An Edison Power Station manager engineered an Ambient Orb, that was originally intended for monitoring one’s financial portfolio, to serve a greener purpose. Mark Martinez, the Power Station Engineer in California, needed to find a way to inform customers of their massive energy consumption. His creativity lead him to the Ambient Orb. The orb would…

So the Reactable is a visual audio interactive sound controller that uses coded 3d shapes placed on a track-able opaque table top, it’s been around for a while now and Bjork has even got her grubby hands on it which means it must be innovative!, but it is pretty awesome just the same, it is…

Expo Zaragoza 2008 will feature a new take on Wright’s famous Fallingwater. The Digital Water Pavilion will feature digitally controlled walls of water droplets. A system of valves and sensors will allow the creation of complex patterns, such as doors or even letters, within the droplets comprising the walls. Project developer Carlo Ratti likens the…

First off, i’m not sure as to whether this project has been built yet, but the idea and design of this room seems pretty amusing. The Muscle Room, an interactive hotel room, designed by HGR looks completey empty upon entering the room. The walls and floor of the room is acutaly composed of a system…

I am responding to the crazy Heineken beer ad. Now don’t get me wrong-ILOVE beer as much as the next guy (even though I am a girl). However, whatI don’t like is the depiction of a woman even more robotic than EVER!!Sure, before women were bikini clad, men-loving, partying creatures that fell for the man…

I don’t play video games; neither do I go to the movie theater to see the Harry Potter movies, however this recently released Harry Potter game grabbed my attention. Like all other games there’s death, fighting, and prizes to passing each level. This game is based off the Harry Potter book series.This game is based…

Some people might enjoy the spotlight-it’s definitely for the exhibitionists and attention seekers amongst us. What about those of us who prefer to keep a low profile when we are at the mall? Well, looks like we might not have any other choice to let the exhibitionist inside of us that we’ve been trying to…

Building facades are, at least to me, a dead medium. So by just braking down a standard facade and making it move and rotate, you dramatically change the presence of the building in its environment. You can create an interesting and possibly inspiring art form from an otherwise meager and dull architectural design. This gives…

LEDsWe’ve been looking into different kinds of LEDs (light bars, clusters, single LEDs). Here is all the info and links, although, from what we’ve done so far it looks like, because of both pricing and design, single LEDs are the ones that are going to work the best for our project. Also note that yellow,…

Well it’s pretty simple, for those of you that are loving the Wii remote tech. now you can use the remote for Windows. All you need is a Blue Tooth enabled PC and an Infered sensor if you want good results. Personally I think a mouse is far superior to this but I’m sure the…

(Click link for image) As if pocket protectors weren’t bad enough, this ultra-chic gadget draws attention to your Blackberry and even has a place for storing cash and credit cards. If muggers weren’t tempted to jack you for your debit card with a meager $10 balance, this device will catch their eye. Aside from being…

So I’m out all day taking pictures with Rachael Ray when I stop for some fresh air at Shinjuku Station and what should I find….the MyLord Box. The title link will take you to a video of the box, but other than that I can’t find out how long it’s been there. It seems new…