Hybrid Objects

ElectroDermis - Electronic Skin — Morphing Matter Lab Live Art, Wearable Electronics, Carnegie Mellon University, Knee Wraps, Wearable Devices, Wearable Tech, Wearable Device, Electronics Circuit, Band Aid
ElectroDermis: Inclusive Design | Computational Manufacturing — Morphing Matter Lab
ElectroDermis - Electronic Skin — Morphing Matter Lab
a newspaper is hanging on the wall next to a bed
This Super-Clean Smart Screen Puts a Newspaper on Your Wall
The Morning Paper Revisited - Max Braun - Medium
an alarm clock with sticky notes around it
Pentagram designed a smart speaker that’s like HitClips for kids
The Yoto Player deliberately doesn’t have a microphone, camera, or a screen — it’s really just designed to play audio, but through NFC-enabled physical cards. Inspired by Montessori teachings that emphasize tactile learning and encourage kids to have a level of independence, the cards are loaded with songs, audiobooks, and podcasts to let kids choose what they want to listen to.
a small wooden object is plugged in to a black cord on a white surface
Objectifier - Bjørn Karmann
Objectifier empowers people to train objects in their daily environment to respond to their unique behaviors. It gives an experience of training an artificial intelligence; a shift from a passive consumer to an active, playful director of domestic technology. Interacting with Objectifier is much like training a dog - you teach it only what you want it to care about. Just like a dog, it sees and understands its environment.
a clock mounted to the side of a building with flowers hanging from it's sides
Listening Post
Listening Post is a system designed to overhear, parse and ultimately learn from the spoken phrases of casual passersby. A remote listening post, installed in the public sphere, constantly monitors its immediate environment and broadcasts what it hears, via cell phone, to a server, or speaking post installed in a remote space, for example CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY.
a woman wearing a white helmet and holding her hands out
Di Peng recreates dementia with sense-distorting helmet
This Dementia Simulator headset designed by Central Saint Martins graduate Di Peng lets wearers experience symptoms of the disease for themselves.
a person is playing with a wooden tic - tac toe game on a white background
Knock Knock @ HEAD media design
Knock Knock video - could we create a really intuitive way of learning notation, or beats in a bar, or something...
a wooden block toy with an apple in the center surrounded by other wood toys on a green surface
SKÅL [Objects]
It's .. a media player. No really. You place objects in a wooden bowl to play back related media on the TV. http://www.creativeapplications.net/objects/skal-objects/
Design studio, Skrekkøgle has developed a prototype DAB radio that uses the physical act of stopping a cork as its on/off mechanism. The project explores the idea of bringing tangible interaction back into the increasingly dematerialized appliance industry. Yellow, New Technology, Technology, Musical Film, Music Film, Photo Projects, Community Art, Cork, Speaker
Homebuildlife
Design studio, Skrekkøgle has developed a prototype DAB radio that uses the physical act of stopping a cork as its on/off mechanism. The project explores the idea of bringing tangible interaction back into the increasingly dematerialized appliance industry.
an electronic device with many wires attached to it's stand and plugged in
Colour injector
The handles of the syringes inside the lamp are attached to sliding switches connected to an Arduino microprocessor that controls the colour output of rings of RGB LEDs. Taras Sgibnev
a wooden toy with the words speaking in musical notes, sharing feelings and proximity seeing
Avakai—An Imaginary Friend. For Real.
Avakai—An Imaginary Friend. For Real. by Vai Kai — Kickstarter
a living room with a couch, table and guitar
Meta
Eine interaktive Keramik-Skulptur wird im Wohnbereich platziert und gibt ständig Auskunft über den aktuellen Stromverbrauch – ohne dabei aufdringlich zu wirken.
two different colored objects on display in a white room
Patch of Sky by Fabrica - Sight Unseen
Ideated and assembled at Fabrica, Patch of Sky is a set of three Internet connected ambient lights, enabling you to share the sky above you in real-time with loved ones, wherever they are.
an image of a black speaker on a white background
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Aether Cone - Cone learns what, when, and how you like to listen to music. Turn it on and it automatically plays what you'll love, selected from millions of tracks, filling any room with incredible sound.
a person pointing at a white trash can on the ground next to a gray wall
celia torvisco + raphael pluvinage: conductive ceramic radio
created by french designers celia torvisco and raphaël pluvinage, the body of the hibou gilded ceramic radio is adorned using a fine palladium paint that has conductive properties. the metallic patterns are not only ornamental elements but play a functional role in the object. each motif matches a particular setting : on/off, volume and frequency.