Semiconductor: 20Hz. D.I.G.I.T. digital mirror display by teehan+lax labs. Nov 24, 2013 D.I.G.I.T. digital mirror display by teehan+lax labs D.I.G.I.T. digital mirror display by teehan+lax labs ‘D.I.G.I.T’, the digital mirror by toronto-based design studio teehan+lax labs is a camera feed built from 48 individual, and seven-segment panels that render graphics within the constraints of simple computing. using techniques such as ASCII and typewriter art, the panels are determined with a single arduino micro-controller and receives commands from an openFrameworks application running on a raspberry pi computer. the system flips the LED sequence on and off depending on what it perceives as the background frame (when nobody is in front of the D.I.G.I.T unit) and the current frame during intervention. hand motions are translated into real-time digital interactions, where numbers and symbols become kinetic silhouettes.
Interactive LED crystals of light by daan roosegaarde at DDW. Oct 22, 2013 interactive LED crystals of light by daan roosegaarde at DDW interactive LED ‘crystal-S’ of light by daan roosegaarde at DDWall images courtesy studio roosegaarde previously exhibited as a ‘digital campfire’ in amsterdam, studio roosegaarde presents a new variation of the ‘lego from mars’ in an interactive installation presented during dutch design week 2013 at natlab for light-S. for the exhibition, hundreds of geometric LED rocks are placed on a black mat – each wirelessly charged via a magnetic floor – brightening up when users intervene with tactile feedback.
‘crystal is the new lego from mars’, says designer daan roosegaarde. The interactive installation was presented during dutch design week 2013 at natlab for light-S ‘crystal is the new lego from mars’ each geometric LED rock is wirelessly charged via a magnetic floor, lighting up when they are touched detail of the semi-transparent components. InFORM dynamic shape display augments physical interaction. Nov 13, 2013 inFORM dynamic shape display augments physical interaction inFORM dynamic shape display augments physical realityall images courtesy tangible media group five engineers from the tangible media group at MIT’s media lab have developed ‘inFORM’, a dynamic shape display that has the capability to render three-dimensional content physically, so users can interact with tangible digital information. the system has been created to communicate with the physical world around it, such as moving objects on a table’s surface. in the future, the technology could be used to mediate interaction through geospatial data, such as maps, terrain models and architectural models. the concept facilitates the manipulation of actuating physical objects user manipulating a flashlight user interacting with a ball remote participants in video conferences can be displayed physically the user interacting with a flashlight from the otherside of the screen inFORM system details.
Touch board PCB by bare conductive transforms tactile interaction into sound. Oct 29, 2013 touch board PCB transforms tactile interaction into sound touch board PCB by bare conductive transforms tactile interaction into soundall images courtesy bare conductive london-based design studio bare conductive have developed the ‘touch board’, a tool capable of transforming everyday objects into interactive and responsive artifacts. the device uses capacitive sensing to turn any conductive material into an interface. light switches can be painted on the wall with electrically conductive paint and can also be used to create distance sensors which work from up to 20cm away. based off the arduino leonardo, it can be programmed in the arduino IDE, works with most shields and also act as an HID. the project is currently seeking funding on kickstarter. to learn more about the project, see here. the device uses capacitive sensing to turn any conductive material into an interface the hardware can be used to create distance sensors which work from up to 20cm away.
Loop pH: SOL dome responsive solar-powered LED light pavilion. Oct 04, 2013 loop pH: SOL dome responsive solar-powered LED light pavilion the SOL dome by loop pH: a responsive solar-powered lighting pavilion in michiganall images © loop pH the dome is assembled onsite from thousands of individually woven circles of composite fibers the portable structure is lit by a circular matrix of solar powered LEDs ‘SOL dome’ interacts and adapts to its environment, similar to a plant and its surrounding ecosystem rotational breathing rhythm of the light is driven by an onsite CO2 sensor the geometry and construction technique is based on chemical and molecular bonds between carbon atoms when each fibre is bent into a circle, it charges the LEDs like a battery, creating a controlled energetic structure structural detail rodrigo caula I designboom.
Exhibition: Siggi Eggertsson pulls another phenomenal idea out of the bag. If we told you that Siggi Eggertsson had done some new, spectacular work, you probably wouldn’t find it hard to believe.
But this time the boy’s really cracked it creating more of his mind-bending illustration, this time at a a scale we can scarcely comprehend. His latest show Skvís at the Spark Design Space, Reykjavik plasters every inch of floor, wall and ceiling in a pattern of his own creation. It’s not just a simple, colourful abstract though, stare for long enough and you’ll start to notice that this pattern is looking right back at you. In fact there’s hundreds of pairs of eyes ready to meet your gaze at every turn because Siggi’s made this pattern out of a multitude of little abstract faces.
It’s like finding the face of Jesus in your toast, but infinitely more unsettling. Siggi Eggertsson: Skvís poster Siggi Eggertsson: Skvís poster. Andy Martin.