Interesting enough I watched this video before coming to class today (Fri). I think that the video applies well with some of the videos we watched in class. The company is Monkeylectric and although they do not claim to display their work as art (commercial use mostly) I still think that it is an interesting…

This is Princeton Laptop Orchestra which is an orchestra where students created their own computer based instruments and custom designed hemispherical speakers. The founders of the orchestra are Princeton professors Dan Trueman and Perry Cook started this project in 2005. It is a first of its size and kind. I saw the Princeton Laptop Orchestra…

This video is much simpler than most of what we’ve looked at and posted here, but it’s still pretty interesting and innovative. I know I always collected seashells from the beach when I was little [my old roommates even had a big pile of them on the windowsill still], but I never had anything to…

I couldn’t finish out the semester without one last post with critters in. While this video is not exclusively about responsive art, per se, it does contain some pretty fun innovations (and has penguins). In particular, the interactive wall adds the dimension of movement to other interactive surfaces we’ve already seen. It can be pre-programmed…

Using the Mac Book Pro’s sudden motion sensor, this guy has modified his computer to allow to play the game Pac Man. The motion sensors are converted to integers which allowed the motion to be translated into a direction to control Pac Man. I found this application very interesting as it makes tools already in…

I thought this installation was amazing, just with how accurate and intriguing the light spot was. I found it interesting that the light had no reflection and that it was a very clear shot. The best part is that it is controlled by web enabled users, constantly tracking people as they walk by.

I thought this particular project was cool. My group for the final project was going to do something similar to this. So, I thought it was cool to see different variations of what you could do with the kid toys. I also thought it was interesting with the different ways you could incorporate sound into…

this video is on Raphael Lozano-Hemmer, whom i plan on presenting on for my AD406 final. This piece is an interactive installation where the heart rates of members of the public are detected by sensors and converted into water waves in a ripple tank. A light show is created by the resulting waves and their…

There have been different experiments with people hooking electrodes up to his/her [or someone’s] face with the result of controlling some sort of twitching facial movement from a third party. Usually, it’s about as useful as it sounds. It’s sort of like a more dignified “why are you hitting yourself.” This video makes it a…

This is an instructional video demonstrating how easy it is to access live webcam feeds from any camera connected to the net. Use wisely.