[Phillip Torrone] pleads for companies to open source discontinued projects

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[PT] just published an editorial calling on manufactures to transfer knowledge about products they are discontinuing by making them open source. He makes his case on the basis that millions of dollars and innumerable man hours go into developing these products, only to be lost when the company decides that the project is no longer (or maybe never was) profitable. We have to say he's got a … [Read more...]

ChronoTune: listen to radio by year, not by frequency

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The ChronoTune is a radio that plays sounds from different eras. This project was developed as an entry for the Redbull Creation Challenge by some members of i3Detroit, a hackerspace in the motor city. It allows a user to turn the dial to tune in a new moment in history, but they can also listen in on the present day. They'll be greeted with the sounds of a tuning radio, followed by music or audio … [Read more...]

The start to finish of an interactive exhibit

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[Andrew & Deborah O'Malley] were tapped to created an interactive exhibit. The mission was to show that social problems take continual support from a lot of people before they can be solved. The piece needed to be architectural in nature, and they ended up building this touch-sensitive model building with individually lighted windows. The project log that the [O'Malleys] posted shows a … [Read more...]