SteamSHIFT

Cheap acoustic sensors make surfaces interactive

New Scientist has an article on turning any surface into a touch screen using small piezoelectric sensors to sense surface vibrations -

“A series of acoustic sensors that turn any surface into a touch-sensitive computer interface have been developed by European researchers.

Two or more sensors are attached around the edges of the surface. These pinpoint the position of a finger, or another touching object, by tracking minute vibrations. This allows them to create a virtual touchpad, or keyboard, on any table or wall.” [via] - Link.

(Via MAKE Magazine.)

Tiilt!

… I don’t own a Wii. But as of today I do own a Wii Remote (and a nunchuk). And I’ve had a lot of fun using the Wiimote.framework to hack up this app:

Tiilt.mp4

This screencast shows a simple Quartz Composer composition being manipulated by the Wii remote. If there is interest I’ll put the source online. …
toxicsoftware.com

RESETDESIGN

Just Beautiful.

These have been sat in my blog drafts box for a while so I’m just reblogging them, as much as anything because they amuse me!

Sket One takes on food culture

Graffiti artist and toymaker Sket One has created five fantastic little creatures for the Subcultures show (which is on now at Channel 1 in New Haven CT until mid-August), blending his own breed of toy design with everyday household products.  [Via NotCot]

 

(Via FEED.)

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No point in saying anything but take a look at this :-

(Via Engadget.)

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What can I say; Robots made of Styrofoam; where can I get one?!

Styrofoam robots by Michael Salter.

Via notcot and ghost school.

(Via we make money not art.)

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Seen On The Streets of Taipei, Taiwan

(Via Wooster Collective / A Celebration of Street Art.)

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Beautiful

SteamSHIFT Out.

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Graffiti Research Lab brought their portable lab (AKA matte black school bus). They used conductive paint to create traces to power LEDs mounted in strategic locations. Pictured is one of their programmable controllers for cycling the LEDs.

I have known that you could buy conductive paint for a long time, but I think this is the first time I’ve see it and begun to see some possibilities for it. Perhaps in an interactive installation where the viewers are invited to create their own circuits?

Thanks to: Maker Faire (Part 2) - Engadget

Once more, Google does the business! I typed in ‘precision series e-400 sweep generator’ and within minutes I found several really useful links.

There’s a few photo’s up on my Flickr account, but here’s one for starters.

Sweep Generator Innards
Originally uploaded by steamshift.

So on to the good stuff…

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