Archive for May, 2012


Ju Yun Song

Echo-me is a diary application that helps users look at their lives from a distance and have unique insight without self-deception.

Egocentrism is part of human nature. Oftentimes we are preoccupied with our internal world. Many self-improvement tools suggest that we might benefit from keeping a diary. It is helpful to track our emotions, but still easy to fall into self-deception. How can technology help us reflect more objectively on our...CONTINUE READING »
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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Jackson Snellings

Through the global dispersion of small artifacts, the Timeseed Project is an endeavor to transmit the reality of one person's values and existence to the inhabitants of the future.

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Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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Avery Max

Sparkle God is a software program and industrial process for creating large scale works of art using thousand of crystal rhinestones.

Sparkle God is a software program and industrial process for creating large scale works of art using thousands of crystal rhinestones. The software allows you to generate base artwork with a traditional digital design tool (Adobe Illustrator) and then convert it to a rhinestone piece via mathematical algorithms and physics...CONTINUE READING »
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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Bobby Genalo

Artphones provide the framework and inspiration to turn any physical form into a working cell phone or walkie-talkie.

In the age of customization, I often wondered why I couldn’t have more of a say in what my cell phone looked or felt like. Intrigued, I walked around the city with a piece of wood held to my ear, pretending to hold a conversation as passersby looked on...CONTINUE READING »
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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Ezer Lichtenstein

NPC is the first steps in developing an open and affordable platform for behavioral robotics.

What if robots developed their own opinions? Or felt a need to be a part of something, even if they didn’t always agree? What if robots developed basic emotions: becoming jealous; depressed; or even started developing a sense of identity?

NPC is the first steps in developing...CONTINUE READING »
Friday, May 4th, 2012
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Sukmo Koo

an interactive lighting installation for collaboration

1. people will connect physically with the installation for collaboration
2. This installation will make people to join a movement to help others. ...CONTINUE READING »
Friday, May 4th, 2012
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Paul May

A research and design project done in collaboration with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to investigate and design improvements for patients and medical staff to the period of rehabilitation that follows a bone marrow transplant.

Bone marrow transplantation is one of the most intensive forms of cancer treatment, involving a prolonged period of recovery and rehabilitation. This project gave me a unique opportunity to work with Sloan-Kettering to design improvements to the rehabilitation phase following a bone marrow transplant. The research phase of this project...CONTINUE READING »
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
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Tali Blankfeld

How did your life end up going down this path? “Between You & Me” is an interactive video installation exploring this question.

Major decisions we make in our lives can lead us down various paths. This installation leads us through the journeys of individuals who have made meaningful sacrifices in their lives. With these stories, the installation asks questions about how our identities are formed and what role external circumstances have in...CONTINUE READING »
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
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Stepan Boltalin

Semantic video editor for YouTube

Now that millions of hours of online video have been tagged and described by users, new machine-based new-content-creation software, VideAI, has become possible. VideAI is an Artificial-Intelligence-based video editor. A user inputs text and receives a video clip within minutes chosen by the machine to fit that text (the video-clip...CONTINUE READING »
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
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Dan Scofield

An interactive video triptych that is meant to feel like a dream.

An interactive video triptych in portraits. A visitor navigates the abstracted audio-visual narrative with their gaze. Each frame leads down a different path; enabling infinite permutations. The experience of displaced control alludes to a dream. ...CONTINUE READING »