[100] Song Cabinet

Plays music, with the rhythm changing as you pull the drawer out further.
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Song Cabinet -- Test Loop from trustynick on Vimeo.

[099] Digital Visualization of Invisible Data Flow

This picture depicts something altogether more fascinating: the SMS (short message service, or text message) traffic traveling through the air of Amsterdam at one specific time.
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Amsterdam SMS messages on New Years Eve from Aaron Koblin on Vimeo.

[098] DJ Light

DJ Light is an immersive public sound and light installation that gives visitors the power to orchestrate an awe-inspiring performance of light and sound across a large public space. It was created for energy company Endesa as the cornerstone of their Christmas celebrations in Lima, Peru.
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DJ Light (DJ Luz), Lima 2010 from Cinimod Studio on Vimeo.

[097] A Breath of Life by Fraser Ross

Scotland-based artist and designer Fraser Ross presented his project A Breath of Life, an study of artificial plant life.
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A Breath of Life by Fraser Ross 2010 from FRASER ROSS on Vimeo.

[096] How the World Googled in 2010

Shortly after Yahoo released its list of the year's top searches, Google has announced the results of its annual zeitgeist report, revealing the most popular search terms of 2010 by region and worldwide.
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[095] Collaborative Instrument

Collaborative Instrument by Matt West
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Collaborative Instrument from Matt West on Vimeo.

[094] Introducing Google eBooks

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[093] Boom Shakalaka

Boom Shakalaka is both a game and installation allowing visitors to engage with a game using physical interfaces. Included are a button, lever, and a domino, whilst the game is displayed on a long wall made of six separate screens. When for example the lever is pulled down the balls are released in the game which fill up buckets. The only way to release them is by pressing the physical button.
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Lucas Werthein & Jason Aston - Boom Shakalaka from Lucas Werthein on Vimeo.

[092] Proverbial Wallets

Now that we spend so much of our money through electronic means, it is often difficult to gauge our spending habits without the physical reminder of cash. the proverbial wallets is a project by MIT’s media lab that aims to give digital money a physical presence.
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Proverbial Wallets from John Kestner on Vimeo.

[091] Tableau: physical email

Countless projects have tried to figure out how to retain some of the tangibleness lost in our increasingly digital world. Few of them have done it as convincingly as Tableau, a beautifully simple, Twitter-connected photo printer and scanner.
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Tableau: physical email from John Kestner on Vimeo.

[090] Grab 30 Helium Balloons and Go Skyfishing

The setup, a rig Guilmette uses to go "skyfishing," requires mostly inexpensive parts—stuff, he says, you can find at any WalMart. All that's required is some cheaply hacked styrofoam, helium, party balloons, and, of course, a camera. Guilmette uses a GoPro Hero cam for 720p video, but any lightweight shooter would probably work.
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"Skyfishing" with a GoPro HERO and 30 Helium Balloons from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

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[089] Make Do: 3 Modular Pieces for Making Endless DIY Projects

Makedo is a reusable connector system for creating amazing objects and spaces from recycled materials.
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How to makedo - extended from MAKEDO on Vimeo.

[088] Razorfish DaVinci Kinect Demo

Razorfish, already cozy with Microsoft thanks to its Surface demos and applications, has tried its hands (pun!) at Kinect with an impressive motion-based demonstration called DaVinci.
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DaVinci prototype on Xbox Kinect from Razorfish - Emerging Experiences on Vimeo.

[087] Sony Ericsson ZEUS - Z1-PlayStation Phone (spy)

Why hadn’t someone already thought of putting a game controller on a phone?
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[086] iPhone App Slows Down Music When You Speed

While driving, it’s tempting to hit the gas when one of your favorite jams plays on the stereo, but a new iPhone app discourages music-induced speeding.
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The Slow Down App from OVK on Vimeo.

[085] Devices For Mindless Communication

Explores speculative roles of technology to interrogate social implications of progress.
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Conversation Challenger


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[084] Future of Screen Technology

Every surface could be your information screen.
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[083] TAT augmented ID

New ID card(?). You can choose suitable IDs as occasion demands.
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