OtherPeoplesProjects

Stuff we think is cool:

• http://www.gravitybowl.com/
• http://www.enlighted.com/
• http://www.fiendishthingy.org/tripod/
• [Neat-o projects at Silicon Chip in Australia]
• [Sky Ear] - LED illuminated balloons you can call with your mobile phone
• [Cubatron]
• http://www.sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm
• [Octofungi]
• [Cockroach-controlled robot]
• [Spray AUV]
• [Mixed-society of real and robotic cockroaches]
• [Multi-flash camera for non-photorealistic images]
• BEAM Robots - simple robotics with aesthetic appeal
  • http://www.solarbotics.net/
  • http://www.beam-online.com/navagation/_rob.htm -- example bots
• [Solar-powered plant soil water monitor]
• [Obstacle avoidance by sending video from robot to laptop (pdf)]
• [Objects of Desire] - DIY design
• [Stepper-controlled mirror head for LCD projector]
• [Messa di Voce] - realtime overlay of shadow with shapes based on speech
• [re:mark and hidden worlds] - 2 and 3-d visualization of speech
• [Nixie tube wrist watch]
• [Slightly jaded review] of the ITP Winter Show '04
• [Building turned into arcade display] by [Blinkenlights]
• http://www.brokenoff.com/perfectlovers.html
• [Cameravan] - van covered with 2000 cameras, some of which take candid pics of passerby

Artists:

• [Mike Kan] makes projects using easily available tools and materials
• http://aesthetic-machinery.com/
• http://www.n55.dk/MANUALS/Manuals.html
• http://www.raaf.org/
• http://accad.osu.edu/~rinaldo/
• http://roving.net/
• http://www.strandbeest.com/index.html - wind powered kinetic beesties
• http://www.allwaysnorth.com/IIT.html - music quite literally from trees
• http://www.philross.org/ - tronix + plants
• [Institute for Applied Autonomy] - tools for self-determination and autonomy
• http://www.jtnimoy.com/
• http://sub-zero.mit.edu/fbyte/projects/
• http://www.rednoise.org/~milena/projects.html
• http://www.arttec.net/ - inventor, engineer, and artist
• http://home.digital.udk-berlin.de/~jussi/ (check out [Spin])
• [Ben Rubin/Ear Studios] - creator of that inescapable wooden mirror
• [Bethseba Grossman] - metal and crystal art using rapid prototyping techniques
• [Edwin van der Heide] - interesting sound/mechanical installations
• [Joost Rekveld] - installations dealing with colour, spinning wheels, etc
• [Maki Ueda] - Internet controlled public LED display in '98. Hole in the earth.
• [Michel Waisvisz] - creator of the Crackle Box and synth weirdness
• [Sarah Nuytemans] - augmented reality projects
• [Joerg Obenaur] - blinky lights!
• TehchingHsieh - performance artist

Collectives and stuff:

• [Time's Up]
• http://www.tikirobot.net/wp

Workflow:

• http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work.html