Physical computing references
This page lists useful references about physical computing for students on the Interaction Design programme at IUAV University of Venice.
PUBLICATIONS
Bullivant, Lucy, ed. 2005. 4dSpace: Interactive Architecture (Architectural Designvol. 157). London: Academy.
Igoe, Tom. 2007. Making Things Talk. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly (30 Sep 2007)
O’Sullivan, Dan, and Tom Igoe. 2004. Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers. Boston: Thomson.
Reas, Casey, and Ben Fry. 2007. Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists. Cambridge: MIT Press.
WEBSITES
Beyond the desktop (physical and pervasive computing etc.)
ART+COM: Famous Grouse installation (virtual pool)
https://artcom.de/en/project/grouse-experience-3/
ART+COM: Floating Numbers installation
https://artcom.de/en/project/floating-numbers/
Cute Circuit (Ryan Genz and Francesca Rosella, Interaction-Ivrea): Hug Shirt (remote hugging)
http://www.cutecircuit.com/now/projects/wearables/fr-hugs/
Dunne & Raby: projects (value fictions rather than science fictions)
http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/
FluidTime: projects (mobile access to constantly updated timetable data)
http://www.fluidtime.net/web/com_partners.0.html
William Gaver and others: Drift Table (digital furniture)
http://www.submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2003/12/10/drift-table
IBM: Checkout Line (advertisement for RFID tagging in supermarkets)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZYY85IyDNM&feature=related
Ident technology: GestIC (gesture interaction through the body’s electrical conductivity)
http://www.ident-technology.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=92&lang=en
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea: La memoria degli oggetti (interactive exhibition in Castiglione’ stsudio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmD4iTXRLE&NR=1
Intactive: Multitouch Bar
http://intactive.de/intactive-multitouch-table
Interactive Productline: Mindball (game controlled by neurofeedback)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn9e0Z5-FH4&feature=related
Toshio Iwai: Tenori-On (tablet music maker)
http://www.youtube.com/w/Toshio-Iwai-(TENORI-ON)-@-Artfutura05?v=WQq2aXvIsz4
Theo Jansen: Beach Creatures (wind-driven contraptions with rudimentary memory and intelligence)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/162
Klein Dytham: i-fly Virgin Wonderwall (mobile phone quiz on advertising hoarding
http://www.klein-dytham.com/project/more/i-fly-virgin-wonderwall/1
Koert (Koert van Mensvoort): Data Fountain (fountain displays current financial data)
http://www.koert.com/work/datafountain
Lust: Generation Random (tabletop touch screen with beautiful virtual dynamics)
http://lust.nl/generationrandom/genRandLong.html
MiME: Intimate Media projects (personal memory devices)
http://www.mimeproject.org/
Mindstorm: iBar (large multitouch table)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaKehq6qsdY&feature=related
MIT Media Lab Tangible Media Group: SandScape (tangible interface for landscapes)
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/projects/sandscape/
Christian Moeller: ZeilGallerie, Frankfurt (early example of a reactive building façade)
http://www.christian-moeller.com/display.php?project_id=30&pointer=0
Nanowires: power-generating wearable fibres
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7241040.stm
Natural Interaction: projects by this Italian interaction company
http://naturalinteraction.org/index.php?entry=entry080205-105719
Reactable: Reactable (tabletop musical composition using coded counters)
http://reactable.iua.upf.edu/?media
RFID customer-tracking: (anonymous?) shopping mall simulation (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmD4iTXRLE&NR=1
Daniel Rosin: Wooden Mirror (mirror made of wooden pixels)
http://www.smoothware.com/danny/mirror.html
Small Design Firm (specialists in interactive exhibits): projects
http://www.davidsmall.com
Sony Corporation: DataTile (physical tiles configured to give linked dynamic information)
http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/03/27/sony-datatile-modular-platform/
Yaniv Steiner: Artissima exhibit (gesture recognition in museum)
http://www.nastypixel.com/prototype/wow
Visual Planet: Touchfoil (large-scale touch screens)
http://www.visualplanet.biz/products/touchfoil/?_kk=22f0bbc9-e288-4630-83f5-e76f0159062d&_kt=1290742982&gclid=CLXogNyJqZECFQmHaAodJkpefg
Haiyan Zhang (Interaction-Ivrea): Control Freaks (game input devices)
http://failedrobot.com/thesis
UK Electronics club) http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/index.htm
ELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS
Farnell
(in Milan) http://it.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp
(In UK) http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp
RS Components
(In Italy) http://www.rs-components.it
(In UK) http://rswww.com
Robot Italy
(In Italy) http://www.robot-italy.com