ZeroN – Levitated Interaction Element

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Read all about it at The Verge.

Making of TURNTABLE RIDER by COGOO

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Ultimate Battlefield 3 Simulator built by The Gadget Show – A must see for any philosophy class

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“Andy looks so at home…”

Universal Design – Chicken Point Cabin by Olson Kundig Architects

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RT @peterglaser

A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors

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imagine what good – and bad – things you can do with these.
found by @BLugger

ART+COM Anamorphic Logos – another stunning space installation

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AlphaDog Prototyp – another frightening robot by Boston Dynamics

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Remember BigDog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ&feature=relmfu)? Here’s the update…

Jane Bom-Bane and her Mechanical Hat / Brighton Mini Maker Faire / RT @peterglaser

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Discovery: A Visual Eulogy » ISO50 Blog (Scott Hansen)

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Space Shuttle Discovery 360VR of flight deck / Now that’s a serious interface / RT @DougCoupland

http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/discovery-cockpit_6236-8000r2.swf

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Building Electronics and Lasers Atom by Atom

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full story here: http://t.co/ROPnrC7 (via TC)

The mother of all Demos – Doug Engelbart 1968

http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/jw_flv_player/mediaplayer.swf

via sloan.stanford.edu

Being at TEDGlobal I was reminded about this historical introduction of the computer mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, email, hypertext, word processing, hypermedia, and a collaborative real-time editor (among other first timers).

If you’ve seen it already: it’s good to remember. If not: watch it.

Just awesome – The Making of Amon Tobin ‘ISAM’ Live / Designed by Blasthaus, VSquared Labs, Vita Motus Design, Leviathan and others

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found by Flori

Arduino The Documentary (2010) by gnd

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Meet Sifteo. The alternative game system for truly hands-on play / to be shown at CES

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3165011&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

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Such a great concept (outcome of an MIT research project) – now about to hit the market: https://www.sifteo.com/

Watch the TED talk from David Merrill http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html

watch also http://video.forbes.com/fvn/tech/ces-sifteo-cubes-gamings-new-console

Via Sally Madsen and Haiyan Zhang.

A Billboard That Advertises Nothing But Clean Air | Beautiful | RT @lyssaslounge

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c60 Redux from I Miss My Pencil / making music tangible again

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just one of the many beautiful experiments….

see Michael’s thoughts: http://michaelhendrix.blogspot.com/2010/12/music-industry-hack-yourself.html

Core 77 writes about it here: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/core77_exclusive_ideos_i_miss_my_pe…

visit the site: http://www.imissmypencil.com/

or buy the book… it’s worth it.

“Linotype: The Film” Teaser: a documentary about Ottmar Mergenthaler’s amazing Linotype typecasting machine and the people who own and love these machines today

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I witnessed when this industry (print design, type setting, litho, print) made it’s big change in the early 90s. There was a mastery in craft we still need all our efforts to catch and live up to.

I’ll definitely watch this one.

Playbutton / lovely idea how to make digital content touchable and valuable again

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Thanks Joseph (and Michelle) for sharing.

one hundred and eight / inflatable garbage bags / by Nils Völker

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2.40 x 1.80 m

fans, plastic bags, MDF, relays,

countless screws and a microcontroller

the aesthetics of disgust / disgusting switch installation : Katrin Baumgarten

via katrinbaumgarten.de

“I want to show that people are indeed both repelled and fascinated

by the disgusting transformation of the switches.”

well done. Thanks www.nextnature.net, what would I do without you?

IDEO | BBVA – a short video about the future of the ATM

https://client.ideo.com/bbva/player-licensed.swf

via http://www.futureselfservicebanking.com/

In early 2007 the Spanish bank BBVA asked IDEO Munich to re-think their self-service channel from scratch. The question was not how to further automate the teller, but rather how to humanize the machine. …

The result of that work is the vision for a totally new self-service experience: an ATM built from user up, rather than components down. …

Today, that vision is reality. It took 2 years of time and a team of committed companies to develop this ATM.

check out: http://www.futureselfservicebanking.com/

IDEO Labs » Bluetooth Classic / by Coulter Lewis

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“… Although it was produced for 30+ years and in quantities of millions, this handset is now a relic. My eight year old nephew has never seen it before. Technology has progressed and phones are now designed to facilitate ever increasing levels of functionality. As is often the case, with all that is gained, something is lost.

…

The next revision will employ an accelerometer to allow the user to answer a call by simply picking up the phone, further emulating the original experience. …”

read all about it here: http://labs.ideo.com/2010/06/29/bluetooth-classic/

IDEO: Redefining Self-Service Banking for BBVA Group

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very proud of this #work of #IDEO Munich.

Read the case study here: http://www.ideo.com/work/featured/bbva

Skinput – Appropriating the Body as an Input Surface

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by Chris Harrison (http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/skinput/)