31

Aug

Mimicry is a lamp that imitates the colour of objects. It consists of two individual and self contained objects — the lamp and the colour sensing eye. When an object is placed against the eye, the colour is captured and sent wirelessly to the lamp. 

Mimicry is a lamp that imitates the colour of objects. It consists of two individual and self contained objects — the lamp and the colour sensing eye. When an object is placed against the eye, the colour is captured and sent wirelessly to the lamp. 

25

Aug

Meridith Pingree’s art physically tracks human behavior and traffic patterns using quasi-scientific, homespun, reactive sculptures. Using sensors to pick up on people’s energy and movement throughout a space her work exists as amplifications of this subtle energy, creating unconventional, complex portraits of people and spaces.

Meridith Pingree’s art physically tracks human behavior and traffic patterns using quasi-scientific, homespun, reactive sculptures. Using sensors to pick up on people’s energy and movement throughout a space her work exists as amplifications of this subtle energy, creating unconventional, complex portraits of people and spaces.

12

Aug

This Instructable will show you how to make Air Quality Balloons that react to surrounding air quality. Inside each balloon is a tri-colored LED. This LED reacts to data from an air quality sensor, turning green, yellow or red based on low, average, and high values.

This Instructable will show you how to make Air Quality Balloons that react to surrounding air quality. Inside each balloon is a tri-colored LED. This LED reacts to data from an air quality sensor, turning green, yellow or red based on low, average, and high values.

09

Aug

The Nixie Tube Clock is a celebration of purist electronic elegance. Its distinguishing markup is the combination of massive cherry wood and shiny black anodized aluminum constituting certain gentility.

The Nixie Tube Clock is a celebration of purist electronic elegance. Its distinguishing markup is the combination of massive cherry wood and shiny black anodized aluminum constituting certain gentility.

07

Feb

Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, just now beginning. First were mainframes, each shared by lots of people. Now we are in the personal computing era, person and machine staring uneasily at each other across the desktop. Next comes ubiquitous computing, or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives.