Archive for May, 2013
A series of physical devices that explore how music works.
The Well Sequenced Synthesizer is a series of studies in musical harmony, in the form of physical interfaces that control simple generative algorithms. From a design and programming perspective, they address the question of how music works.
The Counterpointer is a cross between an electronic arpeggiator and... CONTINUE READING »
This social media platform lets renters share information about their past and current apartments and gives prospective tenants insight into places they consider signing a lease for.
The Rent or Vent web application aims to solve the problem of finding pleasant rental housing in a big city with a highly competitive real estate market. The power of real estate owners in such a market far outweighs the power of tenants. Landlords and agents often don\'t disclose all... CONTINUE READING »
Art of Your Influence is a process of generating fine art digital prints by using personalized computer algorithms to manipulate pixel color and form in original photographs. Personality data from each work's owner influences both the coding and photographic processes.
This project is inspired by the growing trend of objects to be personalized. Using diverse visual, oral and written tools, behavioral, emotional and factual information of a person\'s personality, likes and dislikes were collected. This information influenced the photographic process by controlling attributes such as zoom level, time of day... CONTINUE READING »
Galapag.us is a tribe for quantified selfers who want to build a social credit rating ecosystem that calculates reputation using moments, interactions, rites of passage, and any other personal data they find meaningful.
The ultimate goal of Galapag.us is to become the standard for a global reputation system which will give everyone on Earth an identity usable as alibi, social proof, currency, and credit.
Any type of data a person values, such as the best moments of one\'s life, great deeds witnessed... CONTINUE READING »
NYC food waste to biogas interactive storytelling awareness campaign.
Wasteless Cities is a web based interactive storytelling experience about NYC food waste. Through persuasive storytelling New Yorkers learn about methods for reducing the volume of food waste that ends up in landfills. Each year, Americans waste nearly 33 million tons of food. As the largest and most densely populated... CONTINUE READING »
Beware the Cat imagines a world where cats have been replaced by robotic pets. Robotic cat puppets were developed to perform as characters in a series of stories that explore the past, present and future of the relationship between humans and cats. ... CONTINUE READING »
A publicly-accessible API for real-time and historical data about US drone strikes. ... CONTINUE READING »
Paired is a set of wearable, networked devices exploring intimate communication between people via screenless, interactive technologies.
Our current digital tools empower us to interact with our environment in new ways, being able to connect with more people and things at once. While the modes of communication and how we connect are expanding, what happens to the depth of our messages? In digital spaces, we can send... CONTINUE READING »
What if you could uncover the most intriguing and little-known stories of a city with just a tap of you fingers? Unlock Boston, an interactive documentary will make the hidden history of Boston come to life in a new and accessible way.
Unlock Boston is an interactive documentary series about the fascinating and all-but-forgotten stories of one of America\'s oldest cities. From a deadly flood of molasses that buried Boston’s waterfront to a book bound wholly in the skin of a convicted thief, the city is full of history that has been... CONTINUE READING »
A large scale interactive video installation that explores the conversation around contemporary Muslim life in the U.S.
W.A.N.T, an acronym for We Are Not Them, is an experience that contributes positive imagery to the conversation of Muslims in contemporary America. Over a decade after September 11th, 2001, our community still struggles to break away from the negative associations of that tragic event. W.A.N.T aims to change that. CONTINUE READING »
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