Users fill out an online survey and are placed in a particular category based on their answers. When they subsequently enter a participating venue, the service initiates. If a match is nearby, both parties are alerted via their mobile device and have the option to accept or reject communication based...
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The United States incarcerates criminals at a higher rate and in greater volume than any country in the world. One in 100 Americans are currently behind bars, a large number of whom are non-violent offenders. Two of the greatest factors in predicting whether an inmate will return to prison...
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The idea of the project is making a trace of dreams and allowing people to share the experience of following the trace of dreams.
The installation consists of two main components, which are a collection of pillows and a video projection. The collection of pillows on the bed represents...
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Place the mask on your face and it translates your human speech patterns and movement into animal noises and sounds. As movement and sound increase inside the mask, so does the amount of noise generated outside. The more a viewer makes an effort to communicate, the more nuanced and empathetic...
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In response to the rise of paparazzi I\'ve created an interactive clutch bag that communicates the desire to not be photographed. When it detects a camera flash it responds with another flash that obscures the photo. I think it\'s important for everyone to realize the worth of their own image...
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Everyone has the desire and the right to express themselves. People can draw pictures, play music, sing songs, move their bodies, write compositions or poems to express their feelings and emotions. However, not everyone can use these methods. There are many people who want to express themselves but cannot to...
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Ramps is a wheelchair to computer interface that uses existing chair mobility skills with interactive software that encourages creativity and play. The physical product of Ramps is a pair of rollers on top of slight ramps, the direction and speed of each wheel on a manual chair can be detected...
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The Mechanical Art Production Platform, or MAPP, is an art-making platform, consisting of a three-axis drawing machine attached via microcontroller to custom computer software.
MAPP is a platform, and not simply a machine, by virtue of the fact that it was not designed with a specific aesthetic output in...
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The Solar Xylophone is a solar powered, solar controlled, autonomous musical instrument. The xylophone was designed with hopes of using renewable energy as a responsible way of powering the piece but also as a powerful theme to drive its artistic elements. As an autonomous instrument, the xylophone will play music...
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We use electricity all the time, but it\'s a hidden process contained in plugs and kept behind walls. The Garden Electric visualizes our consumption of electricity through the growth and death of each of the garden\'s plants.
The Garden Electric consists of an array of plants that are...
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While moving about the city as usual, Twigster users are on the look-out for trees on the street and in parks. They use Twigster\'s interactive, step-by-step visual key to identify an unfamiliar tree. The key calls out certain features-- leaf shape, twig arrangement, etc-- in helping users make an identification...
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Gotham Guide is New York\'s first multimedia tour using QR code technology to add a contextual layer of information on top of Manhattan\'s city streets. Anyone armed with QR reader enabled mobile phone can snap a picture of a Gotham Guide code and learn more about the location where they...
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