The Future Ocean Explorer is a massive multitouch platform designed for the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts.

Amusity is an interactive music interface, designed to make the act of sharing music with friends a coffee table experience.

It may become possible to transform a variety of surfaces into a touch sensitive screen.

As digital technology begins to touch more and more aspects of the real world, we see an increasing number of developments empowering us to alter the surrounding environment to our liking.

Misa Digital has created a string-less, touchscreen electric guitar.

Light Blue Optic’s Light Touch is a portable computer that turns any surface into a touchscreen.

A recent Picasso exhibit at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia used a turntable interface as an additional control for a touchscreen based interactive music piece. The pairing of old and new turned out to be a huge hit, and acted as a very intuitive, easy to use setup. Yet another interesting example of the trend towards a reversion to chunky analog, physical controls for digital processes.
The Cool Hunter reports:
Co-ordinated by GoMA’s Multimedia Designer, Aidan Robertson and calling on the skills of both the gallery’s exhibitions team and post production company Cutting Edge’s Interactive Designer, Dan Treichel, the [...]

Waiting for the bus no longer has to be an interminable process of staring slack jawed towards the horizon hoping for its arrival, in many parts of the UK at least.  As part of Cadbury’s gooey new advertising campaign – created by Saatchi & Saatchi – for their popular Creme Eggs, they have launched a touchscreen bus shelter game. The game is modeled after the classic carnival game that challenges contestants to hit as many “fill in the blank rodents” as possible as they unknowingly emerge from their burrows in set amount of time, only in this case it’s Cadbury Creme [...]