Lights is an installation / performance that consists of four light bulbs that each start a sound loop when they are turned on. The lights flash in sync with the loop they are playing. Lights was premiered at the Interactive Institute 10 year anniversary as an performance. Lights is currently only able to run in performance mode, but we plan to add a... Read more
Visual Voltage is a exhibition about energy from an art and design perspective. It's produced by Svenska Institutet and The Interactive Institute. We helped out with two of the three art installations done by Tina Finnäs, Tore Nilsson & Steven Dixon. The exhibition will tour the world for two years starting in Shanghai, China in October 2008. For updates and schedules, check the project site.
Man Machine 2 is a collaboration between us, The National Museum of Science & Technology and The Interactive Institute. Three artists, Ebba Matz, Christian Partos and Matti Kallioinen, were during the fall given the task of creating interactive installations on the theme of man-machine. Together with two other engineers we helped the artists w... Read more
Together with the ultra-talented VJ Johan Holm we helped Cornelia Dahlgren with a simple interactive element for her new live show. We hacked an old marching drum so that it instead of just being a drum now can talk midi and trigger both audio samples and visuals.
Strings is the maybe the worlds largest mixer and in addition to that, completely wireless. With an active area of about 15 square meters the crowd is given full control over the constant flowing music. By pulling one of the ten different strings you will control one of ten parameters, in this implementation a corresponding fader on a virtual mixer.... Read more
With Comments we explore location based communication, commenting on places and objects with the help of your mobile, a sticker, and a simple web application. Check out www.comments.se for more info.
Iteration one of the project is completed, we are now looking for better software and possible partners for the mobile application as well as new functions and forms of interacting using comments.
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The personal feeds from webapplications like Plazes, Flickr, and Last.fm tell much about the activity of an individual on the internet. In this project we aim to explore how you can visualize the changes of your web identity over time and create a physical link between your virtual and real identity. The interface consists of both a physical table and... Read more
Inspired by the Daft Punk designed coffeetable created by Habitat we built this 5x5 pixel interactive bookshelf. Watch each square light up when you touch each door. Navigate, explore patterns and discover animations by turning the frame- and velocity-knobs. And don´t forget to press play!
Wall of light is currently at Torget, KTH. Th... Read more
Out of the Box is a modified toy where each of the geometric figures are represented by a sound and an animation. By putting down the figures in the box the user can experiment with different combinations of sound and moving images.
We have conducted several successful user tests presenting Out of the Box to children in the age group of... Read more
In this article we discuss collaborative music listening and how it could be implemented. We describe a prototype that was developed to support and encourage collaboration in the choice of music.
Exploring a accelerometer sensor and combining it with a light trackning webcam, adding more playful tools to a simple paint program.
