digital scurrying

by monome:

a reconfigurable grid of backlit keypads which connects to a computer. interaction between the keys and lights is determined by the application running on the computer. there is no hard-wired functionality.

applications: live sample cutters, math simulations, drum machines, generative controllers, tonal maps, games, visualizations. browse here. we make available all sources to encourage community contribution and enthusiasm. we share and thrive.

Flight Fluctuations

A simulation of global air traffic, put together by ppl at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. The map uses data from Flightstats.com, and overlays their position on a Miller cylindrical projection.

What is a switch?

More from tellart (the jingle bells video):
The “What is a switch?” project is meant to demystify electronics for design students and artists - expanding their conception of what it means to design with embedded electronics. A switch, after all, is just a connection made or broken between power and ground.


What Is a Switch? - Designing Interactions Studio, RISD from Tellart on Vimeo.


What Is a Switch - Internet of Things Studio, RISD ID 2007 from Tellart on Vimeo.

happy holidays from your webcam

tellart put together this cool "instrument." using the FLARToolkit and Papervision3D, they got your webcam to recognize pictures and play a note and created some cute little falling snowflakes to boot.


Tellart 2008 Holiday Card from Tellart on Vimeo.

on a side note, nahm family christmas 2008 was all about skyping our relatives via the new big tv my parents bought. my aunts, uncles, and cousins were bigger-than-life-size.

$5

fivedollarcomparison.org is a blog where ppl post what they can buy for five dollars all around the world. (found via jan chipchase's twitter :) )

$5-donkey ride in ecuador

$5-chicken in Uganda

$5-partial bale of alfalfa hay

$5-2 hr bike parking in montreal

$5- taxi in peru

$5-musical instrument in thailand

The Unfinished Swan

If paintball were cool, it would be in a totally white maze world with no dimensions until you splattered paint everywhere. The Unfinishd Swan is a video game currently in production.


The Unfinished Swan - Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.

stairporn.org

a blog on stairs. i don't think i even knew i had a staircase fetish until i saw this.