Lamda Space

Short film about the first human cyborg, a colorblind man who uses a device to perceive color through sound

Interactive 360 degree panorama of the cockpit on space shuttle Discovery

A view of space shuttle Endeavor’s flight deck

Recursive Drawing

Recursive Drawing is an exploration of user interface ideas towards the development of a spatially-oriented programming environment.

Light painting with a matrix rig: long exposure bullet time.

This is why it’s called a matrix rig:

To understand is to perceive patterns

Networks are everywhere. The brain is a network of nerve cells connected by axons, and cells themselves are networks of molecules connected by biochemical reactions. Societies, too, are networks of people linked by friendships, familial relationships and professional ties. On a larger scale, food webs and ecosystems can be represented as networks of species. And networks pervade technology: the Internet, power grids and transportation systems are but a few examples. Even the language we are using to convey these thoughts to you is a network, made up of words connected by syntactic relationships.

For decades, we assumed that the components of such complex systems as the cell, the society, or the Internet are randomly wired together. In the past decade, an avalanche of research has shown that many real networks, independent of their age, function, and scope, converge to similar architectures, a universality that allowed researchers from different disciplines to embrace network theory as a common paradigm.

Light painting made with roombas (robotic vacuum cleaners)

The Wrecking Crew Orchestra dances in programmed el-wire suits.

“In this video we show how it is possible to perform gesture recognition just with contact microphones and transform every surface into an interactive board. Through gesture recognition techniques we detect different kind of fingers-touch and associate them with different sounds. ”

How a differential gear works (skip to about 2 minutes in unless you have a particular interest in synchronized motorcycle riding from the 1930’s). Just another reminder that some people are amazingly clever.