Archive for December, 2007


MobilePATH

A mobile application, which shows your next PATH Train schedule

Do you live in NJ and commute to NYC every day by PATH train? Have you ever just missed your PATH train and had to wait for next train for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or 30 minutes? Here is a mobile application, which shows your next PATH train sechedule. With...CONTINUE READING »
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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Telltale Hearts

Telltale Hearts are devices that transform your heartbeat into vibrations that can be felt by a distant friend, and vice versa, establishing a tangible, subconscious physical connection.

When you are close to and touching someone, you receive number of conscious and subconscious physical cues that can let you know what the person is thinking and feeling. From choice of words and actions, to tone of voice, facial expression, and body language, to body temperature and heartbeat.
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momo : a haptic navigation device

momo is a haptic navigation device that uses GPS, physical gesture, and haptic feedback to guide a user to a destination.

A haptic navigational device that requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. momo sits in the palm of your two hands and navigates you to an end location by leaning and vibrating. Akin to someone pointing you in the...CONTINUE READING »
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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MobilePATH

Do you live in NJ and commute to NYC every day by PATH train? Have you ever just missed your PATH train and had to wait for next train for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or 30 minutes? Here is a mobile application, which shows your next PATH train sechedule. With this application, you will not miss the train, and save your time. DOWNLOAD from here. (This application is based on J2ME, so it will not work for Verizon users. Sorry!)

Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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The M5 Bus

a collage of audio, visual, and textual observations of the M5 bus route in Manhattan

Each first year student in the Interactive Telecommunications Program was asked to observe the entire M5 bus route, from Houston and La Guardia to 178th Street and Broadway (and back again). This project is a collection of multiple audio, visual, and textual observations from multiple students, each with varying...CONTINUE READING »

‘Excuse’ Yourself

Generate fake text messages with random emergencies to get you out of awkward social situations.

This project involves an observation on our current social arena involving our tendencies to overcommit in social situations, obligatory social gatherings, and our reliance on mobile devices. Using flash lite, php, and web/WAP interfaces, we plan to have a fully functional service that allows you to automate your cellphone...CONTINUE READING »

Compass-Ion-Organ

A belt device which tracks spine alignment and acts as a trigger for multimedia visuals,instruments, and environments.

Compass Ion Organ is a posture and meditation support belt embedded with sensors which track the curvature of the users spine, and provides feedback for the wearer in the form of visual and sonic information via a microcontroler to software(Max/MSP/Jitter). The belt has a calibration button which can be set...CONTINUE READING »

T-w-i-s-t-e-r T-o-w-e-r

Special effects without computer

By exploring tension and balance among objects, I am pulling out special effects which usually happen on screen and animate it in real object, which create impossible forms. ...CONTINUE READING »
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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facecast

facecast is a news network that allows users to create a YouTube broadcast from the feeds on their facebook site.

By the close of 2007, there will be few people who have not at least heard of Facebook. With more than 49 million active users and a current exponential expansion rate averaging 4 million new users per month, it is the fastest growing social networking phenomenon on the web and...CONTINUE READING »

KAMKAJ (ICT for Developing Nations)

Supply Chain Management System For Micro Enterprises

For any business to survive, the information and the constant communication with its buyers, suppliers, manufacturers or the sellers of raw material, is vital. This communication channel is often asymmetrical in the case of people with micro or self-run businesses. While bigger businesses have in place complex SCM systems that...CONTINUE READING »