Scratchy input

More seriously cool input - ideal for portable table.

Back to square one

Almost litrarally. With the failures over the weekened everyone is helping out getting the cyber tiles working. Image of Paul grooving one tile, Jeff has been 'Mr Electricity' too. We've gone for a bus design with a change of edge connectors.

Paul is talking to the dean about getting funding for more display research to help the faculty.

More shopping interfaces

On the subject of more shopping interfaces.

You might want to mentioned that LEGO are already doing this kind of tangible/digital fusion with display box (http://toyology.typepad.com/play_a_while/2009/01/lego-display-box-shows-your-potential-purchase-in-3d.html ) Prada stores have done it with fashion http://designarchives.aiga.org/index.html?s1=2|s2=1|eid=8942 In a store designed by Rem Koolhass they had a lovely mirror if you turned quickly it would freeze your image letting you look from behind.

Lego Tangible interface

First shopping tangible interface I've found live.

You hold box up to the display and it projects a 3d model on to it ( you hold box up to the mirror and see the object projected on it )

Floor disaster

Richie worked for about 8 hours over the weekend trying to get the cyber carpet installed. Unfortunately the result was far to thick. Paul came in and declared it was unworkable.

So Richie, Paul ( and others I'm not sure ) took all the cyber-tiles up leaving the pressure pads.

Everyone has had some idears about what to do to fix it but not a good moment.

We are expecting the new motors today. If they turn up we can run one into the ground to test.