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ipod cluster media: multiple ipod touches get in sync to form giant display

ipod_cluster_media_display

This interactive work of art uses 20 individual iPod Touches, tied together to produce synchronized visuals across all of the displays.

Created by Japan’s PROTOTYPE design team, iPod Cluster Media is an early proof-of-concept that stitches multiple independent iPod Touches into a hive-mind display wall. Each iPod Touch knows what the other one is up…

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November 7th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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rgby color-sensing tech goes portable

RGBy3.0 Mini Color Changing LED Device

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. So I was…

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December 29th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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rgby led desktop offers chameleon-like surface

RGBy Desk by Studio Mongoose

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.

The RGBy desk was created as a collaboration between computer scientist Ichi Kanaya and…

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December 5th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design interactive