Play Expressive Melodies on your iPad with Orphion
The iPad is quickly becoming as important for creation as it is for consumption. It’s being used in countless ways, from planning and productivity to music and writing, which is…
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Hacked Record Player Turns Tree Rings Into Music
If you’re a fan of experimental technology, Arduino hacking or post-modern music, this project is going to make you smile. Years is a piece by Bartholomäus Traubeck, and it consists of a…
Interactive Still Life Proves That Code is Art
We’ve watched this video 10 times already and it still blows our minds. In what I can only call an excellent example of why programming is (or at least can…
Bear 71: An Interactive, Experimental Documentary
It’s usually a good thing when technology and creativity intersect, and that’s why it’s so easy to love projects like Bear 71, which surpasses everything I previously believed was possible to do…
Record and Visualize Your Own Data
The concept of visualizing data has caught a lot of eyes in recent years, especially the fitness sector. Simply considering the amount of popularity that revolved around Jawbone’s Up (despite…
Puppet Parade Turns Your Hands Into Giant Animated Puppets
Puppet Parade is an interactive installation that allows children (and adults) to use their arms to control larger than life creatures projected on a wall in front of them. The project…
Creative Coding Is Coming To iOS
Processing, an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations and interactions, will soon be released for iOS. In case you’re not familiar with…
Control a multi-touch sound visualization with your iPhone and iPad
GRID, created by Futura Epsis 1, is an interactive multi-touch sound visualization for the band Mathon and the ZKM AppArtAward 2011. It was created for live events and consists of a desktop…
Experimental Clock Uses Color To Tell The Time
There typically isn’t much going on in the world of time telling, but TimeHue, created with openFrameworks and Processing, holds an exception. Reminiscent of a polar clock, it tells time with…
LIMBO: The Hauntingly Beautiful Xbox Game Arrives On The Mac
LIMBO is perhaps one of the most mysterious games you’re ever likely to encounter. Even the developer’s description is cryptic: “Uncertain of his sister’s fate, a boy enters LIMBO,” but…
Arduino Installation Has Eyes That Watch As You Walk By
“All Eyes On You” is an installation created by Britzpetermann, a creative studio for interactive experiences. The piece is made up of a bunch of various eyeballs that follow you…
Thicket: An Audiovisual Playground For Your iPad
Thicket, created by Interval Studios, is an experimental iPad app that allows anyone to create beautiful, abstract sounds and pictures. Using touch and gesture, users can control visuals and sound…
Curl Up By This Pixelated Fireplace
As the weather gets colder and colder, there really is nothing better than bundling up by the fireplace. The calming glow. The heat. It all just warms your heart, doesn’t…
Composite lets you remix your surroundings to create compositions
Composite, created by James Alliban and Juliet Lall, is an openFrameworks-based app that allows you to paint abstract images using a the iPad’s built in camera. The app generates a…
ExtraFile: Databending and Corrupt Files As Art
Sometimes accidents — like a slip of the hand while painting, or a wrong note while recording – create the most beautiful results. With many forms of art and design moving…
