Project Title: ART in Everyday Objects

A Statement for Biagio’s Artwork -- 2009 to 2011:

About Biagio Occhino: Born at Somerville Hospital in Somerville, MA, raised in Belmont, MA and he currently resides in

Burlington, MA. He is of Italian descent, born to two loving parents, Joseph Occhino and Josephine Visalli. Grew up with two sisters: Rosa and Lilla. Biagio has Engineering and Management Degrees and is not formally trained as an Artist. However he enjoys art and life’s little pleasures. For years he has been interested in the different flavors of art life in Boston. Biagio enjoys anything from the Open Studios, Art Walk, and Open Art Markets to First Fridays at the MFA (Museum of Fine Arts) or the South End First Fridays. But he felt something was missing and felt a call to help others see his vision from an Engineer’s viewpoint. Engineers tend to look at the world differently. They see how things work internally and the secrets behind everyday objects. Biagio decided it was time to show this hidden world to others and let them comment on it. In the spring of 2009 he began his first work.

Note: Battery cells were left out so it’s not toxic art.

1. Biagio first Art piece, done in Spring 2009: A Casio Exilim 5 Megapixel Digital Camera Dissected (for your viewing pleasure):

We prize and value cameras for their ability to capture photographs of things we cherish; the ones we love, and other items of value, as well as those material assets we accumulate throughout life’s journey for all the good and bad they represent and capture. For years critics and other art lovers have dissected photos, giving insight into the meaning of artists both alive and dead. Here Biagio has dissected the machine that captures those images. This particular Digital Camera was of value to him on his trips around the world in 2004 and 2005. It was used to take over 7000 photos. Also, it has captured photos of family and friends as well as items of value. It served him well, but when a friend dropped it at a party in Boston, Biagio tried to look into fixing it by opening it up. Uncovering the source of the problem, the optics were jammed and not worth fixing. However, as he stepped back to take a break, Biagio became amazed by all the sub-assemblies and how perfectly and neatly they all fit together. It was like a work of art. Engineers tend to look at the world differently. We see how everyday objects work and the secret behind them. I figured it was time I showed this world to others and let others comment on it. You be the critic, develop your own opinions and stop listening to others. Break free and live life. Enjoy.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Casio Exilim 5 Megapixel digital camera (as

shown to the right). Starting from the top left we see the flash strobe with circuit card and charging capacitor, the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and the processing Printed Circuit Card and the original packaging materials.

Then Mid frame is the rear half case of the camera on the left and the front counter part half case on the right. Below that is more mechanical parts, then a foil for the touch pad, to the right of that is the mechanical optical zoom assembly. Then on the very bottom on the left is the inner frame that also is where the battery slides into and to the right of that is the bottom battery door lid.

2. No Time – Givenchy Gold Watch - Completed by Fall 2009

In life we are so busy we always feel that there is no time or not enough time. In life we are all rushing around and most of the time we are not living life to the fullest. Work takes up much of our time, while others are getting laid off, and dealing with bad economic times. Life-threatening disasters around the world all remind us how little time we all really have. The first time Biagio thought about this was when his mom passed away at the young age of 62 back in January 1999. Never had he realized how short time really was was. So he took it upon himself to live life to the fullest. That was when I developed an itch to travel more. And in 2004 when he was laid off from Corning, he was given a severance package which allowed him the free time to finally travel. Since then he has loved it. Take time out of life to enjoy it because you can never be certain how much time we really have. Biagio has always enjoyed collecting watches that appealed to his eclectic tastes. This watch… Therefore this piece shows several meanings for the value of time. This piece also marks the first time he used magazine ads in his Art. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole analog watch. One the top and bottom you see Ads from varies magazines that I cut out for a play on words. The in the middle you see in gold are the watch bands links (It’s mainly on the red colored paper backing.). Then on the black colored paper backing we see the watch guts the rear cover, rubber O-Ring seals, the actual mechanical guts of this watch and the cracked form face of the clock.

3. Venom drink Metal Bottle- Completed June 2010

Got this neat red bottle from a person giving them out (for free) on the Street in Harvard SQ over the Sumer 2010. He loved the way it felt. It’s smoothly polished metal, which kept the drink inside cool. But the drink inside was very sweet and overpowering. He also appreciated the VenoM logo with the style of lettering and the deep red and the lose me black color of the bottle. I had fun cutting this bottle open with a pipe cutter. This urge came over me to just do it. It was unexplainable. Below is a whole red Venom drink Metal Bottle.

Venom drink Metal Bottle taken apart: Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Venom drink Metal Bottle. On the left we see the flatted bottle cap and the base of the bottle. To the right of that we see the rolled out body of the bottle. To the right of that we see 2 rings which were the threads that the bottle caps screwed into.

4. Various Soda, Beer and Energy Drink Cans - Completed June 19, 2011

Almost a year after completing the Venom drink Metal Bottle art piece. I had a thought to branch out to other drink types. Since many people drink soda on a daily basis. I thought it best to concentrate on Soda cans since there are so many different kinds and the art shiny. It took some effort to come up with a way to take the top and bottom odd so at first I used a Dremel rotary cutting wheel tool which made a huge mess and hurt my ears. So I was going to try to cut it with a saw but decided it was safer to try a razor blade pen styled cutting tool. This did work but required a little time to safely cut each can. In the process a few cans a day a friend came over and drank a beer and I though what can’t this be part of my Art project and I branched out further since I have drunk a few energy drink cans as well so I added them too. Then the layout was harder since it was not flat due to adding the can tops and bottom. I had to use a frame that was a half an inch deep. Which I did end up finding and using (well modifying one) one. The Monster energy drink can was an added bonus because it was taller than the rest. Also, I admired the art used for the M logo and the adapted font used for the can. I thought it was very cool and edge being all black even the top was black!. Then While laying this out I left boxes open to add the can tops and bottoms too.

5. Wireless Computer Mouse by Logitech – Completed August 2010 It was simple, nice, neat, smooth, fit the form of my hand and not bound by wires. A work of Art to on n its

own to start with. Acquire via a Cambridge yard sale near my friend Aram’s Condo, off Broadway. It was in a discarded junk pile with a free sign on the pile. It just called out to me. Sometimes we just want pretty stuff.

A whole Wireless Computer Mouse by Logitech

Wireless Computer Mouse by Logitech taken apart: Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Wireless Computer Mouse. On the left side, top and

bottom we see the body of the Computer Mouse cut into equal pieces to fit into this frame. In the middle we see the Printed Circuit Card with IC (Integrated Circuits) chips To the right top we see the base of the mouse , then below that more misc mouse part which include the index fine tack wheel. On the bottom right we see the empty blue battery case which slides into the black box to the right of it.

6. Wired Mechanical (Ball) Computer Mouse by HP- Work and Completed March 25, 2011 Standard 2 buttons wired computer mouse with scroll wheel. A mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting X-Y or two-dimensional motion, held under a user's hands. Moving the mouse resulted in moving a cursor on the computer screen. Moving the grey ball moved the 2 black rollers which movement was picked up by two optical sensors/led pairings on a Printed Circuit Card. Simple, inexpensive, but well made and rugged device that was massed produced and use by almost everyone back in the day. The Computer mouse was used as far back as the 1970s and 1980s, but did not become publically popular until the introduction of the Apple Macintosh (MAC computer) in 1984. With a more user friendly operating system that made better use of the mouse. Simple Mouse so it’s displayed with a simple plain white background. Here is a whole mouse

A HP wire Mouse taken apart: Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole HP Hewlett Packard (a company) computer mouse. On the left side, we see the grey and black scroll wheel. Below that we see the top body of the mouse. On the center column we see the two plastic tab button assembly then the Printed Circuit Card and gray track ball, below that we see the 2 black rollers. On the far right column we see the bottom body of the mouse and the twist off access cover for the ball. (A round disc with a hole in the middle for the track ball to fit through. Around the inter perimeter of the frame we see the cable and the serial connector of the mouse use to connect it to the computer.

7. Wired Optical (Laser, no ball) Computer Mouse (Black color) by HP- Completed April 22, 2011

An optical computer mouse with the standard two buttons and a scroll wheel. A mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting X-Y or two-dimensional motion, held under a user's hands. Moving the mouse resulted in moving a cursor on the computer screen. This optical mouse makes use of one or laser light and an imaging array of photodiodes to detect movement relative to the underlying surface, rather than internal moving parts as does a mechanical mouse. Again a simple, inexpensive, but well made and rugged device that was massed produced and use by almost everyone back in the day. The Computer mouse was used as far back as the 1970s and 1980s, but did not become publically popular until the introduction of the Apple Macintosh (MAC computer) in 1984. Which had a more user friendly operating system that made better use of the mouse. The mouse is simple so it’s displayed with a simple plain white background.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole HP Hewlett Packard (a company) computer mouse (as shown to the right). On the left side, we see the 2 grey plastic tab button assembly, the grey and black scroll wheel. Below that we see the top body of the mouse (Broken into 2 parts so it fit inside this frame). On the center column we see the clear plastic laser lens assembly. Below that is the USB connecter taken apart showing the metal body for it and the plastic black cap enclosures for the USB connector. On the far right column we see the Printed Circuit Card and the bottom body of the mouse. Around the inter perimeter of the frame we see the black cable and the serial connector of the mouse use to connect it to the computer.

8. Polaroid One Step series SX-70 Instant Camera Completed May 23, 2011 – Polaroid One Step Camera introduced by Polaroid in 1976. Over 6 million TheseCamera were produced in 1976. The instant camera is a type of camera that generates a developed film image. Using self-developing film made by Polaroid Corporation in Cambridge, MA. In 2008 Polaroid stopped instant film production which resumed in October 2009, when Polaroid announced it would bring back its classic instant film cameras. These cameras utilized pack film (Rectangle cartridge) . Which required the user to load a film pack (10 photos) into the front camera. The camera then spit out a developed photo since all the parts needed to process the film (negative, developer, fixer, etc.) were self contained in this film pack. . Each exposure developed automatically once the shot was taken. This was great to instantly (Ok after 1-2 minutes) see the photo that was just taken. These Polaroid One Step Camera were great. I was given one in the 1980s (which I still own). I can remember taking it on a family trip to Florida and taking lots of pictures at NASA. Back then a Polaroid film pack costed $10 so it was $1 a photo since each film pack held 10 photos. Each photo was process with chemicals inside the pack. You have to be amazed at how much work went into these cameras and these film packs. Also, note the Film Packs also had its battery’s inside these carriages too. At the top of the camera a flash bar could be added as well. I was amazed by it being so empty inside and having the mirror in there too. The outside case and the mirror box were too big so I had to cut those in half to fix them in a frame that I handmade. This also allows for a better view of each side too. A piece of the circuit roiled up foil was cut off to show you it is not really a solid Printed Circuit Card, but a flexible rolled out lined paper with a basic circuit to cut down on wires. Just think of all the Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical design work that was Engineered for the average user to take photos with this. Just Amazing for the times when you come right down and think of it.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole old school Polaroid One Step Camera as shown above. Now when we look at the photo below on the left top side, we see the rubber eye guard, Camera eyepiece tube with optical lens inside it. Then half of the Outer shell and the inner light box frame, then the black (Negative) wire with the finger contact lip use to connect the Camera to the film pack. On the second column we see the open rectangle used for the light bar to connect to the camera. Then a plastic lens and the red round push button (its what you pushed to take an actual photo) , the classic white front of the camera and the black round lens shroud protruding from it to make it look more cool/professional in my mind. Then the black cover for the loading the film pack into the camera, and the roller mechanisms to guide the file out its the shinny bronze color, then the back for the film hatch above and then the front label for the Polaroid land camera and the plastic roll material to also help guide the film out. On the Third column we see the main shutter mechanisms assembly the a few plastic gears and a motor, then a coil (White and red). On the Fourth column we see Mirror and its metal protector frame and the black cover with a QA (Quality Assurance sign off sheet so this camera check by someone!), then the white circuit paper ( It might be some foil) with IC Integrated Circuit chips on it. On the Fourth column we see the other half of the Outer shell and the inner light box frame, then the red (Positive) wire with the finger contact lip use to connect the Camera to the film pack..

9. Old School Kodak Pocket Pak 110 Film Camera Completed July 2010

The 110 camera was introduced by Kodak in 1972 and ended 1982. 110 was a cartridge based film format that was cheaply made, with simple lenses and exposure controls. Due to the small negative size of 110 film resulting in grainy and less sharp photos. Some of us still remember these film cameras. You know before the age of Digital Cameras there was these Cameras that use Film that used negatives that had to be processed with chemicals in a Lab then transferred to print. I know how barbaric, crude and slow having to endure this process and actually wait minutes for your photos. Oh what fun we had with these small easy to use pocket cameras. Who knew back in the old days they would have Film Cameras that could fit in your pocket. This marks the second time Biagio used magazine ads (see “picture perfect” ) in his art.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole old school 110 Kodak Film Camera . On the left

side, top we see the body of the top lid of the Camera To the right of this we see the mechanical guts of the camera bottom right we see the back lid of the camera bottom right we see the bottom lid of the camera. In the middle left we see the front part of the camera.

10. Second Digital Camera (Olympus brand) –Completed Fall 2010

Biagio got this digital camera from a friend. He was told it did not work so he just took it apart. This was the third time he used background artwork from magazines ads. We are blinded by these ads all the time so he thought this was a good use for them. There is often a bright spot with a green ring on the left side of these pieces. It’s supposed to represent the flash burst or whiteout that happens by a big flash being reflected back and kind of ruining your great shot. He wanted to show it in his pieces since this was inspirational for him; putting what others consider waste to a good use.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Olympus digital camera. Starting from the top

left we see the outside shell wrapping of the Battery. To the right of this we see the front then back shell of the camera. Then the Capacitor used for the flash strobe.

Middle row staring from the left we see parts of the optical zoom assembly followed by the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and Printed Circuit Card and cord strap used to hold camera in your hand.

Bottom row we see the back lid for inner frame and front and back of the inner frame of the camera.

11. Apple iBook Laptop –Completed Dec 2010

Biagio got this non-working Apple iBook over the Spring 2010 on Craigslist for free from a guy on Craigslist living in Newton. Biagio loves the clean lines of Apple products. Some say they are made for the artist in mind, not for Engineering types. He also admired Apple iTunes and Video edits software suits.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Apple iBook Laptop. Starting from the top

Middle we see the metal wrapping for the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen then we see the LCD screen itself along with 4 layers of glass and plastic overlapped materials used to make a reflecting screen for the LCD.

Middle row staring from the left we see the inner metal frame, the top lid of the iBook, the Motherboard’s Printed Circuit Card and the batteries casing shell (Batteries have been removed) and the bottom case lid.

Bottom row we see more metal EMI shielding and the bottom half of the inner metal frame then the casing that goes around the keyboard the CD ROM drive and below that the Hard drive (you can see the very shinny platter of the hard drive this is where you data is stores) the keyboard.

A whole Apple iBook Laptop

A whole Apple iBook Laptop taken apart

12. Gateway Laptop – Completed March 2011 I wanted an IBM style laptop to compare against the iBook laptop. I found this Gateway Laptop in a black computer bag on the street by the trash near Cushing SQ, Belmont, MA. It was missing the Hard Drive and the Charger. I acquired a charger to power this up but did not run. I then acquired a Hard Drive from co-worker, but once I put that Hard Drive in it stop working. So I added it to my art project collection Plain and simple so not much thought went into using this Laptop, for Art.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Gateway Laptop. Starting from the top left we

see the metal top lid/case and the frame that went around the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen. To the right of that we see the LCS Screen and to the right of that we see with 4 layers of glass and plastic overlapped materials used to make a reflecting screen for the LCD.

Top Middle row staring from the left we see 2 small speaker, the inner metal frame, the Motherboard’s Printed Circuit Card , the Hard drive (you can see the very shinny platter of the hard drive this is where you data is stores) the, more shielding, the DVD.CD driver/burner.

Bottom Middle row staring from the left we see the controller cover for the music player and its Printed Circuit Card. The case shell that goes around the Key board. The bottom case/shell with copper Shielding and then the DVD.CD driver/burner

Bottom row we see the keyboard, sub woofer style speaker, battery casing/shell (Batteries have been removed), more metal EMI shielding, DVD/CD ROM tray that pops out of laptop to load a CD/DVD.

13. Halliburton Zero made by NEC Laptop – Completed Feb 2011

I wanted an IBM style laptop to compare against the iBook laptop so I ask a co-worker if he any and he gave me this Halliburton Zero Laptop for free. I never check or cared if it worked it was old with like 256MB of Ram so I knew it was an old not really unusable laptop anyway. My coworker like it because I t was small and had Japanese characters on the keyboard along with English letters. He also commented that his kids both used it for school at some point in their lives so it had a good life overall changing hand 3 times is not too bad. I thought this was nice and I like the story and the uniqueness of this laptop so I added it to my art project collection Plain and simple so not much thought went into using this Laptop, for Art.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Apple iBbook Laptop. Starting from the top

Middle we see the metal wrapping for the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen then we see the LCD screen itself along with 5 layers of glass and place overlapped to make a reelecting screen for the LCD.

Middle row staring from the left we see the inner metal frame, the top lid of the iBook, the Motherboard’s Printed Circuit Card and the battery casing/shell (Batteries have been removed) and the bottom case lid.

Bottom row we see more metal EMI shielding and the bottom half of the inner metal frame then the casing that goes around the keyboard the CD ROM drive and below that the Hard drive (you can see the very shinny platter of the hard drive this is where you data is stores) the keyboard.

14. USB Thumb Drive 256 Megs Completed June 12, 2011 needs write-up

This was once a USB thumb drive that I acquired from a yard sale in Burlington, MA. It had been discarded because of its small me memory size if 256MB. Today’s USB memory sticks are 2GB and larger. The school log was from Syracuse University and I can only assume each student that attached school was given one as a welcoming package for choosing the school maybe? I chose this because it was a part of technology that was never part of our lives and one second later it’s used everywhere as apparent used in School and universities. I also enjoyed the bright orange color and its simple 2 Integrated Chip (IC) design and shiny USC male connector. It was simple but so useful hence the urge to use the magazine advertisement “So much more, It’s more more than most mortal can handle.” There was not much to this geeky device os that why I used “Geekonomics” since its something geeky people first used until it was accepted by the masses. And Economics since is a college school term And It a cheap device to make being only 2 ICs used.

15. Palm PDA, Model PalmOne Completed June 6, 2011

Palm Personal Digital Assistants Pilots (PDAs) are portable electronic devices used by Business and Engineering people back in the day (1997 till 2005) used before smart cell phones were introduced to keep track of contact information, appoints schedules etc. They have since been replaced by the Palm Treo model which incorporated the PalmOne and Cell phone in one unit. It bridges the gap from computers to smart cell phones too in my Art Project. Since I was using smart cell phones and computers in my Art, I thought it would be interesting, fun and different to compare smart cell phones and computers against these Palm Pilots. The Palm Personal devices were produced by Palm Inc (who were a part of U.S. Robotics then) and first produced on March 1997. A whole Palm PDA, Model PalmOne (As shown as whole below).

Tour of what you are looking at: This was once a whole PalmOne PDA. On the left and right sides of the photo below we see the metal case parts for this unit. On the center row of the photo we see the key screen components. Starting with the black LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen parts. To the right and beneath this part we see more of the screen layers like anti reflect screen touch pad clear pick up screen cover etc. At the bottom of this row we see the main Printed Circuit Board, to its right we see some brownish circuit foil. When we look middle right we see the front case of the PalmOne , inside the screen opening we see the 4GB hard drive that is where the data is stores.

16. A Pager (sometimes called a page, beeper, bleep or bleeper) - Completed April 22, 2011 A Pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits; typically a phone number that the Pager user then called. First introduced in 1950 in the New York City area. Made obsolete by the more useful and popular Cell Phone in the 1990s.Hence the “End of the Golden Age” Ad in the Art. Here is a whole Pager

Next is a Pager taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Pager, Top right are the front and back case, below them are the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen parts. Top right is the clear plastic case (Cut in half) use to carry the pager on a belt. Below that is the Printed Circuit Card, then some isolation padding and the clear belt clip for the pager clear case.

17. Nokia Cell phone, beast of burden that we now cannot live without. - Completed Nov 2010

Once we get a cell phone some of us get so attached to it we cannot live our lives without them. All this chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc all sins of this Social Media that people get hooked on like drug addicts expect its way worse since it legal and everyone is on it. In fact when asked, some people will even choose their cell phone over their spouses. We chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace – all levels of cyber chat. Is it all necessary? And that is just a cell phone. It gets way worse with Smart phones which I think it makes the user much more detached from the real word. Also know as a mobile phone and cellular telephone) it’s an electronic device used to make mobile telephone calls across a wide geographic area. Here is a whole Nokia Cell Phone :

Next is a Nokia Cell Phone taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Nokia

Cell Phone. Starting from the top left is the outside front case and the inner frame front the leather case fattened out and back of the inner case and the back shell.

Middle row staring from the left we see the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) cover and LCD screen itself. Bottom row we see the battery casing shell front and back (Batteries have been removed), then the rubber

number pad next to that we see the circuit press pad that goes behind the number pad and nest the that we see the Printed Circuit Card, next to see we see 4 parts EMI shielding

18. LG Slide Down Numbered Keypad Cell phone, - Completed April 22, 2011 Once we get a cell phone some of us get so attached to it we cannot live our lives without them. All this chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc all sins of this Social Media that people get hooked on like drug addicts expect its way worse since it legal and everyone is on it. In fact when asked, some people will even choose their cell phone over their spouses. We chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace – all levels of cyber chat. Is it all necessary? And that is just a cell phone. It gets way worse with Smart phones which I think it makes the user much more detached from the real word. Also know as a mobile phone and cellular telephone) it’s an electronic device used to make mobile telephone calls across a wide geographic area. Here is one Cell Phone taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at: This was once a whole LG Brand Cell Phone (as shown to the right). Starting from the top left is the frame case and the inner slide rail parts. Below that are frame parts in red and white for the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen. Next row is the navigation thumb pad/wheel to control the cursor and the surrounding parts make up the assembly for it. Below is the inside back frame then the glass LCD screen cover. Next row is the front frame then under it is the Printed Circuit Card and the actual LCD screen (It’s reflective and a back rectangle). An The last 2 row are camera and flash parts, the back red cover, the rubber number pad above that is its circuit press pad that goes behind the number pad. Batteries have been removed..

19. HTC Slide out Keypad Cell phone. - Completed May 2011 Need wording

20. Palm Treo 650 Wireless Cell phone Completed March 18, 2011 The Palm Treo was the early version of a smart phone device. It’s basically taking a Palm Pilot device and a cell phone and merging them into once device. Here is a Palm Treo taken apart.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Palm Treo 650 Wireless Cell phone (as shown to the right). Starting from the top middle we see the CD Room used to load software onto your PC Personal Computer so you can use/modify your Treo. Below and to the left of the CD we see some shielding, then a Printed Circuit Board and below that is the back battery case slide out cover.

On the middle column below the CD we see the style pen used to write on the LCS screen and to make it easier to use the TREO. Below that we see some thin film circuit carrier, another smaller PCB, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Qwerty keypad, below that we see the battery casing wrapping the batter cells were left out since its can later be toxic.

On the last column we see the internal Treo frame then the front cover and then the dark gray back cover to the Treo.

21. Blackberry Smart Cell Phone, Model 8800- Completed March 11, 2011 Once we get a Smart cell phone some of us get so attached to it we cannot live our lives without them. All this chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc all sins of this Social Media that people get hooked on like drug addicts expect its way worse since it legal and everyone is on it. In fact when asked, some people will even choose their cell phone over their spouses. We chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace – all levels of cyber chat. Is it all necessary? And that is just a cell phone. It gets way worse with Smart phones which I think it makes the user much more detached from the real word. Here is a whole Blackberry Smart Cell Phone, Model 8800

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Blackberry Cell Phone. Starting from the top

left is the left and right sides of the case. Then followed by the front cover to the right and next to that s the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen beneath that is the Qwerty keypad and to the right of that is the main Printed Circuit Card, where you can see some metal boxes which I assume encase of RF components and IC Integrated circuit chips for better heat dissipation.

On the Bottom row staring from the left we see inner frame where all the parts either glued or snapped together to interlocked into one working unit. The 2 circles on the bottom looking like an 8 are the mounting spots for the 2 small speakers which are shown to the right Then above that we see the back press pad circuit car that pick up the keypad entries, below that we see the back battery case cover. Then to the right of that we see the rest of the back case cover.

Here is Blackberry Smart Cell Phone, Model 8800 taken apart.

22. Blackberry Storm II (2) Smart Cell Phone- Completed April 8, 2011 Once we get a Smart cell phone some of us get so attached to it we cannot live our lives without them. All this chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc all sins of this Social Media that people get hooked on like drug addicts expect its way worse since it legal and everyone is on it. In fact when asked, some people will even choose their cell phone over their spouses. We chat, text, send e-mails, surf the web, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace – all levels of cyber chat. Is it all necessary? And that is just a cell phone. It gets way worse with Smart phones which I think it makes the user much more detached from the real word. Here is a whole Blackberry Storm II (2) Smart Cell Phone Cell Phone.

Here is a Blackberry Storm II (2) Smart Cell Phone Cell Phone taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Blackberry Storm II Cell Phone. Starting from the top left is the back plastic case with the digital camera, LED (Light Emitting Diode) light and speaker parts in the opening to the right of that we see the front of the plastic case with the speaker enclosure/isolation assembly. Next to that is the main heat sink frame where most parts are mounted to. Next is the LCS (Liquid Crystal display (Its black color with a brownish yellow flex foil off of it) Next to that is the see through flex screen with the green and red phone button on it. (It has the fractured crumbly glass).And the last parts on the top row are the trim front parts that fit around the LCD screen. The bottom left row we see more flex screen foil used to carry RF (Radio Frequency singles (which I had to cut into 2 parts so you can observe both side, which is neat). Next we see the main Printed Circuit Card, where you can see some metal boxes which I assume encase of RF components and IC Integrated circuit chips for better heat dissipation which used to touch the next two thin metal parts (Skins) used for more heat dissipation and RF shielding I should assume. On top on one of these shiny metal skins is a SIM card sued to carry phone numbers and to comment the pone to a wireless network. The last part on the bottom row is the cover to the batter case compartment

23. Motorola Bluetooth Hands Free Earpiece Model H500 Mobile (Cellular) Phone Earpiece are most often referred to as Mobile Hands Free. Most mobile phones now use Bluetooth technology which sends phone calls to the hands free Earpiece. An Earpiece is a device worn on a user’s ear and it is normally comprised of a single speaker with a microphone. This new technology gave us the freedom to move around like bike or drive a car keeping our hand free hence the term hand free. BUT it is still weird seeing someone talking to themselves on the street as they pass you like some lunatic! Now we all know it’s actually a person on a cell phone call using this hand free headset. Motorola is a poplar maker of this technology as well. Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices; developed by Ericsson in 1994. Here is a Motorola Bluetooth Earpiece Model H500 taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Motorola Bluetooth Hands Free Earpiece. Starting from the top left is the speaker, and the inner Earpiece case below that is the Printed Circuit Card, below that is the label from a rechargeable battery which the battery (see read and black wires) has been removed because it later could be toxic and leak. Next is the call pick up silver button blow that is the outer earpiece case (also notice the volume up and down black push buttons on each side and the micro USB cable receptacle use to accept a charging cable to the device.). On the rough top side of this photo we see the ear look used to hang the device off a user ear and on the bottom right hand cover we see the microphone and the isolation materials used to help isolate a user voice making your cell phone calls clearer. Note center of frame shows a photo of a whole Motorola Bluetooth Earpiece.

24. Sony vintage cell phone. Completed June 6, 2011 Since I was using cell phones in my Art, I thought it would be interesting, fun and different to compare cell phones against an old school home style phone that operated on a land line. Land lines were hard wired cable that connected a phone to the Telephone company’s network so these cordless phones were the first step in my mind that brought us all closer to the idea of using a cell phone since it was small and portable, but has a limited range since it needed a base unit to charge the batteries in the base unit and to connect it to the Telephone company’s network. BUT much to my surprise this was a first generation large cell phone which I acquired in my search for new Art materials in yard sale. Let’s face it Yard sale can be fun when you find a good one. Plus I admired the small smooth styled design made by Sony. For a cell phone it was heavy. When I picked it up it felt like it weighed over a pound due to al the batteries in it, in fact almost half the phone was taken up by the batteries compartment.

Tour of what you are looking at: This was once a whole Sony cell phone model CM-H888 (As shown as whole above). Starting on the left to right we se the front and back side of the battery case, the Collapsible (Can go up and down) antenna mast, the Printed Circuit board(PCB), the back case of the phone exposed since the battery case is not attached and the front case of the phone, the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) with its attached PCB and rubber numbered keypad below it. To the right a 3rd PCB for the numbered keypad and the front and back frame of the phones with a speaker at the end.

25. Old 5.25 Quantum Bigfoot Hard drive (3 discs or platters)

This is an example of what a Quantum Hard drive looked like when it was whole.

Quantum Bigfoot brand was a series of hard drives produced by Quantum. in the mid 1990s. Bigfoot series was notable for deviating from the standard 3.5-inch physical size using a larger 5.25-inch size commonly seen in CD-ROM drives. Allowing increase data capacity due to the larger physical size of these hard drives. I chose project this because it looked so freaking have 3 stack of discs called platters and 3 read arms to read and write data onto the disks. Also the magnetic below and above this arm was super powerful which surprised me by yanking the screwdriver from my hand when I was disassembling this hard driver.

Tour of what you are looking at: This was once a whole 5.25 Quantum Bigfoot Hard drive. Starting from the top left are the super magnetic (the 2 shiny C shaped parts) . Next to that we see 3 large shiny CD like disc which I’ve called the palters. The 2 large black parts at the top and bottom case of the hard drive. On the bottom right hand comer we see the Printed Circuit Card. To the upper right of that we see the metal shit cover piece use to make the drive look pretty. On the top middle we see the write arm and next to the we see the circuit foil used to carry signed to the read/write heads on the arm.

26. Sony Play Station One Game Console- Completed May 27, 2011

This is an original PlayStation (abbreviated as PS) which was first sold in December 1994 competing against the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. By March 31, 2005, the PlayStation became the first video game console to sell 100 million units. Since then it has been replaced by the PlayStation 2 and 3. The PlayStation brand is a series of video game consoles created and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Its also has spawn the PlayStation Network which is an online service with over 69 million users worldwide. It’s a virtual market for download of games and various forms of multimedia. History The PlayStation console's origins date back to 1986 where it was originally a joint project between Nintendo and Sony to create a CD-ROM for the Super Famicom/SNES console. Sony’s PlayStation made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in June 1991 when Sony revealed its console, a Super Famicom/SNES with a built-in CD-ROM drive. However, a day after the announcement at CES, Nintendo announced that it would be breaking its partnership with Sony, opting to go with Philips instead but using the same technology. The deal was broken by Nintendo after they were unable to come to an agreement on how revenue would be split between the two companies. The breaking of the partnership infuriated Sony President who responded by developing of the PlayStation project to rival Nintendo. Looking back I bet Nintendo wished it has chosen more wisely! Lol If you look at the Art piece at the bottom I added “ Do Choose Wisely We Will Not Deny Your Dark Side” taken form various Ads to make fun of this bad Business decision! TA the top you will also see “Back to Business” and a fake dollar Bill symbolizing the Millions Nintendo because of this bad choice! This art piece aso included was the Original PlayStation Control Pad The PlayStation control pad was the first controller made for the original PlayStation in 1994. It featured a basic design of a D-pad, 4 main select buttons ( ('Triangle'), ('Circle/O'), ('Cross/X') and ('Square') ), and start and select buttons on the face. 'Shoulder buttons' are also featured on the top [L1, L2, R1, R2] (named by the side [L=Left, R=Right] and 1 or 2 [top and bottom]. The original digital controller was replaced by the Dual Analog in 1997, which added two analog sticks based on the same potentiometer technology as the Analog Joystick.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Sony PlayStation Game Console as show above (Right) and the Original PlayStation Control Pad as show above (Left). Shown below starting top left section above the black wire are the halves and pieces from the Original PlayStation Control Pad . Below this wire is the Sony PlayStation Game Console taken apart as follows. On the left we see on metal shielding then the CD game lid and the top grey plastic case (shell) of the console unit with the Start, Reset and Open buttons on each sides. Below that is the entry jack for 2 sets of gaming pads and its associated hardware, below that we see the metal frame and then the bottom grey plastic case (shell). To the left we see the power supply for this unit then the Printed Circuit Card to its left then the PCB shielding. You will also notice I include the NBA White and Blue CD game. Below and to the right of that CD you will see the CD reader assembly. Lastly we see the Audio Video black cable going around the whole art piece to section off the Game Pad from the Game Console on purpose.

27. Nintendo Game Boy and Tetris Game Module- Completed March 16, 2011 Introduced December 1989, just in time for Christmas and was a tremendous success. Kids has a blast playing with these portable hand held electronic arcade games. In my time kids played with mot so portable more for home use only Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. Kids used to play with these hand held games on road trips with their parents or at events attended with their parents. A few years after the Nintendo Game Boy came out it was surpassed by faster, more complex cooler had held electronic gaming units like the Sony PSP Portable Play Station, Sega Game Gear and other cooler gaming units. Now kids and adults play these complex and sometime simples games on their cell phones, further alienating themselves from society. What happened to the good old days where kids played outside? Even my Nephews are hooked on these sort of hand held gaming units. It’s sad what this modern world has come to. Less and less social interactions manifesting itself in to the future problems of people integrating into society as adults, when they have been stuck gaming in this imaginary world. Ok enough about that so here is a Nintendo Game Boy taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Nintendo Game Boy (as shown on the right) and Tetris Game Module Starting from the top left is the front case and right side of the case is the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and screen holder. To the left bottom is the back case. In the middle are 2 Printed Circuit Card. To right of them is the Tetris Game Module front case cover and beneath that is the bottom of the case is the Printed Circuit Card attached. Beneath that is one large piece of metal shielding and below that is the back slide on lid for the battery compartment.

28. Casio Portable Analog TV Completed June 5, 2011 Since I was using portable video game units in my Art, I thought it would be interesting, fun and different to compare video game units against an old school Potable Analog TV. These Portable Analog TVs worked great until the Government decided to switch to all digital HDTV (High Definition Television) and abandon broadcasting in Analog formats. It kind of sad since these were useful for watch TV on long Car trips, beach trips, to keep track of your local soap operas using your work break or even at the ball game to see instant replays of important action you might of missed. It also was significant marking the start in time that TV was so important that we had to carry one to everywhere and this cute units gave us the ability to do just that. Now come to think of it does this electron portable device remains you of any other devise that you might own now? Yes you probably do indeed since it the smart cell phone since you can access TV and even cable TV shoes on a cell phone there was no longer a need to use for these cute portable TVs so they were abounded. Funny that I lucky acquired this Casio Portable TV in my search for new Art materials in yard sale. N fact there were two of them the extras identical models meaning you can watch 2 different shoes at one ll. Well it was more for the kid to use on trips I bet! Let’s face it Yard sale can be fun when you find a good one. It was heavy since it was powered by 4 AA batteries. Almost a quarter of this Portable TV was taken up by the batteries compartment. A whole Casio Potable TV model Ti0STN (As shown as whole below).

Tour of what you are looking at: This was once a whole Casio Potable TV model Ti0STN. Starting on the left half of the photo below we see most of the external plastic case pieces for the TV including the front and back side of the Case. On the right half of the photo below us sees TV guts. The white this square plastic screen, The curved plastic lamp assemble , the black LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) , the battery springs then the 2 Printed Circuit boards(PCB), a speaker and various shielding metal parts.

29. 3.5” IBM formatted disk – Completed March 16, 2011

It’s a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible floppy magnetic storage medium sealed in a square plastic carrier lined with fabric (the white C you see below) that removes dust particles. Introduced in 1987 and this became the universal physical format used through the early to mid 1990s. They have now largely been replaced by CD and DVD burners and USB flash drives. Nevertheless, the 5.25 and 3.5 inch sizes remain to this day as the standard for drive bays in computer cases mainly used for hard disk drives, CD and DVD (including the newest called Blu-ray) drives. These disks were sold blank (empty, having no data) that could be formatted to operate with a Mac or IBM style computer, having a storage capacity of 1.44 Megabytes. Shown below in the middle there are 2 black rectangles parts with an opening or window in each. These parts were called the shutter which protected the surface of the disk when removed from the drive. Once in a drive the shutters were slid to one side to allow data to be written or read. In the middle is a third small plastic part that looks like a music note, it’s actually the disk’s write protection feature to prevent users from accidentally writing over saved data. I chose to show this, because how simple it was and how few parts were used. That is also it’s why I chose the clean plain white background, to keep it plain and simple. I had to resist the urge to add any magazine ads on this piece. As you can see I succeeded.

30. Car Power adapter for supplying power to external audio source to a car’s power system- -

Completed May 15, 2011 A user plugged in these Power adapter into a car’s cigarette lighter receptacle to supply electrical power for portable accessories used in or near an automobile. Examples of were portable electronic devices such as music players or mobile telephones use a cigarette lighter receptacle to recharge their internal batteries or to directly operate from the vehicle electrical system. Adapters for electronic devices normally changed voltage to be compatible with the supplied device. In this case it was 4.5 Volts DC Direct Current. I thought ir would be fun and interesting to show the world what was inside these small power adapters. Tour of what you are looking at: Which you first see is not much. This was once a Power adapter as shown complete as shown below.

Below is a 4.5V DC power adapter taken apart. Starting from the top middle we see a metal tip and a spring the both plastic side of the shell case with a small glass fuse in the middle. To the right we see the Printed Circuit Board and the power cord wrapped up and around the perimeter of the inside frame. To the right middle we see the end of the power cord at the end of the power cord line and the 2 90 degree shell that encase this power jack.

31. Cassette Tape adapter - Completed May 06, 2011

These inexpensive (costing like $5 and $10) cassette tape adapter were device that allows the use of portable audio players in older cassette decks normally used in cars which did not have inputs jacks for portable devices. Originally designed to connect portable CD players to car stereos that only had cassette players. Later these cassette tape adapter were used to connect MP3 players (like iPods) to car’s stereos. A typical cassette adapter uses a single-sided writing tape head (similar to the recording head on a traditional tape deck) connected to a stereo mini jack connector with a cord. The cord is connected to the headphones jack and the electrical signal is converted into a magnetic signal by the head. This magnetic signal is then received by the tape deck's reading head, converted back into an electrical signal, and amplified by the car’s sound system. Later the cassette adapter was replaced by the FM transmitter which converted the device's electrical signal into radio waves which are then transmitted over an unused FM frequency to a nearby FM tuner. The cassette adapter was considered to be superior as it is much less prone to interference. These cassette adapter were shaped like a cassette tape, but had no reels of tape inside, Instead it used a transmitting head where the tape is normally read by the reading head. This transmitting head is connected to the input cord connecting the head to the portable device. A cassette adapter had a mechanism that simulates tape movement by using a rolling wheel that rides against the tape. To simulate tape movement using a system of gears. The car’s tape deck never senses an end-of-tape and never tries to reverse the tape. I thought it was neat that so much thought planning and work went into designing these simple cassette adapters that everyone has since now forgotten Tour of what you are looking at: Which you first see is not much. This was once a whole cassette tape adapter as shown complete as shown below

Below is a cassette tape adapter taken apart. Starting from the left top we see all the gears and a spring. Then we see the back shell case, and then below that we see the front shell case. To the right we see the transmitting head and the line cord wrapped up and down till then end mini jack is reached.

32. Two Car Alarm Clickers - Competed June 11, 2011

Top car alarm clicker was from my 1992 Honda Civic SI. This was an aftermarket alarm system installed into the car before I bought it used. The bottom car alarm clicker was purchased at a yard sale in Burlington, MA. Unfortunately, I have no idea what make or model car it belonged to. I thought it would be neat to compare the two car alarm clickers. These car alarm clicker have now been replaced by a new device called a electronic key fobs, which is used for a car’s remote keyless entry system. Allowing a user to just walk up to the car and the doors unlock, then the user push a start button inside the car to start the car. This works because the electronic key fobs has a transmitter inside it set with a certain combination key that the car acknowledges as correct allowing the car to start. Now, no one will even need to use car keys anymore. Again, both are very simple devices using one Integrated Chip (IC) front and back plastic cases (Shells) and 2 push bottom to lock and unlock the car too. Also, in this are metal key rings used to attach each clicker to a key or keys.

33. Sony model M-750 V microcassette recorder. -Completed June11, 2011

Sony model M-750 V microcassette recorder. A microcassette is an audio storage medium introduced by Olympus in 1969 using a thinner magnetic tape at half or a quarter the speed than the normal sized cassette tape . Primarily used for reordering voice dictation or voice note taking purposes. In the 1990s this was replace by solid state data digital recorders that’s used no moving parts or caste tapes at all.

Here is a Sony microcassette voice recorder taken apart.

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Sony microcassette recorder. On the top left we see the cassette lid, a micro phone, a counter wheel, a 2” speaker, some of the control plastic buttons and the mechanical assembly parts for them, and 2 small rubber belts, On the next column is the black front plastic casing (shell) and the Printed Circuit Board. On the last(right) column is the black rear plastic casing (shell ) with all the mechanical drive assembly glued in it. Then the black plastic battery compartment door. Below that is the electric motor and brass wheel and various mechanical assemble parts.

34. Sony AM FM Cassette Walkman with TV Channel Audio feature -Completed March 22, 2011

Walkman is a Sony brand trade name originally used for portable audio cassette players. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits by allowing people to carry music with them and listen to music through headphones. The Walkman was first built in 1978 and original marketed in 1979 as the Walkman in Japan. Back in the day people use to record their music on these audio cassettes. A cassette has 2 reels comprised of this thin magnetic tape like medium. The cassette player used a magnetic pickup head to pick up the information (Music data uncompressed) which was analog music from the magnetic tape. There was even a side A and side B of the cassette tape too. You could fit 2 record albums on one cassette. One album on each side on the cassette. Prior to the development of CDs, cassette were the dominant form of audio storage in the portable audio market place. A whole Sony AM FM Cassette Walkman with TV Channel Audio feature:

Here is a Sony AM FM cassette player taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Sony AM FM cassette player along with an Audio Cassette Tape and headphones. On the top left we see the lid to the Sony AM FM cassette player, below that we see the bottoms used to control the this unit. Below that we have the lid Printed Circuit Board with and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Screen for tuning channel information. Below that is the back lid with the battery compartment where 2 AA batteries were inserted to power up this device. Below that was the clip so you could carry this unit on your belt and the Am/FM tuning coil with the read coil windings. The middle column we see a back plastic isolating almost wall like piece. Then some copper and metal shielding, then a second PCB board. Below that is the mechanically assembly which I did not fully rip apart. I thought if was important show how all these gears meshed together and the rubber drive belt too. Below that is the hollow plastic frame. On the last row we see the Audio Cassette Tape itself spilt into a few piece and showing the 2 reels with the magnetic tape. Below that we see the headphones with the speaker river ripped apart.

35. Sony Compact Disc player also know as a Discman–Completed March 25, 2011

Sony’s CD based Walkman called a Discman was initially introduced in 1984. Also, know as a CD player. This Discman below featured ESP (Electronic Skip Protection), which pre-stored the music from a CD into memory to buffer the music thus prevent the CD from skipping, when the player was moved. For years the Discman was popular and successful in the marketplace. However, newer technologies, such as flash memory and hard drive-based portable digital audio players have caused the Discman to lose popularity. A whole Sony Discman:

Here is a Sony Discman taken apart. -Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Discman alone with headphones. On the top left we see the lid to the Discman, below that we see the bottoms used to control the unit. Below that we have the back lid with the battery compartment where 2 AA batteries were inserted to power up this device. Below that is the back (Or bottom) case.

On the middle column of parts we see an assembled that houses the sled for the laser and optical pick up sensor, also shown is a small electric motor and the lid to that assembly. Below that is the Printed Circuit Board .Below that is the headphone’s right and left arms and speakers. On the far right column of parts we see the main frame and another electric motor use to spin the CD media. Below that we see the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen used to display the CD track being played and play modes information. Below that we see the head band of the headphone and a blank promotional CD. Below that we see the volume control for the head and its PCB board. Along the bottom of the case we can see the cable of the headphone and the light green 1/8 inch plug in phono-jack for it on the very right bottom side (Use to connect the headphone to the to the Discman)

36. iPod Shuffle 512 Meg -Completed March 12, 2011 The iPod Shuffle is a digital audio player made by Apple. The smallest and lightest model in Apple's iPod family, and the first to use flash memory. The Shuffle was introduced at Macworld Expo on January 11, 2005. Named so because users of past iPods had often left the music selection to "shuffle" play mode. The first iPods were big, heavy and had limited battery life. Then Apple came out with these much smaller compact simple clean very few bottoms iPod Shuffle MP3 styled player. iPod and Apples iTunes revolutionized the way we bought and listened to music. No more going to record stores. Most music these days is bought online. This is a tribute to the success of the iPod family of devices. 512 Meg was the storage capacity of this device at the time which was about 120 songs. The songs were compressed to store more songs using less memory space.

Here is a iPod Shuffle taken apart. Tour of what you are looking at. Which you first see is not much. This was once a whole iPod Shuffle. Starting from the left center is the USB port interface, to the right of that is the front case. Below that row is staring of the left is the control pad and membrane pad behind it. To the right of that is a case part to the right of that are the Printed Circuit Cards. to the right of that is the Cap cover to the USB port and an additional USB cap cover that a rope goes through 9Not shown was lost) that a user would use to wear the iPod Shuffle like a necklace like jewelry. On the next row is the other half of the case. .

37. Rio One (PMP300) MP3 player with removable Smart Media Card slot - Completed May 15, 2011

The Rio One was a portable MP3 digital audio produced by Diamond Multimedia introduced in September 1998. Rio had an LCD screen and a circular pad with control buttons. The LCD screen track a number being played, but did not display artist or title information. It used MP3 format audio files on its 32 MB of internal memory or via the Smart Media slot that allowed users to add additional memory. Powered by a 1AA battery that provided up to 12 hours of playback time., retailed for $200 in the USA and held 1 hours music (at a 128k bits/second bit rate. Rio spawned one of the first Digital Music service providers and was the first to license commercial downloads for $0.99 a songs from five major record labels. Rio established the concept of digital download music sales of individual tracks and were also first to distribute music in a secure manner. Diamond no longer provides technical support for the Rio. I thought this would be great to compare against the Apple's IPod and Shuttle compressed Music devices, because Apples products, nicer to look at, smaller and were so much more end user friendly/easy to use. I also added some musical notes for fun and to fill in some of the empty space that looked and honestly felt wrong, leaving me hollow till I did so! Tour of what you are looking at: Which you first see is not much for $200 at the time. This was once a whole Rio One MP3 digital audio player as shown complete on the left. On the Right is a Rio One digital audio player shown taken taken apart. Starting from the left top we see the front shell case, then 3 buttons switches on a Printed Circuit Card (PCB)next to is the bottom lid to the battery compartment, then the back shell cover. In the middle row we see the plastic screen protector for the LCD screen then the LCD screen then the circular pad with control buttons with the 5 soft rubber control buttons around it, then the play pause control wheel, then another PCB then the long thin single AA battery compartment. On the last (Right) row we see the belt, then the metal shield and the contact finger (Connector) for the Smart Media slot, then a third PCS which holds the internal memory, the processor and most of the functionality for the player.

38. Canon Calculator -Completed January 2011

Biagio was given this Calculator year ago can’t remember where and it was sitting in my home office/3rd bedroom not being used. Since I had a few calculator I decide this could be art too. I ripped it apart surprised to find out there was not much to it inside. It was a letdown disappointment. Like opening chocolate Easter egg and finding socks inside. Kind of boring…... I know. That is why it’s in this crappie frame with a scratched plastic material. I lost interest.-----Below is a whole Canon Calculator

Here is a Canon Calculator taken apart: Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Canon Calculator. On the left we see the plastic case above that we see the solar cell the right we see the frame plastic that gores around the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and below that we see the LCD screen below that e see the Printed Circuit Board to the right top we see the number keypad button and below that a rubber press pas with some material embedded in it to connect the circuits on the Printed Circuit Board. Note I left out the bottom of the case I was so bored.

39. HP 12C Scientific Calculator Completed June 11, 2011 –Needs Write up.

I chose this HP Scientific Calculator as an art piece because I wanted to compare it against the Cannon Calculator Art piece I did in the past. I own a HP 42C model and never owned a 12 C HP model more so because I did n to like the wide layout and because it did not fit well in my hand. I also jumbled all the keys on this and did not put them back on purpose because these HP Scientific Calculator used what they called Reverse Polar Notation (RPN) where you entered the 2 number first and then the function (like add subtract divide Multiply etc) you wanted to do on those 2 number. I always thought this was backward and I hated entering the 2 numbers first.

Here is a HP 12C Scientific Calculator show whole above and taken apart below: Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Calculator. On the top left we see the black back plastic case, then the grey LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen as associated parts, then what looks like a row of 40 silver circles (4 rows of 10 silver dots)and the associated pickup Printed Circuit Board which make up the way the button pressure (pushing) gets pick up and sent to the Integrated Chip (IC) for data entry. Lastly the Front soft case and its other half of this soft case is on the top right side of the frame. Below that is the front calculator face followed by all the individual push buttons. Then a shinny silver/gold cover and a black cushion that would it underneath all the push buttons.

40. Sony TV Remote Control – Completed January 2011 This was just for fun. This was a Sony Universal remote I used to control a Sony TV, VCR and DVD player in my own home. I always enjoyed how well this remote fit in my hand and how simple it was to use. It had a sleek fun design with well laid out soft rubber buttons. Even had colors sections for easier use. Over the year with age it was replace by bigger and more complex remotes that handled 4 and 5 newer electronics components. Once opened, I was amazed of how simple this device really was with so few parts!

Tour of what you are looking at. This was once a whole Sony TV Remote Control (as shown on the

right). Starting from the left is the outside back case then the front case and the number keypad and lastly the Printed Circuit Card (If you see the springs at the bottom that is where 2 AA batteries use t be inserted to provide power for this remote control. Pretty much that 1 integrated Circuit) IC chip) runs it all!

Summary First, Biagio is doing this to open everyone’s eyes to how a new generation sees the world from a different perspective. Also, he wants to show how Engineers can also be fun and artsy. Like other groups in life, they have been labeled or pigeon-holed into unfair stereotypes by society. So break free, live life to the fullest, and yes even enjoy those things of value you collect throughout life.