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Interactive Graffiti on Architecture

cw — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:59:11 +0000

Interactive Architecture (video) is an illustration of the concept that digital projections can interact with the surfaces upon which they are projected.

Shadow Monsters

cw — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:33:01 +0000

Philip Worthington's Shadow Monsters

Learning Retinal Implant System

cw — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:05:55 +0000

Intelligent Medical Implants AG (IMI), has successfully implanted two patients with its camera to retina transmiter with a unique ‘learning’ capability.

via Medgadget

Cybertouching : Transmitting Tactility

cw — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:38:56 +0000

Researchers at Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University (NTU) demostrated a jacket that conducts touch heat, pressure, and vibrations on a live chicken. The system synchronizes tactile movements using a live video feed to transmit ‘cybertouches’. [article (pdf)]

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Pervasive Gaming

cw — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:02:41 +0000

The world of online gaming is creeping into reality as elaborate games like The Beast exploit the various digital networks to envelope reality with a coat of mystery, suspense, fun, fear, and even exercise. [article] (more on pervasive games at Cloudmakers)
via networked_performance

Translator Tech

cw — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:27:25 +0000

Alex Waibel‘s “translations goggles” displays virtual subtitles.
Stan Jou‘s translator captures electrical signals from facial muscles translating silent mouthing of one language to speech or writing in another.

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Implantable Miniature Telescope

cw — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:49:56 +0000

The prosthetic telescope, by VisionCare, is permanently implanted into one eye in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to reduce the ‘blind spot’, drastically improving vision (in over 200 patients in the phase 1 study).

via Medgadget | Israel21c

Virtual Augmented Plantlife

cw — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:11:21 +0000

1st Ave Machine‘s beautifully rendered augmented plant life in “Sixes Last” (music by Alias) [video]

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P.E.A.R.T. : The Robotic Drum Machine

cw — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:11:35 +0000

The P.E.A.R.T or Pneumatic and Electronic Actuated RoboT reads MIDI inputs to control a set of pneumatic cylinders for a fully automated analog drum machine. Monkey Drummer lives. [video page]

via hackaday

Remote-Controlled Humans

cw — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:32:08 +0000

NTT Communication Science Lab is showcasing a human-controlling device at SIGGRAPH 2005, appropriately titled Shaking the World: Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation as a Novel Sensation Interface. Simply put, this is “a device that controls a person’s movement by remote control.” [article] [video]

National Geographic article on remote controlled rats (2002)

via slashdot