There must be more bandwagons

Apparently Microsoft has aplied for a patent for a "magic wand".

Acording to the BBC; "The patent application also describes 'biometric sensors' that would examine 'fingerprint, hand geometry, hand vein pattern, palm pattern, and grip configuration' along with 'facial thermogram, a facial feature, a retinal feature, or an iris feature".

People think this could be a Wiimote style controller, but to me it sounds less like a controller and more like a hightech police baton.

"There was talk, a long time ago, about mapping people's faces on to characters, However, there were concerns that people would stick real faces on it - such as Gordon Brown - and then spend all day shooting them. The world wasn't ready for that." says Mr Ogden of c&vg.com.

We still would.

behind the name

Let us start this on a high note.
I caught the new Channal 4 show The Big Art Project; several cities across the UK are having a public sculpture made, a great idea. however there are some problems when it comes to letting the public deside what art is.
What got me upset about the world was when the man and woman commissioning the work for Newham, east London displayed what can only be discribed as Abstractphobia. They have a prime space for a public work, on top of a huge manmade hill created out of poison, next to a moterway and commanding wonderful views of the local area. They themselves abmit not knowing alot about art, however they seem to know what makes "good art"; figrative, safe, and boring.