Inhabitat » VIDEO: Yves Behar Talks About the $100 Laptop The $100 laptop, totally underwritten and being made available for kids in developing countries.Yves Behar talks about how collaberation and creativity are key to this project.The laptop is a tool for learning, functions as a book, for music, has a microscope attachment, lets them communicate…
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interactive LED bracelets
Leah Buechley is working towards a PhD in computer science at University of Colorado at Boulder. She works on combining elements of craft and technology in her projects. The beaded LED bracelets are woven on a traditional bead loom but rely on conductive thread and flexible Lithium-ion batteries. Her most recent bracelets are designed to…
iSketch
If you have ever played Pictionary then you will get addicted to iSketch. In essence it is a digital online version of Pictionary. A full interactive game that has set rules and is very fun to play. You use your mouse to choose from different paint tools just like in a paint program and you…
Shell oil’s take on future/environment
Shell Oil, released a letter last week laying out two plans for the future of the fossil fuel buisness and for our environment. They predict that by 2100 either we will have embraced renewable and clean energy, or we will have used up all the fossil fuels on the planet and we are scrambling to…
New device for complete destruction of personal privacy
The GPS tracking key is a small device that you can mount on anyones car or person and track their location, distance traveled, how fast they drove, where they stopped, etc. for up to 2.5 meters accuracy on real time programs like Google earth. Devices like this have been used by Hollywood for years, but…
Studio Roosegaarde
I liked this group of artists because of their use of light and space. They create interactive New Media installations. Not only was the website design fairly intuitive (at least for me) but their projects are really cool. If you click on “projects”, the first project to come up is called “maastunnel” which is located…
malwarez cyber threats
A plant-like entity grows when worms, viruses, trojans and spyware are tracked and analyzed. Their frequency, grouping and density are mapped and grow a different structure. This was created to heighten awareness of cyber threats.
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Mez Breeze, an Australian-based internet artist, developed an artsy, poetic language called mezangelle. The language is composed of hybrid words combining various elements of code and informal speech. The linked page uses mezangelle in combination with what can be called its visual equivalents, edited combination images that utilize elements of the human body. The page…
Multi-Input Touch Screen
As many of us are most likely very familiar with touch screen devices, many of us may not even think twice about how you can only use 1 finger at a time. This video shows a large sized touch screen with multiple inputs. This means that you can use more than one hand at a…
Pollen sniffing robots in Japan
Yes, you read the title right. Weathernews Inc. is putting white spherical robots to work in Japan. 200 are being deployed by volunteers outside their houses and will track the pollen count in the air. The data is accumulated on their website and the goal is to track the levels of cedar and cypress pollen….
Daniel Rozen’s Mechanical Mirrors
Daniel Rozen’s Wooden Mirror’s use sophisticated camera systems, computer software, and electric motors to instantly reflect whatever is within the camera’s view. This new take on a item most of use everyday and instead of the checking for stray hairs or food in our teeth we usually use a mirror for, we can really see…
Mineral Oil Submerged Computer
Nothing is cooler than seeing a custom pc set-up, except when seeing that the pc runs while in liquid. These guys provide a how-to on creating a pc submerged in mineral oil. They chose to take on this task because the other demonstrations out there did not function as well or look as cool. Not…