[119] Soundmachines

The Product, a Berlin-based design studio with a focus on objects, space and interaction, was commissioned by Volkswagen to develop a set of visuals for an interactive musical performance for the premiere of the New Beetle at the 2011 IAA motor show (September 15-25, 2011, Frankfurt am Main). What the client got instead was Soundmachines – a custom-built instrument for performing electronic music by DJing visual patterns on record-sized discs. Honk for ingenuity!
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Soundmachines from The Product on Vimeo.

[118] Still Life

Still life paintings have been an artist favorite for plenty of centuries, and if done well they can be truly remarkable. read more

Still Life from Scott Garner on Vimeo.

[117] Interface Makes Any Surface a Touch Screen

What good is that smartphone in your pocket when the touch screen is too difficult to use or the buttons are too small for your fingers? We all love our mobile gadgets, but as they get smaller it gets harder for some people to manipulate the input and displays. read more



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[115] National Geographic and UPC

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[114] Seasons on the Terrace

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[113] Microsoft Video Envisions a Touch-Based Future

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[112] ScanLAB

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[111] Particles

Particles is the latest installation by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi currently on exhibit at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]. The installation centers around a spiral-shaped rail construction on which a number of balls with built-in LEDs and xbee transmitters are rolling while blinking in different time intervals, resulting in spatial drawings of light particles.
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[110] Immaterials: Light painting Wi-Fi

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[109] 300 Helium Balloons Float Real ‘Up’ House 10,000 Feet High

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[108] This Room Is Entirely White

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[106] Spray-On Skin: Stem Cell Gun Safely Heals Burns in Days

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[104] Transparent Brick: See-Through Clay Wall

Science just keeps finding ways to make the most solid of materials suddenly permeable to light and/or sound- aluminum, wood, even concrete, but bricks beat them all by a long shot for sheer simplicity: all one has to do is turn them on their side!
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[103] Google Art Project - Visitor Guide

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[102] Zip It: Wearable Tech Jacket Runs iPod With Hand Gestures

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[101] Lasurface

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[100] Song Cabinet

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Song Cabinet -- Test Loop from trustynick on Vimeo.