Kinetic Memory Triggers is a series of five anthropomorphic kinetic sculptures. With technology, objects can be given ‘life’ by appearing receptive and responsive to their users. By mapping anthropomorphic behaviors onto inanimate objects, we can create ‘beings’ perceived as being alive and having human qualities.
The V&A commissioned TROIKA to create a permanent sign for the V&A entrance leading from the South Kensington tube station to the Museum. Troika responded to this brief with ‘Palindrome’, a kinetic sign that recognises the rich collection of the V&A as one of the worlds most fascinating treasure homes collecting over 3,000 years worth of cultural artefacts from the world’s most established cultures.
SoundyThingie is an application that translates drawn lines into audio. Additionally to just drawing lines it lets you modify them in a variety of ways, like moving them around or connecting them.
According to CNET, “U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.”
Via HuffingtonPost.
John Nese from Soda Pop Stop in California talking about soda for the Chow.com Obsessives series.
If only everybody was as passionate about their business as him.
iProcessing is an open programming framework to help people develop native iPhone applications using the Processing language. It is an integration of the Processing.js library and a Javascript application framework for iPhone.
The Tagtool is an open source performative visual instrument used on stage and on the street. It serves as a VJ tool, a creative video game, or an intuitive way of creating animation. The system is operated collaboratively by an artist drawing the pictures and an animator adding movement to the artwork with a gamepad. The design achieves virtually unlimited artistic complexity with a simple set of controls, which can be mastered even by children. The project website, www.tagtool.org, is the place to find out what people do with their Tagtools, and how to build your own.
Madgets are transparent tangible controls for multi-touch tables. They combine electromagnetic actuation with fiber optical tracking.
