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
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://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 →
"United Visual Artists (UVA) are an art and design practice based in London, creating work that lies at the intersections of sculpture, architecture, live performance and installation. The studio’s origins in design for live performance led to a sustained interest in spectacle, the relationship between passive and active participation, and the use of responsive systems... Continue Reading →
http://vimeo.com/45704324 "This project implements a faceted structure placed on a plinth to support the content, which permits interaction with the content by touching it. The installation allows different forms of representations and interactions to be explored with a solid display. In order for the shape to become a surface of multi-touch visualisation, it was necessary... Continue Reading →
http://youtu.be/qhdG7OltXnU 2012. Expandable Matrix of Transmissive Monochrome LCD (90x90mm), Custom designed Arduino compatible controller board, DMX512, SPI, Kinect. IRIS is a unique media canvas with matrix of conventional information display technology - a monochrome LCD. Through the phased opening and closing of circular-segmented black Liquid Crystal, IRIS can create various patterns and control the amount... Continue Reading →
http://vimeo.com/43079257 "Starting as a week-long workshop with students from the Art Institute of New York, The Principals instructed students in the construction of a reactive architectural environment that opened to the public during New York Design Week, May 19-21. Using a series of sensor-controlled motors and a unique system designed by The Principals, students learned... Continue Reading →
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