The “Reflect” table is an LED board embedded inside a table that monitors the sound levels of people’s conversations with an array of microphones around the exterior. The multi-color LEDs show the sound levels of the chatter of those speaking so that they can get a visual picture of who is dominating the conversation. The […]
Cool Hunting did a video interview with Sabine Seymour and the rest of the folks at the Eyebeam show for the release of Sabine’s new book, Fashionable Technology .
Peter Blasser is President and Designer of the electronic instrument producing entity known as Ciat-Lonbarde. The device plans on their site display a refreshing ability for incorporating chance and forcing experimentation – evidenced by instructions from the Paper Circuits collection (which almost simultaneously do and don’t make sense). […] resistors with an X can be […]
Dutch artist Henk Hofstra’s “Art Eggcident” must be hard to miss if you frequent the Zaailand square in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (or fly over it). Apparently these 100 foot wide pieces of art will remain in place for six months. Wow … wonder what they did with the shells. – Henk Hofstra’s “Art-Eggcident” in Leeuwarden
We’ve posted lots in the past about NYC Metrocard art projects, but this one might just take the cake. This bicycle is completely covered with hundreds of the cards, perhaps to make a statement about human powered vehicles vs. taking mass transit and the environmental impact you will have (not to mention the cash you […]
Lost the remote? Use your face… frowning skips commercials I guess… A researcher has discovered a way to use facial expressions to speed and slow video playback. By using a combination of facial expression recognition software and automated tutoring technology Jacob Whitehill, a computer science Ph.D. student from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, […]
From June 26th to October 13th, NYC will be hosting a public art installation designed by artist Olafur Eliasson. The project consists of four man-made waterfalls stationed in New York Harbor ranging from 90 to 120 feet tall. From the press release – Public Art Fund, working in partnership with Tishman Construction Corporation, engaged a […]
