Inspirational Links

Technology Subjects:

#1 Tell us a Story

Technology: Genetic Algorithms

#2 Voice Tagged Image Phone

Technology: Image Recognition Uses

#3 The Secret Life of Plants

Technology: Gardening Technology/Genetic Engineering

#4 Photo boxes and Drawing

Technology: Identifying Objects

#5 Real Life Games

Technology: Mapping

#6 Desk Mail

Technology: Pen and Paper Based Systems

#7 Mute Table

Technology: Multitouch

#8 Knitting Recipes

Technology: Cooking Science

#1 Tell us a Story

Technology: Genetic Algorithms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation

http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/people/hornby/

http://www.strandbeest.com/mGallery/index.php?c=strandbeest

http://www.affinnova.com/

Other Inspiration

Lighthouse

http://www.story-box.co.uk/

http://www.urbanlearningspace.com/projects/arena

http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html

http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/

Free Stories

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.archive.org/index.php

Predictive Sentences

http://www.adaptxt.com/

#2 Voice Tagged Image Phone

Technology: Image Recognition Uses

Photosynth

http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html

http://labs.live.com/photosynth/blogs/Photosynth+At+TED+Conference.aspx

Image Recognition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-based_image_retrieval

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_histogram

Images Used in Object Scanning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereoscopy

Other Inspiration

Voice Tagging and Tag Clouds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_%28metadata%29

#3 The Secret Life of Plants

Technology: Gardening Technology/Genetic Engineering

http://www.ekac.org/transgenicindex.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenic_plant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dna#Physical_and_chemical_properties

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0224_030224_DNAcomputer.html

http://switchzoo.com/

http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/

http://www.davidaustinroses.com/english/

Other Inspiration

Growing to Survive

http://www.marsonearth.org/

Medicinal Garden

http://nnlm.gov/pnr/uwmhg/

Talking to Plants

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000402/ai_n14297313

Different Climates

http://www.rosegardening101.com/archives/climate-zones-and-rosegardening/

Linnaeus Flower Clock

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5170024

The Language of Flowers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_flowers

#4 Photo boxes and Drawing

Technology: Identifying Objects

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datamatrix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID

http://www.active-robots.com/products/phidgets/phidgets-rfid.shtml

http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/blog/2007/03/21/tangible-video-editing/

Other Inspiration

Drawing

http://hektor.ch/

http://random-international.squarespace.com/pixelroller-overview/

Amazon and Google search inside

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=&scope=books

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Inside-Book-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=10197021

http://books.google.com/

#5 Real Life Games

Technology: Mapping

http://maps.live.com/

http://maps.google.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid)

http://www.programmableweb.com/popular

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_imagery

http://www.digitalglobe.com/

http://www.terraserver.com/

http://www.geoeye.com/

Other Inspiration

Blast Theory

http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/bt/work_cysmn.html

Parkour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour

http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/

Chess Database

http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html

Tagging

http://www.graffiti.org/

Auger- Loizeau

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/01/interview-with-6.php

Dance Dance Revolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution

Wii Games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_games

#6 Desk Mail

Technology: Pen and Paper Based Systems

http://www.anoto.com/

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/digital_pen/&cl=gb,en

http://www.leapfroguk.com/do/browselibrary?libraryKey=lp1stlib_all&ageGroupKey=ages_twoplus

http://www.mimio.com/

Other Inspiration

Crispin Jones’ Desk

http://www.mr-jones.org/

Outsourcing Services

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing

3D printers and other printers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

http://www.zcorp.com/

http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

#7 Mute Table

Technology: Multitouch

Surface

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ (Synchronisation!)

Jeff Han and the infrared effect

http://www.perceptivepixel.com/

http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/

http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirsense/ (This is how it works….)

http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html

http://tangible.media.mit.edu/projects/Jabberstamp/

Other Inspiration

Weight Sensing

http://eis.comp.lancs.ac.uk/~villar/2003/02/drift_table_1.html

#8 Knitting Recipes

Technology: Cooking Science

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.05/st_gastro.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_gastronomy

http://www.elbulli.com/sintesis/index.php?lang=en

http://www.fatduck.co.uk/

Other Inspiration

http://allrecipes.com/

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/5-or-less-ingredients