physical computing v1

Daniel Palacios Jiminez-Waves

2006. Motors rotate an elastic line to create complex sonic and visual motion of wave oscillations in response to viewers

Matt Heckert - Centripetal Sound Machines

2004. Rotary mechanical strikers sound specially designed resonators.

Shawn Decker. Scratch Series

2002. Sound installation with kinetic scratching devices explores the rhythms of scratching.

Daniel Rozin-Wood Mirror

Computer controlled installation recreates digitized video images of the viewer by mechanically manipulating a raster array of wooden blocks.

Edwin van der Heide. Sound Modulated Light

2003-5. Installation embeds sound in the alternating current that powers a light bulb such that the imperceptible light vibrations can reconstruct the sound.

Collaboration between London Fieldworks (Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson) and composer Dugal McKinnon. Gastarbyter

1998-2002. An enveloping chair that links audible and inaudible sound, physical vibration and neon light.

Paul DeMarinis-Firebirds

2005. Gas flames modulated by electrical signals serve as loudspeakers for speeches given by historical leaders.

Taro Suzuki and Seiichiro Matsumura. Liquid Sculpture

2002. Audience position controls the generation of bubbles and synchronized sound.

Usman Haque-Open Burble

2006. Audience builds air-borne structures out of modular inflatable balloon components that include sensors and microcontrollers to co-ordinate changes of colors in response to realtime movements in the handlebar below (also produced by the audience)

Artificiel group (Alexandre Burton, Jimmy Lakatos, Julien Roy) - Condemned_bulbes

2003. Sound and light installation choreographed changing levels in array of 1000w incandescent bulbs.

Ashok Sukumaran-Park View Hotel

2007. A special scope looking at rooms of a hotel from the street activates interior lights, which then propagate across the facade and down into street lights where the viewer is located.

Paul Klotz-3D-Messenger

2006. Installation transmits messages via 3D letters formed in grids of LEDs.

organic

Andy Gracie (hostprods). Fish, plant, rock

2004. A symbiotic environment in which robot, fish and plants interact. The robot cares for plants in the hydroponic system based on electrical discharges from virtually blind elephant fish.

Jennifer Hall and Blyth Hazen. Instrument for Mediated Terrain

2001. Viewer motions affect robotic probes of moss.

mixed

Onomy Labs-Twisty Table

2007. Users can intuitively navigate satellite maps and other spatialized data. Physically tilting the tabletop pans the image in any direction, while twisting the tabletop zooms the image in and out.

Mika Miyabara and Tatsuo Sugimoto. MovieCards

2005. System allows physical manipulation of technology-enabled cards to create sequences in digital movies.

Music Technology Group's (Sergi Jordà et al) Reactable

2004. Multiple users perform on a tabletop musical instrument by manipulating physical objects on the table's surface.

Yuki Hashimoto and Minoru Kojima et al. Straw-like User Interface (SUI)

2005. Device that manipulates the pressure, vibrations and sounds to duplicate the experience of sipping liquid.

Yoshinobu Nakano and Team Shadow. INVISIBLE -The Shadow Chaser

2006. Participants track invisible goblins via footprint shadows and such them into special vacuum cleaner that indicates captures via shifting weights and vibration in the machines tank.

Times Up-Gravitron

2005. Force feedback interfaces let people explore a simulated universe. The difficulty of manipulating the control rods is correlated with the virtual gravitational forces.

Aoki Takafumi et al. Kobito: Virtual Brownies.

2005. Mixed reality world in which small virtual digital creatures can affect and be affected by actions in the physical world.

Haruki Nishijima-Remain In Light

2001. Electromagnetic waves can be captured with butterfly nets (embedded with special receivers). In the installations each frequency range of captured sounds is represented by splashes of different colored light.

opensource

Kelly Heaton-Live Pelt, Portrait of the Fashionista.

2003. A responsive robotic garment built out of scavenged parts from Tickle-me-Elmo with computer controlled motion and sounds.

Natalie Jeremijenko-Feral Robot Dogs

2006. Hacked toy dogs sniff out environmental problems by being retrofitted with pollution detectors.

David Moises-Flying Carpet

Floating vehicle powered by leaf blower.

Arduino

2005. Arduino is an inexpensive open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

robotics

Douglas Irving Repetto. Giant Painting Machine (detail)

2006. Robots make wall sized paintings on transparent mylar.

I-Wei Huang-Steam Walker

2006. Steam powered robot moves with insect-like motion.

Nicholas Stedman-Blanket Project

2001-ongoing. Robotic blanket that moves through a space finding people and then uses its array of tactile sensors to gently envelop them.

Raffaello D'Andrea, Max Dean, and Matt Donavan. The Table

2001. Autonomous robotic table establishes relationships with particular viewers.

Louis-Philippe Demers and Garry Stewart. Devolution

2006.Robotic dance work emphasizing biological processes.

Michiel van Overbeek- Nazarenos

2006. Four robots carry a Paso (shrine) through a crowd.

Chico MacMurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works. The Drumming and Drawing Subhuman

2000. Robotic sculpture performs on the drums.

Bill Vorn-Hysterical Machine

2006. Semi-autonomous robots use sophisticated sensors and pneumatic motor control to generate emergent behaviors reacting to visitors.

Stelarc-Exoskeleton

2003. Performance using exoskeleton which amplifies the power of human muscles.

Stanford Robot Racing Team. Stanley

2006. Stanford team won the prize offered for first research team to develop a robot vehicle that could drive itself across 142 miles of desert in the Defense Department Advanced Research Project Administration (DARPA) Grand Challenge.

Gil Weinberg and Scott Driscoll-Haile

2004. Robot percussionist uses sophisticated algorithms to make sense of nearby human musicians and then drums in a way that responds to their music.

Ken Rinaldo and Matt Howard. Autotelematic Spider Bots

2006. Community of robots integrate autonomous behaviors from ants and spiders, interact with visitors via infrared eyes, tell each other about food, and manage their own energy metabolism.