today and tomorrow

Orb, an impressive persistence of view project by James N. Sears.

Moritz Waldemeyer is some sort of artist-technologist-… his works are just amazing. Here some of my favorites:

This Pong Table has 2500 integrated LED’s and 2 touch pads to recreate the classic Pong game. When switched off it’s just a table. The Roulette Table is similar but works together with the lamp.

He also helped out Ron Arad with his ‘Miss Haze’ for Swarovski.

Last but not least, he added the electronics to the 6 transforming dresses in Hussein Chalayan’s spring/summer 2007 collection.

This reminds me of the Sony Bravia Balls TVC and of this art piece by Nike Savvas, it was build with Triklits.

the instructables DIY guide
found at MAKE: Blog

What do you get when you have a lot of helium filled balloons with an LED in them? Open Burble

Cell Phone Disco is a playful experimental installation made out of flashing cells. By multiplication of a mobile phone gadget, only slightly altered consumer product, we created a space to experience the invisible body of the mobile phone.

SoniColumn is an interactive sound installation that can be played by a person’s touch. The installation takes the form of a column-like cylinder, of a height that does not quite reach the ceiling but just high enough for one’s reach. Grids of LEDs installed inside the column light themselves on by the users’ touch and emit unique sounds. When a user cranks the handle, the column slowly rotates itself and plays the light patterns of the user’s touch.

Aha, a 3D LED cube … that’s something new. Neo^3.

Color Kinetics is a dream for LED and lightning fans! They have a big product pallet for you to buy and to start experimenting. Daniel Shiffman seems to be on the right way to connect a panel to processing. Yay!

more at Interactive Architecture dot Org