Wiremap
2006-09-28 09:16 | gaborThe Wiremap is an innovative projection technique that builds a real and interactive 3d image by manipulating light from a projector.
The result is a glowing 3d orb of light. The projector is fooled into transcending its own dimensional boundaries. Digital 3d escapes the monitor and interacts more closely with our own intuitive understanding of 3d.
Algorithms in Architecture
2006-09-28 08:43 | gaborWhat method, what system, does an architect use to design a building? How are programmatic needs and context – with their degrees of freedom and constraints – translated into architectural design?
Regardless of their complexity, the tasks and decisions involved can be formalized as an algorithm. As such, algorithms provide a framework for articulating and defining both input data and procedures.
In recent years, algorithms in architecture have been able to transcend their role as frameworks of formalization and abstraction.
DIY humanoid robot kit Manoi
2006-09-21 16:13 | darkeyeR/C model builder Kyosho releases DIY humanoid robot kit called Manoi. The name comes from omitting letters from the word huMANOId. The 1/5 scale robot was designed by two time RoboCup world champion Takahashi Tomotaka.
You can start to make friends now, at around $1300 each.
roll up your display
2006-09-21 16:04 | darkeyeThat 15.4" wide screen display doesn't fit in your pocket? Well, just roll it up...
iRex iLiad e-ink book reader
2006-09-20 11:38 | darkeyeThe iRex iLiad is an e-ink technology enabled book reader. The future of reading and carrying writtent content is here.
re-usable printing paper
2006-09-08 07:47 | darkeyeXerox offers the prospect of reusable paper in the sense that the content is automatically erased after a period of time, ready for fresh printing. Inspired by the fact that many print outs have a life-span of a few hours (think of the emails you may print out just to read, or the content you proof read on the train journey back home), the specially prepared paper will preserve its content for up to 16 hours.
Straw-like User Interface
2006-09-04 13:11 | gaborStraw-like User Interface (SUI) is an evolutionary interface system that allows us to virtually experience the sensations of drinking. These sensations are created based on referencing sample data of actual pressure, vibration and sound produced by drinking from an ordinary straw attached to the system.
via mtg
new Lego Mindstorms NXT review
2006-09-01 08:10 | darkeye"the NXT brick can communicate with three other Bluetooth devices at any one time. This means that if you had four Mindstorms kits, you could create a mega-robot with four brains, twelve motors, and sixteen sensors — all of it coordinated through Bluetooth. The setup also works with cell phone and PDA Bluetooth systems, meaning that you can use your phone as a remote control or an output device."
Re:orient - migrating architectures
2006-08-31 19:48 | gaborRe:orient - migrating architectures explores the local aspects of China's global significance and increasing influence. The project seeks to forecast possibilities which are now detectable only in connection with retail, but which will, in all likelihood, determine the built environment, which transforms under the pressure of ever-cheaper products. The project follows up these ideas with the presentation of spaces, architectural devices and materials that create new contents, and indicate ways of turning these constraints of the market to our benefit, show how to infuse the mass products, which are designed to have a short life-span, with lasting cultural values.
dynamic textile display material
2006-08-28 19:32 | darkeyePhilips Research intends to impress the visitors at this year’s IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) with a world-first demonstration of promotional jackets and furniture featuring its innovative Lumalive technology. Lumalive textiles make it possible to create fabrics that carry dynamic advertisements, graphics and constantly changing color surfaces.
