Pretty shiny bauble…
Ambient Devices provides the hardware, infrastructure and services that support a new range of glanceable embedded wireless devices. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ambient�s vision is to embed information representation in everyday objects, making the physical environment an interface to digital information. The Ambient Data Services Server assists in managing devices on heterogenous wireless networks, providing product companies with a unified platform for building dedicated information display products. head here for more information… http://www.ambient411.com
One could easily build an ambient device in flash by integrating elements within the computer (data, time, processing speed, keyboard input, mous movement, etc.) to give visual feedback to a flash element that’s constantly updated, xml? and posted to a website… one could use this snippet to work with this idea (time):
Controlling a clip by the time of day Updated!
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Tips_And_Techniques/Controll-k-gianni-788/index.php
Launched:
The NC Disability Action Network
This post is tagged: exhibit design, information design, innovation