Physical Computing & Interaction Design
Here’s a way to visualize your commute: the Traintrackr NYC Subway Circuit Board is a high-tech, functional art piece that uses 599 color LEDs to track the locations of NYC subway trains in real time. The board receives data from the MTA via a WiFi connection. https://store.moma.org/gifts/gifts-for-dads/traintrackr-nyc-subway-circuit-board/14094-154047.html
https://vimeo.com/454239749 Condenser microphones, speakers, servomotors, iron Feeding is a sound installation work. There are eight units in the space. Each unit consists of a metal sculpture of a fishing rod, a condenser microphone, a speaker and a volume sensor. When the volume is too low, the string will relax so that the microphone will drop... Continue Reading →
Alias is a teachable “parasite” that is designed to give users more control over their smart assistants, both when it comes to customization and privacy. Through a simple app the user can train Alias to react on a custom wake-word/sound, and once trained, Alias can take control over your home assistant by activating it for... Continue Reading →
In 2011, BERG was challenged by Google Creative Lab to create a physical product encapsulating Google voice and video-chat. Known as a ‘connection box’ or ‘connbox’ for short, the conceptual experiments resulted in various material explorations, centered around rapid product prototyping to really understand what the experience of the physical device, service, and interface could... Continue Reading →
Jller is part of an ongoing research project in the fields of industrial automation and historical geology. It is an apparatus that sorts pebbles from a specific river by their geologic age. A set of pebbles are placed on the 2×4 meter platform of the machine, which automatically analyzes the stones. The sorting process happens in... Continue Reading →
This 50-inch-long digital timepiece is made up of 24 individual analog clocks. Each bank of six clocks forms an individual number in the seven-segment system, creating what is essentially a hacked-together digital display made out of analog parts. The piece “re-contextualizes time in a mix of old and new, analogue and digital,” explain Emanuelsson and... Continue Reading →
http://www.musicalswings.com The Swings is an interactive installation that offers a fresh look at the idea of cooperation, the notion that we can achieve more together than separately. Each swing in motion triggers different notes, all the swings together compose a piece, but some sounds only emerge from cooperation. The project stimulates ownership of the public... Continue Reading →
http://youtu.be/1VSWFzwovAE Shyu Ruey-Shiann’s kinetic installation One Kind of Behavior at Bronx Museum of Arts May 1 - Aug 17, 2014. With dozens of same-sized steel buckets scattered on the floor, One Kind of Behavior will transform the spacious terrace into a vibrant, playful and intriguing landscape. "Upon entering the terrace, one's auditory perception is immediately... Continue Reading →
http://vimeo.com/74304110 "Created by HC Gilje and commissioned for LIAF 2013, Trace is a light-motion installation presented at the recent festival Lofoten Art Festival. LIAF 2013 takes its international participants and audiences to unusual sites such as a garage, a library, a shed, a hotel, a cinema, an Am-Car club, a residential house, a former shop,... Continue Reading →
http://vimeo.com/79179138 "inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table's surface. Remote participants in a video conference can be displayed physically, allowing for a... Continue Reading →
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