Building facades are, at least to me, a dead medium. So by just braking down a standard facade and making it move and rotate, you dramatically change the presence of the building in its environment. You can create an interesting and possibly inspiring art form from an otherwise meager and dull architectural design. This gives…

LEDsWe’ve been looking into different kinds of LEDs (light bars, clusters, single LEDs). Here is all the info and links, although, from what we’ve done so far it looks like, because of both pricing and design, single LEDs are the ones that are going to work the best for our project. Also note that yellow,…

Well it’s pretty simple, for those of you that are loving the Wii remote tech. now you can use the remote for Windows. All you need is a Blue Tooth enabled PC and an Infered sensor if you want good results. Personally I think a mouse is far superior to this but I’m sure the…

(Click link for image) As if pocket protectors weren’t bad enough, this ultra-chic gadget draws attention to your Blackberry and even has a place for storing cash and credit cards. If muggers weren’t tempted to jack you for your debit card with a meager $10 balance, this device will catch their eye. Aside from being…

So I’m out all day taking pictures with Rachael Ray when I stop for some fresh air at Shinjuku Station and what should I find….the MyLord Box. The title link will take you to a video of the box, but other than that I can’t find out how long it’s been there. It seems new…

Perry Hoberman’s Cathatic User Interface (C.U.I) project descriptions reads as follows: ” • A MERE DRONE in the ever-expanding DIGITAL WORKPLACE? • FRUSTRATED by the RAPID PACE of CHANGE in a RADICALLY RESTRUCTURED WORLD? • A PATHETIC SLAVE to a soulless NUMBER-CRUNCHING MONSTER? • SHACKLED to a NEO-FASCIST data terminal? HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO:…

this is a really cool competition that the gizmodo world had to find the coolest computer cases made. the designs are very intricatly postured. i love the way that they have all got their own little theme. and the designs are just increadiable. the picture i have posted is my favorite of the contest.

So in CeBit today Chinese phone company Huawei unveil 3 concept phones for the market. I find these designs to be interesting because it combines portability with compatibility. Particularly the USB phone which as the name suggest a phone with the USB cord on the phone. Judging from the pictures it conforms pretty well with…

It is placed in a room and is triggered when someone walks up to it. First a light turns on and then the washing machine tub rocks back and forth. There are ping-pong balls with printed words on them that each person picks to put on the wall. This piece lets the viewer have a…

So you thought you were kind of understanding all that electrical stuff and the BASIC Stamp seemed pretty coo, hunh? Well, this weekend is your (and my) opportunity to be humbled by your juniors. At the Pavillion is the regional championship for the high school robot competition. Saturday at noon the grand finale/ championship/ geek…

Amy Youngs has engineered a cactus to glow in response to human interaction. I don’t quit know if this was done genetically but I would think that there is a non-organic mechanism involved here somewhere. Regardless of how it was done it was done to promote the idea of developing new types of plants that…

The Jansen went from painting to making a flying saucer (that really flew and caught some attention) to making wind powered mechanisms. These objects are beautiful displays of mechanics and motion. Often far taller than a human being they gracefully walk along the beach as the wind is caught in sails results in the bending…