Archive for April, 2008
A suspended solar/kinetic sculpture that gathers energy during the day, and dispenses light at night.
A kinetic mobile made of up of several independent light seeking, energy gathering BEAM robots. Each segment/robot of the chandelier will rely upon sensor input to move into an optimal position for gathering solar energy. The movements of each suspended robot will affect the positions of those that it is... CONTINUE READING »
interact with your image, listen to your melody
Colorful Melody\'s a sound and video 3D installation. Observers stand in front of camera, the color on the person mapped on to each domino. Different sound are generated as the dominos start to fall down, the sound being determined by the different colors. People can interact with sound by change... CONTINUE READING »
A kinetic sculpture that both highlights the joy of pasta and pleases the most refined aesthetic sensibilities.
The Pasta Cycle gets its name from an early prototype in which magnets rotating on its surface pushed elbow maccaroni around to form concentric circle patterns. The Pasta Cycle\'s 2 x 2 foot box contains a rotating wheel covered in rare Earth magnets. As the wheel is spun around by... CONTINUE READING »
Blogicks are the much overdue update for classic building blocks. No longer will children have to take apart their prized designs to make new creations. No longer will kids have to choose between interactive play with other children and solitary building in their rooms. Most importantly, children will still continue... CONTINUE READING »
Cause Caller delivers on the promise of participatory democracy through open source VoIP and semantic technologies.
The promise of a truly participatory democracy has never been clearer than digital media has made it today. The unique distributive nature of the Internet provides a platform that has the potential deliver on this promise by facilitating better group action at lower cost, thereby encouraging actual participation in democracy.... CONTINUE READING »
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