Monthly Archives: February 2004
caffeine online
Thanks to Yosef Birnboim for the link.See also the Trojan Room Coffee Machine, which was the first web cam…. The coff-e-mail project at Texas A&M follows in the spirit of the Trojan Room Coffee Machine.Thanks to Anees Assali for the link. Continue reading
Musical Hamsters
A MIDI sequencing project using hamsters. Continue reading
E-Tech Notes 2004
He and his company are doing a “Wireless Roadshow to teach local technology NGOs how wireless technologies can be used to bring Internet and intranet connectivity to those parts of the world not included in the plans of the commercial telecommunications companies.”He also showed a nifty and very small wireless mesh router, a cube about 3 inches on a side…. Lili covered the history of the social computing group really well, and gave great context and setup for Wallop, an environment they’re working on which maps and organizes relationships between you and the people you care about, through emails, photos, shared work, and other documents.Rael Dornfest’s Mobile Hacks session was mighty geeky, and a lot of fun.
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Affective computing and physiological sensors
Rosalind Picard’s affective computing research group at MIT is a good place to go if you’re interested in any kind of physiological sensing. They’re also doing some interesting thinking about how physical state reflects human affect.
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Alzado.net
Alzado.netcontrol of spotlights in a public square, operated over the net. Continue reading
Blinkenlights
Chaos Computer Club of Berlin turned a building into a display surface for Blinkenlights. Viewers can control the display via SMS and the web. Continue reading
Arthur Ganson
Arthur Ganson has done a number of kinetic sculptures which may change the way you think about animated bodies. Continue reading
Amorphic Robot Works
Amorphic Robot Works makes large-scale robotic expression by Chico MacMurtrie & co. Chico does some great kinetic sculpture and performance work. Continue reading
Alzado.net
Control of spotlights in a public square, operated over the net. Continue reading
Flo Control
Flo Control is a device to train a cat not to bring dead mice in the house, using computer vision technology by Quantum Picture. Continue reading