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Protagonist-Antagonist consists of earthenware collection copied through the process of 3D-scanning and 3D-printing. These clones, the antagonists, were placed in front of the archaeological objects. Visitors could take these objects in their hands and with their fingers follow the traces drawn half a millennium ago while looking through the glass of the vitrine at the real untouchable object. The 3D-printed clones thus mediate the archaeological objects through tactile feedback.

Drops is a non intrusive ambient display of your closest and most important friends and colleagues. Using physical tokens representing your contacts you can easily organise and select the most fitting group for the current setting to interact with. The tokens are designed as precious personalised items and are meant to be given to your closest friends to symbolise and enhance your relationship

The Tactile Cellphone makes use of a system of digital texture to let the blind access a multitude of features offered by modern multi-touch mobile handsets.

In modular re.strukt identical three-dimensional forms have been designed to physically interlock with each other in order to build a repetitive surface. Visitors are encouraged to interact and create new structures.

Vinyl+ tries to expand timecode vinyl, usually used for digital djing, with visual and interactive elements. This is accomplished by sending the turntables rotational speed and needle position to a Processing sketch. This sketch then generates corresponding visual output on the surface of the vinyl itself. Various scenarios for this kind of setup have been developed. The goal is to merge them into one beautiful strange interactive record.

Devices for mindless communication speculates satirically about possible roles of technology in face to face conversation. Modern human behaviour is largely driven by time efficiency and a clear tendency to minimise the cognitive impact of all actions which are not pleasurable ends on themselves.

Frontline Gloves for firefighters are networked gloves that allow two firefighters to use hand gestures to communicate with each other. They enable firemen to quickly scope a zero-visibility space by means of direct visual feedback about obstacles and clearances. The gloves allow them to send instructions to the teammate by means of simple hand gestures. This reduces the need for spoken communication, saving the firemen precious air that would be used up in talking, and overcomes challenges of radio such as cross-talk.

MoveSound was designed as a software system that can be easily attached to human interface devices. Its usage scenarios are spatial control of unobtrusive ambient soundscapes, and dynamic spatial control of sound sources for artistic contexts.

With HardSketcher, when a new email message arrives, water is released into one of three tubes representing your work, family and friends. By controlling the valve on each tube, you can control how much communication you receive from each group. For example, you could completely shut off work after 5pm