this week, we re revisiting the tech that we ve seen used in and around the world of art. and the first question i have is, what is lara thinking right now? do i like it? does it make me feel happy, sad? ammie s gone to town to test the newest, oldest cameras we ve seen for a while. paul heads to florence to see how tech is revealing a 17th century artwork. and we re on the stage helping musicians get used to what it feels like to get a standing ovation, or a slow clap. how did it do that? the v&a london, home to 145 galleries of works from across the globe, spanning 5,000 years of art. museums like this are always looking at new ways to engage audiences. one idea here to see how our brains react to what we re seeing. we often talk about how art makes us feel or what it gets us thinking about. well, today it s time for a way of quantifying that. so we re just going to put this on your head here. 0k. just goes behind your ears. this muse headset, which would more commonly be
the v&a london, home to 145 galleries of works from across the globe, spanning 5,000 years of art. museums like this are always looking at new ways to engage audiences. one idea here to see how our brains react to what we re seeing. we often talk about how art makes us feel or what it gets us thinking about. well, today it s time for a way of quantifying that. so we re just going to put this on your head here. 0k. just goes behind your ears. this muse headset, which would more commonly be used as a meditation device, has been repurposed to translate brain activity into a real time 3d visualisation. and this has four eeg sensors. that s right, four sensors that are on your forehead and picking up the electromagnetic activity off your brain. 0k. and what does that mean its going to learn from me? it s going to take this raw data right off your headset. 0ur set up processes it in lots of different ways, which kind of indicate sort of what your brain s doing when you re looking
from across the globe, spanning 5,000 years of art. museums like this are always looking at new ways to engage audiences. one idea here to see how our brains react to what we re seeing. we often talk about how art makes us feel or what it gets us thinking about. well, today it s time for a way of quantifying that. so we re just going to put this on your head here. 0k. just goes behind your ears. this muse headset, which would more commonly be used as a meditation device, has been repurposed to translate brain activity into a real time 3d visualisation. and this has four eeg sensors. that s right, four sensors that are on your forehead and picking up the electromagnetic activity off your brain. 0k. and what does that mean it s going to learn from me? it s going to take this raw data right off your headset. 0ur set up processes it in lots of different ways, which kind of indicate sort of what your brain s doing when you re looking at the art. when the brain recognises - somet
Backwards, not forwards. so, let s get into it. we started with black and white portraits that required people to channel their inner statue, holding a pose for an eternity. now, don t anybody move! is that gun loaded, by the way? as time marched forward, so did the evolution of photography and pictures. enter the flashbulb era, where taking a photo sounded like a small, sharp pop. and it was flashy. just like this outfit. flip forward to a smaller, faster camera. cameras that could capture for all time a short moment, a memory. enter the vibrant era of the polaroid. leading the way with instant photography, a limited number of chances to capture the moments as they went by. then came the digital age, where we all became photographers. no longer for the few who could afford expensive kit and had the patience to wait.
The history of photography is the history of the technology that made it possible, and the evolution of the camera is, for the very first time, focusing its gaze backwards, not forwards. so, let s get into it. we started with black and white portraits that required people to channel their inner statue, holding a pose for an eternity. now, don t anybody move! is that gun loaded, by the way? as time marched forward, so did the evolution of photography and pictures. enter the flashbulb era, where taking a photo sounded like a small, sharp pop. and it was flashy. just like this outfit. flip forward to a smaller, faster camera. cameras that could capture for all time a short moment, a memory. enter the vibrant era of the polaroid. leading the way with instant photography, a limited number of chances to capture the moments as they went by.