Raspberry Pi Dynamic Bike Headlight Prototype and Test

Nike +NINE software development

Nike +NINE Popup store. Software Development. from Ardrian Hardjono on Vimeo.

https://forum.libcinder.org/topic/nine-nike-popup-store

LittleBits

Twine

Sound and Water Experiment

Revel

Found on http://prote.in/feed/2012/08/revel


Disney may not be the word on everyone's lips when it comes to innovation but their research lab came to our attention this week with their very exciting presentation of REVEL technology.

Reverse electrovibration (REVEL) uses electrical charge to add or enhance textures on any conductible 2D or 3D object or surface, which can then be felt the person hooked up to the equipment as long as they're sharing the same ground as the object.

In a nutshell, it works by injecting an imperceptible electrical charge into the user's body and then the friction between the object or surface and moving finger is modulated to create the sensation of texture in the fingertip. As well as adding controllable textures (which can be manipulated by changing the properties of the electrical signal), REVEL works on touchscreens and can be used to intensify the feeling of what's already there. We know that people are increasingly searching for more tangible experiences so in a way REVEL subverts this want by using the digital to augment tactile, physical sensations.

For a more detailed account of how it works and to see REVEL’s potential uses, click here.

Nike FuelStation

Found on http://www.dezeen.com/2012/03/12/nike-fuelstation-at-boxpark/



Sports brand Nike have opened an east London store where shoppers can see themselves reflected on motion-sensitive LED walls.



Named NikeFuel Station, the store is located at Boxpark, a temporary shopping centre made from shipping containers in Shoreditch, in the London borough of Hackney.



Runners visiting the store can learn which shoe styles are best suited to them using a digitized treadmill or read information about other products by interacting with touchscreens.



Diagonal wooden panels on the walls reference the architecture of the first ever Nike store in Portland, Oregon, but are adorned with LCD countdowns instead of the painted digits on the original walls.

MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone

5D

Seeing in Circles

Real Good Chair Experiment

Out of Bounds

This is Chris O’Shea’s project called Out Of Bounds. There is a childlike quality about wanting the ability to see through walls like a superhero character with x-ray vision. This memory is something the interactive installation Out of Boundsaims to capture.The work encourages visitors to bore through the walls of the museum and engage in a ‘behind the scenes’ experience with an x-ray torch. This playful interaction encourages childlike curiosity in young and old alike, and opens up a portal into the Museum's forbidden spaces.

Experimental Interfaces at SIGGRAPH

A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo led by Hiroyuki Shinoda has developed a display that lets users "touch" objects that appear to float in space in front of them.

The virtual objects appear in mid-air thanks to an LCD and a concave mirror. The sensation of touching the objects is created using an ultrasound device positioned below the LCD and mirror. The airborne ultrasound tactile device used to produce the sensation of touch was demoed at SIGGRAPH in 2008.

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Chris Harrison, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University whose human-computer interaction work we've written about previously, will demonstrate his new scratch input technology. The system turns any surface into an instant input device by sensing the unique sound produced when a fingernail is dragged across it.

Funky Forest

Funky Forest is an interactive ecosystem where children create trees with their body and then divert the water flowing from the waterfall to the trees to keep them alive. The health of the trees contributes to the overall health of the forest and the types of creatures that inhabit it. Watch the video here. Created by Theodore Watson and Emily Gobeille.

VJ Touchscreen Sorting Stations for Ford, Geneva 2007

The Ford VJ has become the centrepiece of Ford's international autoshows, haven been rolled out in Geneva, Frankfurt, Amsterdamn, Barcelona and more. The public can express their opinions and get involved in the show by sending photos, video and text messages from bluetooth devices, mobile phones and local iMac media hubs. The submissions appear on a large LED screen surrounding the Ford stand, in the middle of which lies this touchscreen. Here VJs mix the media with music in a live performance.

The design, development and build was all done by Imagination (with a little bit of help from myself!).

Waterdrop

At 100% Design this year Roca will present Waterdrop, designed by Hector Serrano Studios, this is a kinetic sculpture installation replicating the movement and beauty of water. Watch the video here.

Found on http://www.eyesponge.com/

Live Holography: Gorillaz MTV

I paid a visit to the Musion studios in London with Imagination. Their 3D technology is a brilliant modern take on 19th century smoke and mirrors trick, known as Pepper's Ghost. After a striking demonstration, I was left convinced and excited by the possibilities of 'live' human interaction with animated footage.

Best illustrated a while bakc by Gorillaz' MTV performance, where Jamie Hewlett's cartoon musicians played a live gig with Madonna, all of them on stage and interacting with each other. Nice!