Maelstrom

Physical Interfaces

Vienna-based artist Roman Kirschner has created a stunning and intriguing artwork that uses a movable magnetic apparatus and magnetite particles to enact visual forms that live on the border between solid and liquid, fixed and ephemeral. 

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Mar 05
Tree Trunk Record Player

Tree Trunk Record Player

Physical Interfaces

This piece highlights the connection between ecology and the environment by making an unusual association: a tree trunk and a vinyl record. Years uses a cross section of a tree trunk in combination with an optical sensor in the

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Feb 02

Play your world

Physical Interfaces

Venables Bell & Partners re-imagines Google maps as a classic labyrinth game. In this handcrafted, real life version of Google Maps built by VB&P and 1st Ave Machine, two players navigate

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Dec 07
Prisma 1666

Prisma 1666

Physical Interfaces

Video projectors and monitors are not the only way to display captivating visual imagery. This interactive installation uses an experiment first done in 1666 by Isaac Newton

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Nov 01
The Mixed Drink Typewriter

The Mixed Drink Typewriter

Physical Interfaces

Here’s a novel way to spice up the bar at an event. Instead of a boring old bartender, just employ the services of this handy machine.

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Oct 06
Multitouch Barcelona

Multitouch Barcelona

Physical Interfaces

Computers often appear to have minds of their own and it’s not uncommon to feel as if there’s a "little man" inside our computers responding

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Tags: Physical Interfaces, multi-touch, barcelona

Jul 01
Android Tablet Controlled Labyrinth

Labyrinth

Physical Interfaces

Google’s 5,000-lb. labyrinth game, as seen at I/O 2011, demonstrated the huge potential for new interactions with the sensors already embedded into handheld smart devices. Google’s 5,000-lb. labyrinth game, as seen at I/O 2011, demonstrated the huge potential

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May 01
Unfold Virtual Pottery

Unfold Virtual Pottery

Physical Interfaces

Creating 3D computer graphics has been a time consuming process with an extremely high learning curve. But the designers at UNFOLD studios 

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Tags: 3D, graphics, virtual

Jun 01
Souvenir Yourself

souvenir

Physical Interfaces

This innovative combination of the Kinect interface and  3-d printing technology allows visitors to create a "souvenir" of themselves. Users stand in a specific area and the Kinect maps their body in three dimensional space. 

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Tags: 3D printing, Kinect