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itp 2008

Bristlebots + Paint = Robo-Pollocks?


At the spring arts ITP show the other day, designer Christian Cerrito had a demonstration which will have had bristlebot designers everywhere smacking their foreheads in a "My god, that's obvious!" manner. He used a big tray, a bunch of the simple and strangely lovable DIY bristlebots and a few gobs of paint and voilà: new artworks were created. There's even some science in there: the random walk of the bots is affected by the viscosity of the paint, so as the painting gets bigger, it gets more complex, in an interestingly chaotic manner. More interesting than Jackson Pollock's splattery art? Well... maybe, if you're a robot geek. [ITP via Bot Junkie]

5:48 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,005 views, 30 comments

Latest by dbx: this is completely lame more »

nyu

NYU Student Creates Virtual Girlfriend—Shame She's Only 2D

Created with lonely people in mind, Drew Burrows' INBED is an "infrared-sensitive" light projected virtual girlfriend. A sexy brunette, she's got about three tricks up her sleeve—and she does all of them from a supine position.
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12:20 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By AddyDugdale
21,720 views, 76 comments

itp 2008

VoodooBuddy Combines Ancient Curses with Modern Technology

With the VoodooBuddy doll, you can finally stop wondering if your pin-pricks-in-effigy are all for naught. Just fire up the VoodooBuddy website, plug in your boss's (or ex, mother-in-law, etc.) contact info, grab the doll and poke away. Pricking certain places on the doll curses your target, who is notified of their plight via text message and e-mail. Be careful not to curse your enemy too much; if you overload the VoodooBuddy it will take your picture with its built-in camera, send it to your victim, and reverse the curses onto you. The doll was designed by Rodrigo de Benito and Zannah Marsh, two ITP students you clearly shouldn't upset. Great work, guys! [VoodooBuddy; ITP 2008]

8:45 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,118 views, 4 comments

Latest by Curves: I am cursed for wasting a minute trying to figure this one out. Sends you all the Evil Eye. more »

itp 2008

Simon Stabs Game Channels Your Inner Bishop

Remember that scene in Aliens with Bishop and the knife? ITP student Aram Chang made a nerve-racking game out of it. In Simon Stabs, you and your opponent take turns sticking a "knife" between your fingers, making a pattern that must be mimicked by the other guy, who then adds to it. You only have a few seconds to stab; one false move and you lose—hopefully just the game and not any fingers. I tested it out, and as you can see from the video, I'm no android. And I didn't even have the added pressure of Bill Paxton screaming like a sissy. In case you forgot how the pros do it, Bishop's clip is below. [Aram Chang; ITP 2008] More »

7:45 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Benny Goldman
3,051 views, 14 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: Not bad for a (glurble glurble) Human... more »

itp 2008

Inventor Demos Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton, a Good Getaway Suit

We caught a quick glimpse of the Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton before, but here inventor Che-Wei Wang demonstrates it on himself, explaining how the system gives added power to limbs at key moments. He can power it with a mini scuba tank or one of those CO2 cartridge for pellet guns, but the usage is limited by the capacity of gas you can carry. Ideal scenarios he says include hard landings—dudes involved in "parkour" street jumping could use it to avoid ripping up their kneecaps. Wang says future applications include a memory mode, where a famous athlete wears it to capture some signature maneuver that some punkass non-athlete can then copy, just by donning the same model exoskeleton and jacking the software. How's that for Johnny Mnemonic meets The Matrix meets Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? [CWWang.com; ITP 2008]

6:45 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Wilson Rothman
11,430 views, 18 comments

Latest by Brian Sexton: @sayten: I don't have a video handy, but I could muster a nice photograph depicting a beyond-traditional Caprese salad with more »

itp 2008

Full-Body Virtual Foosball Game Called Ukikit (Get It?)

The Wii-volution is in full effect at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program—a perfect example is this physical virtual foosball game called Ukikit. You Velcro a pink strap to your foot, and an iSight camera tracks its movement while a sonar sensor tracks your proximity. The data translates into swivel kicks and side-to-side slides in (almost) realtime. I loved playing it with inventor Thomas Chan almost as much as I enjoyed the "Moving Parts" virtual pinball game, but as you can see in the video, both the system and I both need a little more practice before we're perfect. [Ukikit; ITP 2008]

5:15 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Wilson Rothman
5,161 views, 11 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Nice as concept to the technologies... but clunky and useless as a game. If people want to get physical on foosball more »

itp 2008

Rope and Pulley DJ Machine: Move the Beat To Your Body

Today at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Show, I discovered my next workout machine: Michael Chladil's Rope and Pulley. Seriously, gone are the elliptical and the rowing machine—I'm going to install this and do the silly dance you see above every day, until I'm at least as fit as any Wii could make me. More »

12:30 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Wilson Rothman
6,817 views, 8 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: The overweight problem in music producers are like a big issue, I see... more »

itp 2008

Teste Touch: Deez Nuts Are Made for Ticklin'

The Teste Touch, a humongous pair of testicles swinging from the ceiling, were a big hit at NYU's ITP showcase tonight. As you can see in the video, the nuts are designed to reflect a real scrotum, expanding and contracting based on the outside environment. More »

12:00 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Benny Goldman
15,953 views, 72 comments

Latest by nutbastard: @grok666: there's yer problem - you'll never meet any hot girls while your dick has sideburns - they can tell. more »

itp 2008

Virtual Pinball Game "Moving Parts" Addictive Even In Cooperation Mode

Today, when we visited NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program spring 2008 show, we were immediately drawn to "Moving Parts," a crazy pinball game that's the brainchild and thesis of physical-interaction designer Daniel Soltis. It's made of real wood, with wooden buttons and plungers, but the board itself is empty, and stays that way. The game you see is merely a projection from above, but man does it feel real. More »

11:30 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,518 views, 8 comments

Latest by toyotaboy: I'm torn between virtual pinball and the real thing. One thing that virtual pinball has never seemed to account more »

puff, puff, pass

Smoking Jacket Eliminates 2nd Hand, Tars Another Pair of Lungs

The Smoking Jacket is a conceptual work by Fiona Carswell. It includes a giant popped collar where smoke can be blown in to. There is a pair of lungs on the front that kind of act like a warning system to others and filters the smoke. Over time the lungs will darken from the cigarette smoke and eventually turn black. I like it. This jacket gets rid of secondhand smoke and tells me what people to avoid chatting up. Not bad, Fiona. –Travis Hudson More »

7:20 PM on Mon May 21 2007
By Travis Hudson
4,753 views, 33 comments

Latest by TheBugMan: "Treat smokers like human beings and stop being assholes." I love and treat ALL people the same, my GF hates that more »

bring on the digg mobs

Ambient TV Brings Web 2.0, Derision of Your Friends' Viewing Habits to TV

Oh, these NYU kids and their big ideas. (Disclosure: I was an NYU kid until Thursday.) Myra Einstein's project, Ambient TV, aims to bring Web 2.0 tech to TV and would make a great add-on to TiVo or the upcoming Xbox 360 IPTV setup. While some of the ideas aren't so new—swarm recommendations, so that Lost watchers would be directed to follow fellow viewers to Heroes, for instance—its friend setup in particular seems like a big draw and a natural fit for IPTV. More »

6:30 PM on Sun May 13 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,878 views, 4 comments

Latest by Justapspfan: I watched 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0 last night more »

better than harbucks

News Brews: Turn Depressing World Affairs Into Coffee

I like coffee. I like RSS. So naturally, I dig Benjamin Brown's News Brews project, which crawls through RSS feeds and takes "the relative frequency at which different coffee-growing regions are mentioned" to determine their respective bean proportion in the blend. More »

3:50 PM on Sun May 13 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,198 views, 3 comments

Latest by photophile: That's amazing. I'll take one. more »

pervbots

Auto-Paparazzi Likes Celebrity Cleavage as Much as You


At last night's ITP Grad Show at NYU, we saw this super-sweet project that essentially creates robotic paparazzi. It's a smart robot, as it knows what humans like: skin, and lots of it. It has sensors that detect how much skin someone is showing, and it takes more pictures and yells at them more as a result. Check the video out to see it in action and hear it described by the brilliant/perverted creator. –Adam Frucci with video by Richard Blakeley

5:15 PM on Wed May 9 2007
By Adam Frucci
26,820 views, 19 comments

Latest by PaxKenobi: And what would happen if the 400 lbs man has a lot of body hair..? more »

interactive

Student Projects: ITP Spring Show 2007


It's springtime at New York University, which means the students in the Interactive Telecommunications Program truck out their graduation projects. These range from conceptual artworks (like Andrew Schneider's "Experimental Devices for Performance" shown above) to innovative interfaces and games. This gallery shows just a few of the works on display. Look for more details on the most interesting projects later tonight and tomorrow. –Noah Robischon More »

10:41 PM on Tue May 8 2007
By Noah Robischon
1,025 views, 14 comments

Latest by MikeHerbst: If that dude sneezes, he's going to tear himself apart! more »

gadgets

Solar Powered USB Bikini

NYU's ITP just had their Winter show. Here's the best of all projects: a photo voltaic laced bikini that puts out 5volts by USB. Just enough to charge an iPod shuffle down at the Jersey Shore. –Brian Lam More »

6:36 PM on Mon Dec 18 2006
By Brian Lam
11,530 views, 17 comments

gadgets

Moonwalker Digital Dance Shoes


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Giz Loves ITP, NYU's hipster school of digital artists. Here's a pair of shoes that slow down playback when you stomp down on em. They're made from a set of old Saucony's, some photovoltaics mounted towards the ground, some quarter-inch jacks, a Nestle Quik container, and MAX (an interaction programming tool.) More »

7:53 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Brian Lam
662 views, 15 comments

Latest by jackomo: the whole spirit here is MAKING - (as in MAKE magazine) instead of criticizing, MAKE. implementation is key here, and more »

gadgets

Nintendo Physically Augmented Reality Amusement Park

Our second favorite class from when we were in grad school at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program was taught by game designer Frank Lantz of area/code. The best project—certainly the most copyright infringing one—to come out of his Big Games class this past semester might just be the Nintendo Amusement Park, "a real life obstacle course which a player jumps through using a power assist harness." More »

2:49 PM on Fri May 19 2006
By gizmodo.com
136 views, 4 comments

Latest by Dinther: Seriously lame but what great potential! Why not put someone in a harness wearing a kind of rollerscate shoes while suspended more »