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Here’s an interesting new tangible interface design for a music sequencer. Rather than using an array of buttons or a 2-dimensional control screen on a computer, this one generates rhythmic patterns using ball bearings…
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posted: January 13th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: interactive | strange and unusual
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There’s nothing quite like a delicious virtual donut and a hot cup of paper coffee before parking it in front of the fake TV to get my day going.
This off-the-wall creative project takes items seen in the 3D virtual world of Second Life, and transforms them into real-world (paper) objects…
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posted: January 12th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | interactive
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I’m not sure how I missed this amazing interactive display concept when it first surfaced, but it’s cool enough that I thought it deserved a mention, even if it is but a distant memory.
The system used an array of thousands of individual mechanical irises, each designed to react to the amount of light in front of it…
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posted: January 1st, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: design | interactive
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Remember the oh-so-cool RGBy Desk I showed you a few weeks back? The desk uses color sensors and tons of RGB LEDs to change colors to match items placed on top of it. But it was a one-of-a-kind piece that would probably cost thousands of dollars even if you could buy one…
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posted: December 29th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: interactive | robotics
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This humanoid robot holds a pen in its hand and can draw an image of any person who stands in front of it.
Created by robotic researcher Sylvain Calinon, the robot recognizes when there’s a face in its field of view, then snaps a digital photo and extracts the major characteristics of their visage…
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posted: December 28th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: design | interactive
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This unusual art installation took hundreds and hundreds of individual cooling fans, and tied them together with sensors that detect the movements of passersby to produce an amazing visual and sensory experience.
Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde worked with a team of technical wizards to create this mammoth interactive work entitled Flow 5.0…
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posted: December 14th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: design | interactive
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This amazing LED tabletop surface can sense the color of objects placed on top of it, then automatically change its own colors to match.
The RGBy desk uses small clusters of photo sensors and multicolored LEDs to work its color-changing magic…
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posted: December 5th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: design | interactive
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This amazing floor lamp uses strands of brilliant electroluminescent tubes to form into an nearly infinite number of flowing organic shapes.
Designed by Jesus Felipe and Silvia Grimaldi of UK-based Nimble Critters, the ETree lamp is more of an interactive sculpture than simply a lamp…
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posted: November 30th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | future tech | interactive
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This amazing tech demo shows off an augmented reality system which can digitally swap out textures on clothing. While it sounds pretty simple, the ability to exactly mimic the behavior and appearance of cloth is extremely difficult to pull off…
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posted: November 23rd, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: interactive
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These ceiling mounted speakers from Holosonic Research precisely direct a beam of sound so it can only be heard if you’re standing directly inside the focused area they project…
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posted: November 17th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: interactive | just plain fun
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Interactive artist Andrew Fentem created this cool electronic cube puzzle game loaded with colorful LEDs. The Fentix Cube is controlled by touch as well as through movement…
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posted: October 19th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: design | interactive
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Interactive artist Marcus Graf created this dramatic video display window which keeps a watchful eye on passersby.
The piece, entitled I, ball used a webcam along with special processing software to detect people as they pass the display window. A series of digitized eyeball movements then follow the those who approach the window…
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posted: October 16th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | interactive | video games
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New Zealand digital artist Julian Oliver is working on a cool game that blends the electronic universe with the real world. His work-in-progress game called levelHead uses a series of cubes placed on a table top…
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posted: October 14th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: interactive | strange and unusual | video games
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What would you say to a video game console that’s not controlled by a joystick, a mouse or even a Wii-mote, but instead by the relaxing touch of massage?
The Massage me jacket lets the person giving the massage get their game on while the person receiving the treatment gets to chill out…
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posted: October 5th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: design | digital imaging | interactive
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I first told you about artist Daniel Rozin’s cool interactive mirrors about a year ago. He’s now showing off his latest creations at New York’s Bitforms gallery. Here are a couple of my favorites:
The Weave Mirror uses 768 individual strips which are woven together into a grid…
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posted: September 17th, 2007
author: technabob
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