Month: February 2010

Relief: 3D interactive maps

Relief: 3D interactive maps

Called a “scalable actuated shape display”, this project by Daniel Leithinger, Adam Kumpf, and Hiroshi Ishii of MIT’s Tangible Media Group seems especially suited for displaying terrain. Relief is an actuated tabletop display, which is able to render and animate three-dimensional shapes with a malleable surface. It allows users to experience and form digital models […]

Weekend Project: The Raygun

A steampunk style lighter in the form of a retro raygun. Thanks go to Molly Friedrich for the original article in MAKE Volume 17. To download The “Discreet Companion” Ladies’ Raygun video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete “Discreet Companion” Ladies’ Raygun article in MAKE Volume 17 and you can see […]