The World as a Networked Interface: GENI

If you are curious, read about GENI and FIND on The World Is My Interface.

Multi-Touch Stereotronic Multi-Synth Orchestra on a Table (Fashionbuddha)

Stereotronic Multi-Synth Orchestra from fashionbuddha on Vimeo.

Here is the info from the YouTube version:
"Fashionbuddha's submission into Microsoft's Surface developer challenge. Robert Lewis did the design and I ported it over to C# from an application we developed with Zach Archer of Z Industries. This new one is not only built on the XNA framework, but it also reads TUIO data from OSC -encoded XML packets over UDP. This means it can work with either Surface or DIY tables without any configuration...I'm using DirectSound for the synthesis. Not shown in this video is the pitch control, which truly warps everything out nicely. :D"

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They didn't have this sort of thing when I took computer music technology back in 2003!


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Jeremy Perez-Cruz: One Minute Video Presentation for the AIGA Make Think Design Conference

During the opening night community session at the recent AIGA Make/Think conference, twenty AIGA chapter leaders from around the country took the stage. Jeremy Perez-Cruz,of AIGA Orlando, was one of them. This was his 60 seconds:

Make Think from Tea&Letter on Vimeo.
Quote from Jeremy's Vimeo channel:
"My one minute video presentation for the AIGA design conference's 20/20. 20 designers in 20 minutes. October 8, 2009 Memphis, TN. Shot and edited with the patient assistance of deebstudios.com Music: "Joy" by Four Tet (Make Think remix by me)."
Jeremy's design:related page
Jeremy's AIGA Profile

Towards the Sentient City Exhibit, NYC

In this post, you'll find an assortment of posts, photos, video clips, and links. The collection of exhibits started in NYC and runs until November 7th, at the Acrhitectural League of New York.

Towards the Sentient City: the Intersection of Ubicomp and Architecture, and....



(The World Is My Interface)

Out Popped Google Wave

Short Version


The Eighty Minute Version



Looks a little cluttered to me. I haven't had the opportunity to try out Google Wave.

Interactive Touch Screens Out and About: Touch Screen Party Planner for ASDA, by H Squared LTD

Found on YouTube:



The video below was produced by H Squared LTD, a creative retail design company based in the UK. It demonstrates how a single-touch application is used to help people plan their parties when they visit the ASDA store.



This company just uploaded a number of videos, which can be viewed on the H Squared LTD YouTube channel. It looks like this company has some experience with interactive television. I'm not sure if this company has ventured into multi-touch.

To learn more, I visited  the H Squared LTD website, and found that it works pretty nicely on my TouchSmart PC. You can turn the pages of Issue 1 of the magazine.  The music's fun, too, and it sounds as if someone put some thought into how it was mixed.

If you are contemplating what sort of outfit you'd like to wear to your next costume party, take a look at the styles  in the ASDA's photoshoot video.  The music? "Somebody's Watching Me".

A great beat, and you can dance to it.