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prostheticknowledge: for(){}; - projection mapped video game on...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:12:27 +1000

for(){}; - projection mapped video game on canvas

Playable art by Brent Watanabe features acrylic hand-painted canvases mounted on wall, with sprites projected on surface - video embedded below:

In for( ){ };, there is no beginning or end to the game, just collecting and wandering, birthing and consuming, an arbitrary point system rising until your inevitable death and the birth of another generation. It is a game mechanism without the game. An addictive but essentially aimless experience.
The piece is a triptych of playable acrylic paintings, controlled by the viewer using a NES controller.

Link

prostheticknowledge: Cardboard Plotter Handmade manual drawing...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:48:09 +1100

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Cardboard Plotter

Handmade manual drawing machine by Niklas Roy made with simple materials - video embedded below:

This plotter is made entirely out of cardboard, welding rod, rubber bands, adhesive tape and super glue. The digital memory is a little book with plenty of different drawing codes, which are written down as coordinates. In this video I’m entering the first code, which makes the plotter draw “hello world”.

You can find out more about the project at Niklas’ blog here

prostheticknowledge: Re: Sound Bottle An electronic sound...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:21:31 +1100

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Re: Sound Bottle

An electronic sound sampler in a bottle which constructs music from the sounds you give it, by Jun Fujiwara - video embedded below:

Re: Sound Bottle from Jun Fujiwara on Vimeo.

This is a music medium that can reproduce a recorded voice as music. It makes a database of sound sources that is managed and used as formal and automatic repetitions, and forms a music medium of the day. I felt something missing in the habitual use of music reproduction media, so I thought to create an interactive music medium that changes. By using everyday voices as sources of music, the sounds that are heard all the time every day carry infinite possibilities and help us reaffirm the enjoyment of music. I hope people can experience their own music.

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rcruzniemiec: Immersive Cocoon NAU The Immersive Cocoon begins...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:54:10 +1100

rcruzniemiec:

Immersive Cocoon NAU

The Immersive Cocoon begins with a simple premise: the digitally created worlds that we visit every day through two-dimensional screens is quickly expanding and deepening into 3D navigable space. This 4m sphere provides the gateway to these worlds with a 360° interior dome-display and the sophisticated motion-sensing software that inspired Minority Report. Suddenly ‘virtual’ space surrounds the user in built form; navigation is accomplished using simple hand gestures and intuitive body movements.

DoorBot is a Wi-Fi enabled doorbell that lets you see...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:54:34 +1100

DoorBot is a Wi-Fi enabled doorbell that lets you see who’s ringing your doorbell with your smart phone.

“Seeking at least a quarter of a million dollars in project funding on Christie Street, a company called Edison Junior has developed a wireless doorbell called DoorBot that transmits an audio and video feed over Wi-Fi when someone rings the doorbell. The homeowner will be able to see who’s standing at the front door and communicate over audio to find out what they want. However, there’s no video display on the DoorBot. The person standing at the front door can’t see where the homeowner is located.”

Via DigitalTrends

prostheticknowledge: Glow Threads Interactive UV light...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:59:04 +1100

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Glow Threads

Interactive UV light responsive t-shirts which are commercially available:

Glow Thread shirts are the first interactive glow in the dark t-shirts. You are able to to draw and create custom designs using our UV keychain light and UV Laser. Our UV keychain light is included with every purchase which allows you to draw on our shirts by touching the UV light to the shirt and write whatever you want. Using the UV laser you can draw on the shirt from up to 40ft away. Unlike other Glow Thread “imitators” where you are limited to a silk screened rectangle to draw on, our Glow Thread shirts are fully customizable and you are able to draw on every piece of the t-shirt. This means there is NO silk screened area and you are able to draw on the front, back, sides and even the sleeves.

You can find out more and order one from Glow Threads here

via Digital Buzz Blog: “ Hands up if you’ve got a 3D...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:53:20 +1100

via Digital Buzz Blog:

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Hands up if you’ve got a 3D printer? We do too, but most of the ones you can get your hands on are pretty low-res and print liquid plastic. So what happens when you create a pop-up store with a high-end powder based 3D printer? Well, you create the world’s first 3D printing photo booth…

Made by the guys at PARTY, this pop-up store allows people to be mapped in high-definition 3D before being printed between 10cm and 20cm tall in full colour, to proive a semi-realistic 3D printed version of yourself to take home… All for about $250 bucks! Not bad huh?”

Real life transformers! Check out this remote controlled car...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:14:06 +1100

Real life transformers! Check out this remote controlled car turn into a walking and shooting robot.

Hyundai virtual test drive

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:05:00 +1100

Hyundai virtual test drive:

via Digital Buzz Blog

thisistheverge: Parent hacks quadcopter drone to follow his son...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:58:25 +1100

thisistheverge:

Parent hacks quadcopter drone to follow his son to the school bus stop

Also being used for drone journalism!

Skrillex Quest - 8bit game

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:32:44 +1100

Skrillex Quest - 8bit game:

Playable browser-based 3D game borrows from retro gaming and glitch aesthetics, promotional piece for the music of Skrillex.

http://www.skrillexquest.com/

From Diginfo: “Crossfader has developed Version 1.4 of AR-MAPS,...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:45:32 +1100

From Diginfo:

“Crossfader has developed Version 1.4 of AR-MAPS, an iPhone app that supports augmented reality (AR) on maps. AR is one of visualization solutions. This map application represents the ground on the bottom half of the screen, showing a map there. On the top half, it shows a video, with AR tags attached to destinations on it. This makes navigation easier to visualize.

“AR-MAPS supports the iPhone. On the iPhone 5 (recommended models are iPhone 4S/5), you can choose between standard maps and Google Maps. Regarding Version 1.4, the first point is, this version supports English. Also, with AR-MAPS, you can switch between AR and Map modes by changing the way you hold the iPhone.”“

via http://www.diginfo.tv

Touchscreen studio lighting control system

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:55:00 +1100

Touchscreen studio lighting control system:

Thasily adjust the color and brightness of LED lights. It was presented by Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation at InterBEE 2012. Colors can be selected using ais prototype stage lighting control panel features a touch display which can be used to e software palette and color picker, and multiple lights can be controlled in sequence by swiping the lighting icons.

“This system is for full-color LED studio lighting, with a very large number of control channels. So, we’re using this lighting control panel, to make the system easy to understand.”

8bitfuture: First flexible smartphones to launch in...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:52:36 +1100

8bitfuture:

First flexible smartphones to launch in 2013.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Samsung are getting ready to launch the first flexible smartphones to market in the first half of 2013. The company - along with many other smartphone makers - have been researching the the technology for as long as 10 years, but it’s been difficult to bring it to market due to difficulties mass producing the technology. Pictured above are prototype devices which Samsung exhibited last year, although it’s not clear exactly what form the final product will take.

The flexible displays will use OLEDs, which can be put on flexible material such as plastic or metal foil.

“The key reason for Samsung to use plastic rather than conventional glass is to produce displays that aren’t breakable. The technology could also help lower manufacturing costs and help differentiate its products from other rivals,” said Lee Seung-chul, an analyst at Shinyoung Securities.

thisistheverge: ‘Explore the Galaxy’ lets you travel across the...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:17:27 +1100

thisistheverge:

‘Explore the Galaxy’ lets you travel across the Milky Way from the comfort of your browser

Google’s Chrome Experiments have long provided users with in-browser distractions that simultaneously show off the power of HTML 5, Javascript, and other open web technologies, but a new one that arrived today is definitely one of our favorites. “Explore the Galaxy” lets you zoom all the way in on the Sun and a number of other nearby stars and then click, drag, and scroll your way across the entire Milky Way galaxy. It’s a visual treat that really drives home the vastness of outer space that simultaneously fills your brain with knowledge — clicking on the 87 stars closest to Earth will pull up quick Wikipedia-sourced descriptions for each.

prostheticknowledge: Pumpktris Playable electronic Tetris game...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:25:52 +1100

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Pumpktris

Playable electronic Tetris game cased inside a real pumpkin, with perforations and LEDs as pixels:

More about how and why it was but together at HaHa Bird:

One of my habits is to write down all the crazy, fleeting ideas I have, then go back to review later rather than judging right off the bat, or even worse, forgetting them. Earlier in the month I was looking through that idea notepad and found “Make Tetris Pumpkins” from sometime last year. My original plan had been to make forms to shape pumpkins into Tetris pieces as they grew, then stack them together for Halloween. Since Halloween was only a few weeks away and it was too late to start growing pumpkins, I thought “Why not make a pumpkin you can play Tetris on instead?”

You can read more about how it was put together here

welovephoneography: Quite possibly the best new iOS photo...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:34:22 +1100

welovephoneography:

Quite possibly the best new iOS photo app!?!

Frank Said What will analyze any photo you take and tell you what it sees. We’re not totally sure how it works quite yet, but we hope it’s a hamster named Frank sitting behind a computer.

It’s free for a limited time!

Frank Said What - App Describes Your Photo in (Clever) Words

via Jonathan Wegener

prostheticknowledge: Phantom Geometry Experimental 3D printing...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:45:56 +1100

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Phantom Geometry

Experimental 3D printing using special UV light responsive resin, by Liz and Kyle von Hasseln:

Phantom Geometry from Liz and Kyle von Hasseln on Vimeo.

This is ‘Phantom Geometry’, a masters thesis in architecture by Kyle von Hasseln and Liz von Hasseln, developed in the Robot House at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_Arc). It was awarded the inaugural Gehry Prize at the SCI-Arc commencement ceremony on September 9.

This work is centered on the development of a system for generating material volume from streaming information. The system uses UV light from a modified DLP projector to continuously and selectively cure photo initiated resin within a shallow vat system we developed for the project. The cured part is simultaneously and continually pulled away from the vat, allowing un-cured resin to flood in beneath it to be subsequently cured. The result is the material reification of streaming data that emerges along the motion path of the Staubli robot maneuvering the vat/projector apparatus.

This system of fabrication relies upon native real-time feed-back and feed-forward mechanisms, and is therefore interruptible and corruptible at any time. The streaming data input may be transformed or modified at any time, and such interventions impact emerging downstream geometry.

prostheticknowledge: Photogotchi Soon-to-be-released digital...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:41:38 +1000

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Photogotchi

Soon-to-be-released digital filter camera app gamifies process with 8-Bit look and a virtual pet:

Photogotchi App Trailer - for iPhone and Windows Phone from CarnationGroup on Vimeo.

Featuring a fast camera with five unique filters in the 8-bit format, users can easily turn their pictures into vintage Gameboy and arcade-style photos.
Not just a photography app, Photogotchi takes its name, and inspiration, from the 90s, after the virtual pet craze of that era. It is also the first app to combine photography and a real-time, interactive game.

“We wanted to create an app that would capture the nostalgia of the Tamagotchi era, that was a big part of growing up in the last decade. We’ve improved upon that experience by mashing up the two things that we love in the age of the smartphone: camera filters, and fun, engaging games.”

thisistheverge: Myspace previews its ground-up redesign, will...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:18:25 +1000

thisistheverge:

Myspace previews its ground-up redesign, will send out invites to the new service ‘very soon’