i was at the AARP conference in boston last week – i’m not sure why – and i came across this radical experiment in inflatable architecture: the super colon. i have to say it was effective – i couldn’t even go in. i’ll have to trust doctors to do that for me.
Category Archives: soft/glowing
public display of affection
i taped barabara layne’s ‘jacket antics‘ at the siggraph 2007 unravel fashion show – a set of jackets woven with LED marquees on their backs. the displays are an extension of the woven fabric, with the added ability to connect two people holding hands into a single display. from the catalog: Jacket Antics feature unique […]
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graspable interfaces
jenny chowdhury presented her notorious ‘intimate controllers’ at the siggraph 2007 unravel fashion show. even though the piece is seems meant to help transgress shyness in a twister-like way, she clearly feels that it should only be used ‘by couples already in an intimate relationship.’ from the exhibition catalogue: Intimate Controllers is a platform where […]
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the emperor’s new logo-T
i taped connor presenting his kameraflage at the siggraph 2007 unravel fashion show. from the catalogue description: kameraflageâ„¢ is display technology that is invisible to the naked eye, yet is visible when imaged with a digital camera. By integrating kameraflageâ„¢ into garments, a new level of expression is enabled for people who are limited by […]
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robo-fabric
the shape memory alloy nitinol has the ability to spring back to its original forged shape when heated, allowing soft actuation without motors. italian fashion designers grado zero made a shirt that rolled up its own sleeves when the wire (and the wearer) overheat (above). later joanna berzowska and marcelo coelho made kukkia and vilkas, […]
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hyperspaces
another theme of this blog appears to be the ways that physical spaces can take on hyper-functionality like software. one example is architecture vs. virtual environments: how can real spaces create connections with physically distant realms? jennifer allora and guillermo calzadilla propose one solution in their work ‘traffic,’ a bare room with a drop ceiling […]
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roll-your-own display
connor and i saw this eink display at siggraph earlier this month – it’s not the first flexible display, but it’s amazingly thin and supple. the combination of flexibility and a reflective screen make it an ideal candidate for wearable technology where it could be sewn on fabric, as well as for a generation of […]
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wizard of oz
where i work, at the medialab, we all know this one trick: whereas interactive technology demos break, movies of interactive demos are always reliable. we call this the ‘wizard of oz’ demo, where all of the ‘interaction’ is actually cued by the filmmaker(who usually is also the researcher). chriswoebken took this to an extreme with […]
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