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Audi presents programmable streets.
German auto manufacturer Audi has its sights set on a future filled with interactive LED roadways. Bjark Ingels shares his vision: If I imagine a city in 25 years’ time, the vertical facades appear unchanged, but the roadway has become a digitally programmable surface. Fixed elements such as carriag
PAUSE: Aren’t you a little old to be playing videogames?
This is exactly the way I felt when at the checkout counter with a copy of Alice Madness Returns. [Flavorwire] -Jason Johnson
Intimate Toilet is the interactive roller-coaster/lavatory you never knew you wanted.
Another one of my favorites from the ITP Winter Show was this Intimate Toilet project from Ji Hyun Moon and Ji Hyun Lee. The two creators were interested in forcing specific gestures (in this case, pooping) on users who interact with the device and I think they’ve succeeded! Just, um, watch the vide
Finally the sadism of Greek tragedies can be yours to play, behold, annoy.
Pippin Barr is at it again. Fresh off praise from Artinfo and Washington Post for satire-cum-commentary on Marina Abramovic’s The Artist is Present, Barr now takes a stab at Greek tragedies. Finally, the frustrations of Sisyphus, Tantalus, and others can be yours to enjoy and scream at. Pippin is tr
