Archive for the ‘experiments’ Category

Telectroscope from NYC to LONDON

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel has finally been completed. An extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope has been installed at both ends which miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London

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Simple…but awesome! Love it!

Brain-Computer interaction

Friday, July 18th, 2008

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“…allow machines to not only understand conscious thoughts, but also facial expressions and emotions…”

this seems like a very interesting technology. Not sure how detailed the controller is yet and if really taps into the brainwaves…or rather some muscle groups……in anycase: tapping into the brain will open up an entire different era of HCI. Time will tell I guess.

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Article on wired

3D Music Video - Radioheads “House of Cards”

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The new Musicvideo for Radioheads “House of Cards” brings some really Interesting new aspects to Video. Abstract 3D-Music Videos. Very interesting….if this could be merged into a real-time App….the applications could really be stunning….

Also the methods they used to “distort” the data..was interesting…lesson learned: dont do everything digitally….go back and do stuff in the real world… :)

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wiiFlash

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Nothing new, but something I came by again today and thought, this has to be posted.

Its about the WiiFlash project including samples. The sample seems to include SMS (Motion sensors) as well as the Infrared Sensor capabilities. Interesting stuff for HIC.

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