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Kinetic Sculpture, Water Sculpture


March 31st, 2009  |  Friends  |  Categories: Art, Inspiration, Installation, Technology  |  Tags: , , , , ,  | 

Another installation-related piece, this kinetic sculpture from the BMW museum uses computer-programmed metal balls on strings to create 3D visuals. 

In some ways it reminds me of this water fountain sculpture from Japan — they’re both unusual ways to show 2D and 3D images in a 3D space.


Interactive art with wooden mirrors


March 31st, 2009  |  Friends  |  Categories: Art, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Inspiration, Installation, Sculpture, Technology, Video  |  Tags: , , , , ,  | 

A set of moveable wooden pieces is linked with computer to a video camera that analyzes its image using pixellated grayscale.  

The angle of the  wooden pieces determines how much light is reflected, and therefore conveys an image to the viewer.


Twitter Links


March 30th, 2009  |  Friends  |  Categories: Events, Inspiration, Social  |  Tags:  | 

From Biz Stone of Twitter’s visit to GSP:

Twitter Search
http://search.twitter.com
Biz Stone
http://twitter.com/biz
Trent Reznor
http://twitter.com/trent_reznor
Britney Spears
http://twitter.com/britneyspears
Al Gore
http://twitter.com/algore
Hash
http://twitter.com/hashembajwa
Haas
http://twitter.com/nosalad
Comcast
http://twitter.com/comcastcares
JetBlue
http://twitter.com/JetBlue
someecards
http://twitter.com/someecards
Zappos
http://twitter.com/zappos
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Touch Screen Art Installation about Dating


March 30th, 2009  |  admin  |  Categories: Art, Data Visualization, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), Inspiration, Installation, Social  |  Tags: , , ,  | 

You’ve probably heard of Jonathan Harris, he’s the brilliance behind such websites as http://www.wefeelfine.org/ and http://universe.daylife.com/

Anyway- below is a cool clip of his one of his latest works, an installation with a 56” vertical high-res touch screen. It’s a year old, but I am surprised that I haven’t seen this yet! Imagine something like this as facebook app that pools all your friends and certain info about them in a conceptual way…

“I Want You To Want Me explores the search for love and self in the world of online dating.

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Google Android


March 18th, 2009  |  Friends  |  Categories: Events, Inspiration, Mobile, Technology  |  Tags: ,  | 

After the Google Android people stopped by GSP:

Here’s the Code site Michael mentioned with the Software Development Kit and some Videos… 
http://code.google.com/android/
Here’s the winning Apps in their $10 million dollar App Challenge…
http://code.google.com/android/adc_gallery/
Here’s the primary Android software site… 
http://www.android.com/
And if you’d like to contact them further…
Michael Slinger
Google Mobile
slinger@google.com
Rob Middleton
Agency Relations
rmiddleton@google.com
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