2021American CyborgMarch 24, 2021bluebird, finchComment

Animal Crossing

After four months quarantined apart despite living ten blocks away from each other, Finch and Bluebird reunite via Nintendo Switch’s Animal Crossing.

2020American CyborgJuly 29, 2020bluebird, finchComment

Zoonotic Robogenesis

Finch & Bluebird reflect on COVID-19, self-quarantined in our NYC apartments. We issue a plea for thoughtful robotic invention.

2020American CyborgMarch 15, 2020finch, bluebird Comments

Xingtian & Jingwei

Bluebird, Starling & Finch stumbled upon these characters while researching patch designs, and decided to make them our mascot for the year 2019.

2019American CyborgAugust 21, 2019bluebird, starling, finchComment

Provenance

Finch and Bluebird explore the idea of provenance.

2019American CyborgJuly 17, 2019finchComment

Tuesday Dinner

A found poem by the fly on the wall at our weekly meetings.

2019American CyborgJune 20, 2019albatross, finch, starling, bluebird Comments

Planted Bibliography

Albatross, Bluebird, Finch & Cardinal share the bibliography of their Planted Border research.

2019American CyborgMay 1, 2019bluebird, finch, cardinalComment

Destructive Metaphors

Finch & Bluebird continue to explore the good and bad metaphors used to describe modern phenomena and systems.

2019American CyborgApril 30, 2019finch, bluebird Comments

Anthrotechnomisnomia

Finch and Bluebird explore the misappropriation of animal and human labor as a sales technique.

2019American CyborgFebruary 28, 2019finch, bluebird Comment

Human Groups as Technology

Finch reflects on the work of Janet Vertesi, who explores the human systems behind great technological advances.

2019American CyborgJanuary 31, 2019finch Comment

The Tortoise & the Gun

Finch and Bluebird look at Adversarial Machine Learning in Part 4/4 of our Campbell-inspired series.

2018American CyborgJune 30, 2018finch, bluebird Comment

Protective Plants

Albatross, Bluebird, Finch & Cardinal dig around in the world of poisonous, vining, thorny flora in Part 3/4 of our Campbell-inspired series.

2018American CyborgMay 30, 2018bluebird, finch, cardinal, albatross Comment

The Temple Dragon

Albatross, Bluebird & Finch compare Hector the dog to The Temple Dragon in Part 2/4 of our Campbell-inspired series.

2018American CyborgApril 30, 2018albatross, bluebird, finch Comment

The Temple Threshold

Albatross, Bluebird & Finch mine Joseph Campbell for archetypes applicable to American Cyborg's journey, Part 1/4.

2018American CyborgMarch 31, 2018albatross, bluebird, finch Comment

Signal Waves

Bluebird and Finch play in the waves.

2017American CyborgNovember 1, 2017bluebird, finchComment

Rock Band

Bluebird, Albatross, Starling & Finch play Rock Band 4 together on XBox One.

2017American CyborgApril 25, 2017bluebird, albatross, finch, starlingComment

Looking at Animals Through Webcams

Finch invites Stephanie Lam to present her take on naturecams, in tandem with Joseph Moore's photographic work on the same theme.

2016American CyborgOctober 19, 2016finch, condorComment

Ice Therapy

Finch and Bluebird assemble a photo history of ice to counter the heat outside.

2016American CyborgJuly 20, 2016bluebird, finchComment