Gizmodo: visualizer

So Just How Small Is a Ribosome, Anyways?

Adam Frucci — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:40:00 EDT

This incredible interactive visualizer of cell size from the University of Utah is a must see, allowing you to zoom in from a coffee bean down to a carbon atom. Prepare to have your mind blown. [GSLC via DailyWhat]

LiveSpark Is an Audio Visualizer Made of Fire

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:30:00 EDT

The LiveSpark Fireplace features music-reactive flames, meaning, like a real-life visualizer, that the fire will jump and shrink itself based on the thumping beats it detects.

LiveSpark has both indoor and outdoor versions, and seems pretty flexible: The site shows installations of all different sizes and of different materials. We're not sure if it's actually available, as there's no order link or pricing, but if you're crazy rich, an architect, a pyromaniac, or some combination of the three, it'd make a pretty sweet addition to your abode. [LiveSpark]

Dancing Faces, Dancing Faces, Electrifying Dancing Faces!

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EDT

After his debut, Daito Manabe decided it was time to torture four of his friends by connecting them to his Face Visualizer—a player which stimulates facial muscles using electrodes. The resulting video is funny.

The first video was good, but this one is even better, specially their reaction at the end. Clockwise, these four guys are Muryo Honma, Setsuya Kurotaki, Motoi Ishibashi and Seiichi Saito, and they all probably hate—in a good way—their friend Daito for making them look like hyperactive anime characters.

As you can see, the faces are perfectly choreographed thanks to the electrodes stimulating their faces, following the sound beats. [Pink Tentacle]

Innovations in Visualizer Technology: Electroshock Your Face

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Sure, iTunes' new visualizer is pretty, but you can't compete with the visceral, hypnotizing weirdness of Daito Manabe's facial electric stimulus. He tapes electric stimulators, looking like the same type used for electroshock therapy, to his face, and syncs them with his music so his involuntary facial contortions match up with the tune. Shots of the machine he used after the jump.

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How to Get the Real Magnetosphere Visualizer in iTunes

Jason Chen — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:54:05 EDT

Apple may have absorbed the super-neato Magnetosphere visualizer into iTunes, but they did make some tweaks in their Borging process. Just like those Picard-obsessed skinjobs, the iTunes version is obsessed with planets and launching millions of photon torpedoes into them. The original, seen here, has more sparklies and lines, which is quite a bit of a different feel than the one you already have. Unfortunately Magnetosphere download links have been taken down everywhere, but we managed to find one linked to on the official site. If those go down, we've got a Mac Mirror and Windows Mirror too. Enjoy.

Instructions: To install it on Mac, put it in /Users/username/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins

Visualize Cellphone and MP3 Player Sizes With Sizeasy

Jason Chen — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:15:18 EDT

Our friend Adam from Lifehacker is really obsessed with size for some reason, often googling for "length", "width", and "visualization" terms—we assume that's how he found Sizeasy. The site lets you plug in the dimensions of the cellphone or MP3 player you've had your eye on to compare to every day objects like a matchbook, credit cards, or a deck of cards. Supremely useful to find out how much that T-Mobile MDA is going to make your pocket bulge—a lot, in case you were wondering.

Left, the iPod Shuffle compared to matches and a solid gold vanity credit card. – Jason Chen

Product Site [Sizeasy via Lifehacker]