Technologies and Materials
A collection of emerging technologies and materials used in the construction of media architectures.

http://www.vivideffect.com/vivideffect/komaden.htm - Image Mesh - Image-Mesh is a video wall comprised of a plastic mesh embedded with tiny, pixel-addressable 3-in-1 RGB LEDs. Its panel structure is unobtrusive, lightweight, and may be easily erected and dismantled.

Sensacell http://www.sensacell.com/ - Modular Sensor Surface

Sensitile http://www.sensitile.com/home.htm - Light conducting fiber-optic based tiles

Hypertag http://www.hypertag.com/ - Bluetooth enabled street signage

magink http://www.magink.com/index.php - Digital ink that can receive info via wifi. Ultra-low power consumption.

Digital Light Processing (DLP) http://www.dlp.com/ - Light bouncing off of electronically controlled mirrors combines to project extremely high-quality display for cinema

Human Locator | Freeset Interactive (http://www.freeset.ca/locator/index.html) - Track human movement in front of digital sign and send data to flash in order to control display

Netmeetstreet (http://netmeetstreet.com/nms/www/) - New York City-based company that provides networked-enabled digital projections for storefronts

Colour Holographic (http://www.colourholographic.com/) - Holographic display

Nokia Field Force Solution (http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,55737,00.html) - Nokia's off the shelf Near Field Communication (NFC) solution

Versa Tile (http://www.elementlabs.com/prod/versatile.htm) - LED tiles that can be used as displays

Versa Tile X3 (http://www.elementlabs.com/prod/versatileX.htm) - LED tiles for outdoor use, can be used to display content

Versa Tube (http://www.elementlabs.com/prod/versatube.htm) - LED tubes, used as displays

Versa Pixel (http://www.elementlabs.com/prod/versapixel.htm) - LED beacons allow complex 3D shapes and surfaces to display content or light

NeoFlex (http://www.elementlabs.com/prod/neoflex.htm) - Flexible neon tubes

ZipTube (http://www.elementlabs.com/prod/ziptube.htm) - LED neon-like tubes allow colors to be changed

Pictiva (http://www.pictiva.com/) - OLED small displays manufactured by Osram

Bendable Color Electronic Paper (http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2005/20050713-01.html) - Fujitsu prototype for a color ePaper

Chi Tiles (http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=2&item_pk=367&p=1) - Thermochromic (change color with temperature) treatment applied to tiles

HITACHI electronic paper http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0512/01/news126.html

Haptic Interfaces

Displays used as part of an immersive interactive experience which relies on audio/visual/tactile components to achieve engagement.

Glow Positioning System (http://users.dma.ucla.edu/~suku/ringoflights.html) - Urban scale lighting installation (Delhi, 2005)

Khronos Projector (http://www.k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/alvaro/Khronos/Khronos_Projector.htm) - Stretch a fabric to change the image projected onto it

Documenta Mobile (http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=35&Itemid=144&details=0&lang=en) - Touchscreen interface in truck for art fair info (Kassel, 2005)

Sail Traffic Instructions (http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=1&Itemid=144&details=0&lang=en) - Immersive ship simulator environment (2003)

Fog Screen (http://www.fogscreen.com/index.html) - Interact with projections in the air (2005)

Tasting Music (http://www.michihito.com/11tastingmusic.html?t=photo&n=2) - Interactive table recognizes CDs and plays music (2004)

Muscle Body (http://www.protospace.bk.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=351cc397-e203-4fd8-8620-218ca9500807&lang=nl) - Shape shifting space (Delft, 2005)

Re:MARK (http://www.flong.com/remark/index.html) - Speech visualization spaces (2002-04)

FeedTank (http://www.feedtank.com/dfm.html) - Interactive projection. Dance Floor Moves been displayed on sidewalks, in entranceways, in clubs, and for special events

Power Flower Installation (http://www.idonline.com/imdr03/power.asp) - The energy that radiates from people walking by causes the supernatural flowers to "bloom."

Audiopad (http://tangible.media.mit.edu/projects/audiopad/) - Audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music.

Digital Cities Project (http://www.digitalcitiesproject.net/intro.php) - Digital Cities Project traces of the “digital city” and its networks, from multimedia districts to virtual environments and mobile devices

Aether induction house (http://www.aether.hu/inductionhouse/index.html)- Aether induction house is an architecture prototype looking into ways of treating digital media as physical matter.