This robotic installation entitled “Combiner / Disconnector” is a narrative game that explores the phenomenon of the “Combine Demolition Derby”, a contest where owners of large agricultural vehicles smash them into each other while inside a dirt-track grandstand. Not sure if I would want to witness or take part in such a thing, but the […]
Scott Beale of Laughing Squid writes: Our friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories presented me with an awesome surprise gift this year at Maker Faire, a prototype of a Laughing Squid logo turned into an circuit board. As far as I know, this is the first time that anyone has taken our circuit board inspired […]
The Spring ITP Show was one of my favorite exhibitions to explore. It’s amazing to have all this new talent, and technologies, displayed in one place. If you are in NYC, you have one last chance to come and check it out. The final day for the exhibition is May 13th. Check out my Flickr […]
Solar + synthesizer = two great tastes in one! – A wearable, portable square-wave synthesizer designed to be worn around the wrist so that he or she can be musically expressive whenever the moment strikes them. Rows of buttons run along the underside of the wearer’s wrist for triggering of musical tones and a light […]
An interesting piece from ITP’s spring show, the Crudbox records button presses as a sequence controlling onboard 5v ports – There are 4 speaker terminals on the box, into each of which you can plug any object that can run on 5 volts. In the video I’ve plugged in LEDs because it makes the interaction […]
Here’s a 5 minute movie of sights and sounds from ITP’s spring show… Projects include: Luggage that plays music, wheelchair that paints, a bot that judges your circles, a projected pinball game, pulling music, motorized dish parts, pneumatic pants, body controlled video, speaker symphony, simon stabs, moving blocks, draw bot, marble magnet madness, water music, […]
Here’s my giant set of photos from the ITP Spring Show 2008 @ NYU, a two-day festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists. If you’re in the NYC area you can still check it out Tuesday, May 13 from 5 to 9pm at ITP. Over the next day+ we will be […]
