These Students Put Out Fires with The Power of Bass

The next time you’re facing a life-threatening fire in, say, your kitchen, you may simply shout, “where’s the drop?” George Mason University engineering seniors Seth Robertson and Viet Tran have made a fire extinguisher that works entirely using sound. If you haven’t seen it making the social media rounds yet, of course, it’s worth posting […]

Concept: Rubik’s Cube as Interactive Electronic Music Tool Interface [Video]

MusixCube from Stefan Horak on Vimeo. It’s just a concept, but it’s an excellent one: the classic Rubik’s Cube here is transformed into a tangible music interface. Grid squares light up as icons, colored feedback animates sounds, and twisting the blocks around provides access to interface options and even parameter control. Someone. Make this happen. […]

- November 12, 2012

Electronic Body Music: Organ Alpha a Sonic Installation That Makes You Into Sound

In an extended fancy on the sounds inside the body “Organ Alpha” is a kind of responsive musical instrument that transforms human input into surround-sound audio. Your body speaks, it listens, and it answers. Sensors watch for movement inside a virtual stomach, as stethoscopes dangle, inviting input. Watch for the kid’s reaction in the video. […]

- October 12, 2012

Experimental Light Sculpture, Against a Fragmented Wall [Video, Inspiration]

Peter Kirn - September 19, 2012

Cinema 4D, Now Free for Students; Eye Candy, Ho!

Peter Kirn - June 12, 2012

Kinect in Teaching: Playful Puppets, Terrains, Lighting, and More Breakthroughs

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2011

Anamorphic Architecture, in a Seoul Storefront, Plays with Projected Dimensions

Peter Kirn - December 29, 2010

What Are Students Doing with Pd for Interactive Visuals? Plenty

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2010

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