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Canadian artist Joe McKay’s “Cellphone Piano” conects up each key on a standard synth keyboard to a corresponding key on a cell phone. As you play each note, you are dialing a number on the phone and each black key played speaks the number out loud. Just don’t get carried away or you might see […]
Dark Roasted Blend has a large round-up of weird, wonderful, and thoroughly unnecessary computer casemods. Some of these you’ve likely already seen in your online haunts, others not. Cool Computer Case Mods
Old hard drives CD-ROM drives can be repurposed towards a variety of interesting projects but don’t overlook one of the most vital applications – an automated method for making those really tough decisions. This is a gadget made from recycled computer parts to give an absolute, unequivocal and irrefutable answer to that eternal office question […]
Retro-tech artist Datamancer has just finished this amazing “Archbishop” Gothic PC cabinet, keyboard, and graphics tablet/pointing device (a Wacom tablet is housed inside of a tooled leather antique book). The PC was built for a Steampunk Art show in Bridgehampton, NY. The show opens next week. You can find out more about it here. “The […]
This project uses a variety of sensors, Max/MSP, Jitter, and an Arduino to create an interactive virtual environment. I like the augmented plants. When the user touches the plants they create different types of musical notes. Another favorite part is the pressure sensitive moss. There is a lot more information and pictures on the website. […]
Todd Barnes at Toughturtle has some interesting web apps for the iPhone, including the often breathtaking Nasa Image of the Day.
Incredible collection of visualization projects by Chris Harrison — I think I like the bible visualizer the most. Bible Cross-References. This set of visualizations started as a collaboration between Christoph Römhild and myself. Christoph, a Lutheran Pastor, first emailed me in October of 2007. He described a data set he was putting together that defined […]
