Shapeshifters ยป Twisted hard drive

Cool physical computing project from Ivrea. External hard drive represents how out-of-sync it is with the host PC by altering its shape. Give the cube a twist to start the sync process. Pretty elegant idea.

I Can Feel the Music (David A. Mellis)

Pair of radios that let one explore the radio spectrum by way of touch. I especially like “I Can Feel the Music 1″ as it resists or accelerates the turning of the tuning wheel as one navigates the slopes, peaks and valleys of radio signal strength.

My Social Fabric - Thesis project by Steven Blyth. Represents your social relationships as avatars with varying body postures (based on how well you’ve tended to those relationships.)

Your phone’s screen shows a crowd of human figures, each an avatar of one of your friends, acquaintances or relatives. The frequency of all digital communications between you and each person, which the system monitors, determines that avatar’s posture: an

Wiring - a programming environment and electronics i/o board for exploring the electronic arts, tangible media, teaching and learning computer programming and prototyping with electronics

It illustrates the concept of programming with electronics and the physical realm of hardware control which are necessary to explore physical interaction design and tangible media aspects

Nicholas Zambetti

Interaction design projects. Designed the orientation and touch sensitive alarm clock “Quattro” and a water-driven analog input device.

“Egg” ambient display for schedule coordination

From the “Strangely Familiar” show at IDI Ivrea. Keep track of appointments (through varying glowing intensity), notify colleagues if you’ll be late through tangible interaction (shaking the egg.) For keeping groups in sync in the moments in between for

Portfolio of Matty Sallin - interaction design, web design.

Cool projects including remote presence frame, heartbeat pulsating lamp and bacon smell alarm clock.

Book as interface for navigating, bookmarking and annotating the radio spectrum.

Seems like a crazy co-opted metaphor for interaction.