10 points for coolness, another 10 for execution and 10 more for the idea.
Tempt1 is a graffiti artist from Los Angeles. He is suffering from ALS, which has destroyed all his muscles, except for the ones in his eyes. Recently formed Not Impossible Foundation decided to make Tempt1 a graffiti artist again. By using latest open-source eye-tracking technologies, Tempt1 draws the graffiti with his eyes and a computer downtown projects it on a wall in real time.
This is a free and open-source project, so “Stay tuned for related free software, source code and DIY hardware guide.”
The guys behind Not Impossible Foundation is the über-cool motion graphic design agency Ebeling Group.
Hardware sketches are the tools or building blocks of technology design. They allow the designer to explore experiences mediated by products or staged in spaces without requiring engineering support during creative phases.
Since the IxD first-year students here are about to start their graphic design course, I thought it’d be a neat idea to post this article by the Hoefler & Frere-Jones type foundry concerning the approach of their in-house graphic designer to working with / setting type.
Most graphic designers choose the fonts that best fit their projects. Brian Hennings does the opposite: he chooses the projects that best fit the fonts. A resident designer at H&FJ, Brian shares with me the responsibility of creating all of the sample art you’ll find on this site. His is a strange universe of the fictitious: signage programs for mythical cities, book jackets for unwritten novels, product literature for items you cannot buy, broadcast graphics for live sporting events that you can’t quite identify.
18’x4′ 6000 (well, almost, it is 3×1920 projectors) pixel multi-user, multi-touch display. This is the Rock Wall at the Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas, possibly the most technologically advanced restaurant in the world. This display wall can accommodate up to 6 users at once or can just be used by one, to browse the entire inventory of Hard Rock photo and video memorabilia in real time, and at full resolution.Â
Most of the imagery is around 4K, but some goes up to 6K, so the whole display becomes one image, allowing for extremely fast and “deep” zooming capabilities.Â
As multiple users join the experience, they are dynamically given a “workspace” in which they can share in the experience.
The audio system was provided by TechnoMedia Solutions, and allows for truly localized audio for each user to watch videos or hear music, while not interfering with other users.
We pull the content from the Hard Rock website, and use a central CMS, so that it is always accurate and up to date. We worked with Vertigo to integrate this piece.
Maemo is the opensource system that the new Nokia N900 will be running. I hope it works as good as it looks. Completely different philosophy if we compare it to Apple. Everything open: hack and use the device, do whatever you want.
Well, it seems the guys at Adobe have discovered Multitouch and will add some features to make it easier to implement in Flash projects.
It’s good they thought about it but I still think they don’t have a very clear idea of what do they want to do. It feels like they just discovered multitouch. They also say that Windows 7 has multitouch support, didn’t know about it either, but might be interesting to see what is capable of too.
“PUSH N900 is a unique project from Nokia. And we’re looking for help from the world’s most skilled designers, artists, hackers and modders. We’re asking you to team up, share thoughts and submit your ideas.
We want you to hack the N900. A panel of expert judges will then pick the most impressive and innovative ideas. We’ll support you to make them real. Then we’ll take the final creations on a world tour.”
Here’s one example: Rolodex working together with the N900.
“We will be funding winning hacks with an average of $1500 to cover the bulk of any additional equipment required to make them work – though if projects require more or less funding just let us know and we’ll consider it (we don’t want anything to get in the way of your thinking).
In addition to the funding, we’ll be giving all the winners N900 devices (more than one if we think it’s required) and our ongoing support wherever we can help out.
Remember too that the winning hacks will be featured on a number of Nokia blogs, undoubtedly be seen and admired by Nokia fans across the globe and also be featured as part of a series of installations in Nokia Flagship Stores. That’s money-can’t-buy stuff.”
