Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Hands on computer modeling



http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/8404/lumino.html


As interfaces for the digital realm become more and more sophisticated, the user gains ever greater control over the construction and crafting of the project. If you build a model by hand, but it resides in the digital realm, could it be considered "hand crafted"? These distinctions between hand and digital construction could perhaps become blurred through the use of digital interfaces like the Lumino shown here. Cubes filled with glass fibers that allow light through can be stacked and moved to control a tabletop computer. Current applications of the Lumino blocks include a construction kit, control knobs for tasks like photo editing and playing simple games like checkers.

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