http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/clay-shirky-psfk-conference-nyc-2012.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:57:03 +0000 Shirky teaches at NYU's ITP course which is widely recognized as one of the key drivers of the city's creativity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/red-bull-creation-project-roundup-pics.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:28:05 +0000 While all of the teams competing did an amazing job, a few in particular caught our eye.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/3d-printing-lets-you-touch-the-statistics-video.html Fri, 27 May 2011 15:43:04 +0000 3D printing affords interesting insight into the ergonomics of a ubiquitous device.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/the-future-of-touchscreen-technology-video.html Wed, 18 May 2011 17:33:53 +0000 ITP student Michael Knuepfel has created a number of devices which explore and extend the use of touchscreen technology.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/bus-roots-the-worlds-first-green-roofed-bus.html Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:20:13 +0000 There are approximately 4,500 of these MTA vehicles in NYC. Imagine if each one of them had a rooftop garden?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/paper-and-wood-come-alive-the-papel-project.html Thu, 27 May 2010 17:57:31 +0000 A warm interactive artwork mixes physical materials and digital projections.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/meet-scout-a-robot-made-out-of-legos.html Tue, 25 May 2010 15:42:36 +0000 Scout is a remote controlled flying robot built from LEGO Technic building bricks with two electric ducted fans for forward and upward propulsion.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/ikea-robotics-an-exploration-of-dynamic-architecture.html Tue, 25 May 2010 10:58:46 +0000 Too tired to pull up a chair? One day, that chair may come to you.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/video-john-dimatos-psfk-conference-new-york-2010.html Mon, 10 May 2010 14:56:47 +0000 John Dimatos, a Resident Researcher at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and teacher of ‘Designing for UNICEF,’ speaks on how design and human understanding impact social organization.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/video-zach-lieberman-psfk-conference-new-york-2010.html Mon, 03 May 2010 17:26:12 +0000 Zach Lieberman, a creative technologist whose work bridges the real world with the digital, speaks about his ongoing collaborative research efforts to empower people and spark creativity.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/nyus-summer-camp-for-grown-up-geeks.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:20:11 +0000 The Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University has started a summer camp for working professionals to help transform their innovative ideas to reality.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/john-dimatos-on-networked-objects-creative-technology-and-social-good.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:17:43 +0000 Following his participation at our NYC Conference in April, PSFK had a chance to talk with John Dimatos, Resident Researcher at NYU’s Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/diwo-as-the-new-diy-psfk-conference-good-ideas-on-changemaking.html Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:22:25 +0000 In the third part of our recent conference, Colin Beavan, Andrew Hoppin, John Dimatos, and Zach Lieberman talked about their approaches to changemaking.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/psfk-conference-speaker-interview-john-dimatos.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:06:22 +0000 John Dimatos will be one of the speakers at our upcoming PSFK Conference 2010, taking place on April 9th. John is a Resident Researcher at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and will be teaching 'Designing for UNICEF' in the fall.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/pic-upside-down-bike.html Fri, 15 May 2009 16:00:52 +0000 A bizarre standout from the recent ITP show, was Mario Diamantis’s Skybike – a bicycle you ride upside-down. Impractical, crazy? Yes. But even so, it’s a wildly different, and interesting project. Diamantis explains: [via Gizmodo]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/itp-spring-show-2009.html Tue, 12 May 2009 21:38:14 +0000 We covered the ITP: Winter Show (and Part 2) several months ago, and yesterday at the ITP Spring Show, graduate students featured more inventive projects mixing art and technology. Here’s a round-up of some projects we found interesting. Lumarca by Matt Parker A series of staggered strings that catch the light from a projector, Lumarca adds a third dimension to projected surfaces. Lumarca Vid1 from Matt Parker on Vimeo. TUUUG-of-War by Nobu Nakaguchi Tuuug-of-War is a multi-player tug-of-war where participants use their voice to compete. The louder you yell “tug” the harder your character pulls the rope. Groups of sixRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/itp-winter-show-part-2.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:22:17 +0000 Picking up where we left off earlier, here are some more of our favorites from this week’s ITP Winter Show: Membrain Stand in front of a globe, representing a “collective brain,” and your photo is taken. However the “pixels” that comprise your photo are actually tiny images of other people that were there before you. Scroll your hand down the globe, and it zooms out to show all the previous images in full view, as well as your own. Imagine this as a public artwork that can remember all its visitors. Breath Note Designed to capture the fleeting canvas ofRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/itp-winter-show-part-1.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:54:03 +0000 We visited ITP’s annual Winter Show to check out some of the ingenious art/tech mashups from this year’s students. From bartending pianos to paparazzi purses, there was wall-to-wall ingenuity on display. We had so many favorites that we couldn’t fit them in ten posts, let alone one, but we’ll try it in two. Here’s the first round-up: Pianocktial This is a piano that mixes drinks–seriously. The keys correspond to certain liquors, which are dispensed when they are played. So what does Chopsticks taste like? We can’t tell you. But whatever it was we played tasted like grape juice. Awesome project,Read more...]]>