i shot this video of dan stiehl presenting his ‘huggable’ robotic companion teddy bear at the aarp conference in boston two weeks ago. this project is another attempt at making companion robots that elicit positive emotional response, what makes this one unique is its execution. the bear looks and sounds like a real creature, even […]
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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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underdog tech
tad hirsh of the medialab’s smart cities group is a remarkable techno-artist whose work subverts the oppressive nature of computer technology to defend people in need. a quick survey of his work: we know that cell phones can be used to spy on us, so it follows that they can also be used to spy […]
toddler tangibles
for only $30 fisher price sells the easy link internet launch pad, a tangible gateway to the internet that replaces the keyboard with a physical token-based, limited gaming interface to specialized webpages on their home site. for decades now tangible interaction through physical tokens has been proposed as a way to, among other things, make […]
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perv tracker
ever since jessica’s law (the lunsford act) states are required to track sex offenders once they’re released from prison. pro-tech makes the tracking device that is used in florida, shown above. the unit consists of an ankle bracelet with tamper sensing (patent 5,959,533 ” Tamper detection for body worn transmitter “) and a GPS tracking […]
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apartment hunting
hbo’s voyeur is an on-line interactive that lets you spy on an apartment building, unit by unit, as strange things seem to happen involving the residents. it’s beautifully filmed, short and intriguing – probably because it seamlessly combines entertainment with the thrill of on-line research. as you try to piece together the events in a […]
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yellow spies
many color laser printers leave an invisible tracking code printed in yellow dots that encodes your printer’s serial number and the time of printing down to the minute! fortunately mako hill at the medialab’s computing culture group has started an action to protest this invisible surveillance. but now that EFF has provided an interface to […]
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hoverspy
honeywell’s micro air vehicle can hover in place, fly at 50 knots and be carried around in a backpack. finally, ‘hovering’ technology has arrived – albeit in purely evil form. via did
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