Very Busy – Work in Progress

November 30, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 Comments

I haven’t been posting much in the last 3 weeks because of my current project. There’s a long way to go but I thought I’d put a little image of the 2nd prototype online and some images of it … Read More

Hydraulic Urinals

November 20, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 10 Comments

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In an effort to handle its nighttime public urination problem, cities are considering installing urinals that disappear below street level during the day. Unlike the automated, self-cleaning toilets planned for Toronto and Vancouver, which … Read More

SandScape

November 16, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn

SandScape is a tangible interface for designing and understanding landscapes through a variety of computational simulations using sand. Users view these simulations as they are projected on the surface of a sand model that represents the terrain. The users … Read More

Wireless Power

November 15, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn

Only a couple of posts ago I showed the novel uses of Electroluminescence in electrical cabling to create awareness of power use but perhaps soon the transfer of energy will become entirely invisible. US researchers have outlined a relatively simple … Read More

Kinetic Art and Architecture part 1

November 13, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 5 Comments

I’m going to spend a couple of weeks looking at ideas around movement, in art and architecture, If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear from you. I’m going to start with some images from early works and lead … Read More

Power Aware Cord

November 8, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | One Comment

The ‘Power Aware Cord‘ transports electrical power while simultaneously visualizing energy usage. Electricial transfer is represented through glowing pulses, flow, and intensity of light.

The Power Aware Cord was … Read More

Déplacements

November 7, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn

Déplacements consists of 24 computer case fans forming a rectangle. Each fan is a “pixel”, its number of revolutions and the intensity of the light of its LED change according to the level of gray corresponding to the pixel of … Read More

Sensorama

November 3, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn

While I was looking through maoworks website I noticed they’re working on a project called Sensorama with engineers ARUP, Imperial College, British Telecom and my old art school Central Saint Martins. Unfortunately no information is revealed but it reminded me … Read More

The Light Bead Curtain – Ami Wolf and Jin-Yo Mok

November 1, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 Comments

The Light Bead Curtain is an interactive musical installation that can be freely played by person’s touch. The installation takes the familiar form of a beaded curtain that consists of strings of simple clear beads. Each bead, on a … Read More