The Future of Wearable Computing

Interesting introductory article on the future of ‘Wearable Computing’

Image Above – Motion Aware Clothing M.A.C. unobtrusively integrates various sensors as well as computational and communication abilities in a textile. ” Currently a 1kg, A5 sized subnotebook with … Read More

Sonia Cillari – Evolving models and interactive environments

SONIA CILLARI discribes herself as a digital architect, her projects explore digital architectural models which can be viewed online in interactive 3D.

“These projects explore the application of dynamic methods to design architectural models in digital environments.

Against the … Read More

Surface Architects – Razorfish HQ

Surface Architects won a limited competition to design a radical landmark headquarters for the once monolithic but now defunct Internet design company Razorfish, with an explosion of sensory layers to provide a complex and varied environment for 500 staff.

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LightTank

This came from old class mate Chris O’Shea aka Pixelsumo. He’s blogged an experiment some of his collegues at AllofUs (Orlando Mathias and Mickey Stretton) did with a tank of water and a projector.

“By projecting simple white … Read More

SPOTS – realities:united

SPOTS, which is on show at Potsdamer Platz 10, is currently one of the world’s largest media facades. For a period of eighteen months, the eleven-storey glazed main facade of this office building will host the light and media art … Read More

Architects of Air

Chill out zones are enjoying something of a revival at the moment, along with all architectural things one vaguely associates with the 1960’s. so it comes as no surprise to find “luminarium” by the outfit collectively know as Architects of … Read More

Interactive Architecture at Plymouth University

I spent the whole of Friday at Plymouth University’s Architecture School with Kirsty Curnow‘s Unit. Jason Bruges of famed interactive architects Jason Bruges Studio and my humble self did talks on our work and then spent the afternoon doing tutorials … Read More

Vital Signs – narchitects

an interactive installation for the Libery Science Center (NJ) designed to show breaking news about science to visitors in the museum. a continuous moebius strip of LEDs & projection screens allows visitors to view streaming information from all sides … Read More

Inflatable Space Architecture

Tourists need accommodation, and Las Vegas hotelier Robert Bigelow is aiming to supply it. Adapted from TransHab, a never-used NASA design for an inflatable space station, Bigelow’s Nautilus space station module will provide 330 cubic metres of living space … Read More

Sensacell

Here’s a cool little sensor product that uses capacitive sensing technology (the measure of minute electrical changes in elecrical capacity caused by objects moving in the immediate proximity of the sensing electrodes). What that means is that large conductive … Read More

Hello.Wall – AMBIENTE

The Hello.Wall is an ambient display that emits information via light patterns and is considered informative art.

As an integral part of the physical environment, Hello.Wall constitutes a seeding element of a social architectural space conveying awareness information and atmospheric … Read More

Lacuna – HMC MediaLab

Here’s HMC Medialab‘s Lacuna Project which is up and running at the Portland Square Building in Plymouth, UK.

Lacuna is a response to the relationship between body and architecture in the cyborg era. Existing in the perceived ‘gap’ between … Read More

SAILS: Self-Assembling Intelligent Lighter-Than-Air Structures

film for discovery channel

“The Mascarillons are the first rigid aerobots developed for the [ SAILS ] project. They are flying cubic automata able to develop collective behaviors and assemblages through swarm-intelligence protocols.”

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Interesting idea for constantly … Read More

under scan – Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

I’m really looking forward to going up to Lincon to see this Publin Installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in action this Friday. The installational will be running from the 25th of November till the 4th of December 2005

UNDER SCAN … Read More

Stereoscopic Projection – merging Physical and Virtual spaces

Using image warping of a projection based on viewer perspective it is possible to extend a physical space with virtual projections that respond to your movement. Using view-dependent image-based and geometric warping, radiometric compensation, and multi-focal projection these guys … Read More

Dorkbot – London

people doing strange things with electricity

Monday 21st November, 7pm.

I’m doing a talk about my own work and interactivearchitecture.org at State51 off Brick Lane. Here are the details, if your in the area please come along.

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Festo – Fluidic Muscle MAS

Over the last few months I’ve been trying to rationalise how to go from concept to engineering on my current kinetic architecture project. Festo for me has been a good place to go looking for innovative products that are proven … Read More

MuscleBody – Kas Oosterhuis

Kas Oosterhuis runs the Hyperbody Research Group at Delft. Here’s the MuscleBody Project.

The MuscleBody project consists of a fully kinetic and interactive architecture that is a full-scale prototype of an interior space. The project is an architectural body … Read More