Ambient time-lapse videos of the Alps, set to Beethoven

Timelapse movie: The Alps -- part II (night) from Michael Rissi on Vimeo.

Heat sensitive wallpaper

found here

Technology is not something always influencing our daily life in an intrusive way: it can be hidden, it can be a passive tool or an artificial entity that reacts autonomously to our needs.Thanks to this feature, technology can play a big role in creating both emotional and functional environments.

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The EyeWriter

The folks at Graffiti Research Lab,openFrameworks, The Fat Lab and The Ebeling Group have teamed up to createThe EyeWriter, a "low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes."

The EyeWriter an instrutables link

http://www.eyewriter.org/

Big brother on boats

Big brother on boats, posted here as an interactive strange link.

See through concrete

Filled with optical fibers that run from one end of a poured piece of concrete to the other, these prefabricated blocks and panels effectively transmit light from one side to the other. Colors and light remain remarkably consistent from end to end, but with a natural variation from the pouring process that actually softens the effects considerably.
See through concrete

The Art of Jim Campbell: Seeing In Pixels

Pixel artist.

thecoolhunter.net

Cool hunter

site of interesting places and objects.