Physical computing references
This page lists useful references about physical computing for students on the Interaction Design programme at IUAV University of Venice.
PUBLICATIONS
Pervasive computing, abient intelligence, tangible user interface
Aarts, Emile; Marzano, Stefano. 2003. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligence. 010 Rotterdam. Available online at Googlebooks
Communications of the ACM Volume 48 , Issue 3. March 2005. The disappearing computer. (Available online to subscribers to the ACM Digital Library.
Dourish, Paul. 2001. Where the Action Is. 2001. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Greenfield, Adam. 2006. Everywhere. Berkley CA: New Riders
Bullivant, Lucy, ed. 2005. 4dSpace: Interactive Architecture (Architectural Designvol. 157). London: Academy.
Shanken, Edward A. 2009. Art and Electronic Media. London: Phaidon
N. Streitz, A. Kameas, I. Mavrommati (Eds.). 2007. The Disappearing Computer. Springer ISBN 978-3-540-72725-5
Sterling, Bruce. 2005. Shaping Things. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Troika (Conny Freyer et al). 2009. Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments. London: Phaidon
Technical: physical interaction
Banzi, Massimo. 2009. Getting Started with Arduino. Sebastapol CA: O'Reilly.
Published very recently, so may not be easily available.
See also online version at http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596155513/toc.html
Haque, Usman; Adam Somlai-Fischer. Low Tech Sensors and Actuators. Free download from http://www.lowtech.propositions.org.uk
Igoe, Tom. 2007. Making Things Talk. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly.
Noble J. 2009. Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and OpenFrameworks. Sebastopol CA:O'Reilly.
O’Sullivan, Dan; Tom Igoe. 2004. Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers. Boston: Thomson.
Tom Igoe's ITP course material is at http://tigoe.net/pcomp/
Reas, Casey; Ben Fry. 2007. Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Pakhchyan, Syuzi. 2008. Fashioning Technology. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly.
WEBSITES
Beyond the desktop (physical and pervasive computing etc.)
ART+COM: Famous Grouse installation (virtual pool)
http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=7&Itemid=144&details=0&lang=en
ART+COM: Floating Numbers installation
http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=14&Itemid=144&details=0&lang=en
Cute Circuit (Ryan Genz and Francesca Rosella, Interaction-Ivrea): Hug Shirt (remote hugging)
http://www.cutecircuit.com/now/projects/wearables/fr-hugs/
Dunne & Raby: projects (value fictions rather than science fictions)
http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/
FluidTime: projects (mobile access to constantly updated timetable data)
http://www.fluidtime.net/web/com_partners.0.html
William Gaver and others: Drift Table (digital furniture)
http://www.submitresponse.co.uk/weblog/2003/12/10/drift-table
IBM: Checkout Line (advertisement for RFID tagging in supermarkets)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZYY85IyDNM&feature=related
Ident technology: GestIC (gesture interaction through the body’s electrical conductivity)
http://www.ident-technology.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=92&lang=en
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea: La memoria degli oggetti (interactive exhibition in Achille Castiglione’s studio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmD4iTXRLE&NR=1
Intactive: Multitouch Bar
http://intactive.de/intactive-multitouch-table
Interactive Productline: Mindball (game controlled by neurofeedback)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn9e0Z5-FH4&feature=related
Toshio Iwai: Tenori-On (tablet music maker)
http://www.youtube.com/w/Toshio-Iwai-(TENORI-ON)-@-Artfutura05?v=WQq2aXvIsz4
Theo Jansen: Beach Creatures (wind-driven contraptions with rudimentary memory and intelligence)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/162
Klein Dytham: i-fly Virgin Wonderwall (mobile phone quiz on advertising hoarding
http://www.klein-dytham.com/project/more/i-fly-virgin-wonderwall/1
Koert (Koert van Mensvoort): Data Fountain (displays current financial data)
http://www.koert.com/work/datafountain
Lust: Generation Random (tabletop touchscreenbeautiful virtual dynamics)
http://lust.nl/generationrandom/genRandLong.html
MiME: Intimate Media projects (personal memory devices)
http://www.mimeproject.org
Mindstorm: iBar (large multitouch table)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaKehq6qsdY&feature=related
MIT Media Lab Tangible Media Group: SandScape (tangible landscapes)
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/projects/sandscape
Christian Moeller: ZeilGallerie, Frankfurt (early of a reactive building façade)
http://www.christian-moeller.com/display.php?project_id=30&pointer=0
Nanowires: power-generating wearable fibres
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7241040.stm
Natural Interaction: projects (an Italian interaction design company)
http://naturalinteraction.org/index.php?entry=entry080205-105719
Reactable: Reactable (tabletop musical composition using coded counters)
http://reactable.iua.upf.edu/?media
RFID customer-tracking: (anonymous?) shopping mall simulation (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmD4iTXRLE&NR=1
Daniel Rosin: Wooden Mirror (mirror made of wooden pixels)
http://www.smoothware.com/danny/mirror.html
Small Design Firm (specialists in interactive exhibits): projects
http://www.davidsmall.com
Sony Corporation: DataTile (configure physical tiles for linked dynamic data)
http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/03/27/sony-datatile-modular-platform
Yaniv Steiner: Artissima exhibit (gesture recognition in museum)
http://www.nastypixel.com/prototype/wow
Haque, Usman; Adam Somlai-Fischer. Low Tech Sensors and Actuators. Free download from http://www.lowtech.propositions.org.uk
Visual Planet: Touchfoil (large-scale touch screens)
http://www.visualplanet.biz/products/touchfoil/?_kk=22f0bbc9-e288-4630-83f5-e76f0159062d&_kt=1290742982&gclid=CLXogNyJqZECFQmHaAodJkpefg
Haiyan Zhang (Interaction-Ivrea): Control Freaks (game input devices)
http://failedrobot.com/thesis
UK Electronics club) http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/index.htm
ELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS
Farnell
(in Italy) http://it.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp
(In UK) http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp
RS Components
(In Italy) http://www.rs-components.it
(In UK) http://rswww.com
Robot Italy
(In Italy) http://www.robot-italy.com
Smart Projects
(In Italy) http://www.smartprojects.it