Pioneer has developed a “floating interface” which allows users to manipulate 3D graphics. Using a 3D lens, the […]
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Fila Adatto, developed by Firstborn, is a shoe scanner and cobbler station that enables customers to scan their […]
Contact Coard is an accessory for landline phones to help users manage their contacts. The board comes with […]
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For drivers who who have problems parking, Nissan has prototyped an egg-shaped car whose body pivots 360 degrees […]
Atelier Van Lieshout proposes collectively organized forms of working and living that circumvent conventional categories. The most radical […]
The Spectrascope, by Susan Collins, collects an image via a camera at the rate of one pixel a […]
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Airbrush art on fairground equipment and other exquisite (!!) paraphernalia. Via wtbw.
This summer i couldn’t find many interesting “media art” stories to blog, so i wrote lighter posts about […]
An eco-friendly Japanese project that can extend the lives of aging buildings won the Bronze Award in the […]
Couldn’t find much information about this story, so i can’t garantee the authenticity (though 3yen is a very […]
Physical SimVillage is a study about applying Tangible User Interface and 3D game to help establish mutual understanding […]
The Environment Agency, in the UK, was noted for encouraging its staff to wear thermal underwear in order […]
Haptic sports garments, which use tactile signals to prompt the wearer to optimise their technique or to use […]
Josh Nimoy has developed Icons == Function for a commission by HCI-Fun and the F.A.C.T center. These seven […]
a.Shooter – Sonic Invaders, by Austrian collective a.Game (Michael Aschauer, Josef Deinhofer, Thomas Felder and Rainer Mandl) is […]
London dwellers will be able to summon driverless buses to their front doors and be taken direct to […]
Joseph Jacobson and his team at MIT have developed miniature robots that can self-assemble using parts that float […]
Toyota will launch in Japan next week a wristwatch containing a noncontact smart key that can be used […]
With Hidden Numbers, by Meghan Trainor, uses embedded RFID tags to trigger an audio database and illustrate a […]
All you ever wanted to know about them. Includes a delightful photo album, x-rays, etc. This one’s cheating, […]
A tribute to awful food. (yes, this is a cake!) Goes hand in hand with Finnish Recipe Cards […]
The Rock the Future exhibition is currently showing some very tempting Japanese digital art. In one room, painted […]
Researchers at the University of Munich and Saarland University have developed a rather ludicrous interactive beer mat for […]
For all the people who have asked me recently the irritating: “do you think blogging is the next […]
ANTIPODE/2 interweaves photography and cartographic process to reconstruct in virtual space the landscape of two cities (Schwabisch Hall, […]
A new product, called “Kokoro-gatari” (Mind-talk), has been developed by Hitachi, Excel of Mechatronix, and Japan ALS Association […]
Sound-suit is a wearable synthesizer controller. Sensors are strapped onto your elbows, wrists, and fingers. They translate your […]
“Once bound by cereal boxes, held in the pages of a magazine, wrapped up in envelopes sent through […]
Many ‘Media spaces’ have taken the form of always-on video conferences between selected remote locations. However, users may […]
Another one seen at 100%design. To raise awareness of energy efficiency, designer Tom Goodfellow has created the Wax […]
The Gun Control Alliance is committed to enhancing public safety by reducing the number of guns in South […]
Faced with a growing number of medical students and few training hospitals, Mexico City’s UNAM University opened on […]
Yomango (“I steal” in Spanish slang) promotes shoplifting as a form of civil disobedience and survival technique. The […]
A mini robot that can scan 50 metres deep into the earth, called “Arturito”, is said to have […]
Internet users are going to great length to avoid spam. SP4M. D0 Y OU SWA1LOW? attempts to turn […]
ARENAE , by Marco Cadioli, is a photo-reportage from the Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games Quake III, […]
A riderless motorcycle has been developed by graduate students from the University of California at Berkeley. The Ghostrider […]
The city of Trondheim (Norway) is building a school to house more than a thousand laptop wielding students. […]
100%design London was not as innovative and exceptional as I had hoped. However, i had some very good […]
Bogglevision is a live 3D illusions that allow virtual objects to float in space and interact live with […]