It’s been some time since the interaction lab had opportunity to purchase a cool gadget. But after TD have explored the VR googles Quest 3 for 3D modelling and visualisation it was time to get a few for more generic exploration and experimentation. At the time of writing there isn’t much support on an advanced level, but the goggles have a couple of demos, games and the 3D drawing software Gravity sketch installed which is plenty to experience and explore for those that have never tried it.
We now have one of Samsungs foldable phones. It’s stupid expensive, but considering the interesting move to a soft screen that can be shaped it seemed like something that students might want to take a closer look at for possible future design ideas.
Stemoscope is a small wireless listening device that in combination with an app on your phone is designed to listen to the sounds of your body. Pulse, breathing, cracking joints, the possibilities are endless. And that’s just following the instructions. What other seemingly quiet things could you listen to? Growing plants? Vibrations in the ground?
https://www.stemoscope.com/
We can now offer an iPhone 13 Pro to borrow. It has even more advanced cameras and sensors, most notable is perhaps LiDAR which with the right apps can be used for low light footage and 3D scanning.
Apple iPhone 13 Pro – 5G smartphone – dual-SIM – 128 GB – OLED-skärm – 6.1″ – 2532 x 1170 pixlar (120 Hz) – 3 st. bakre kameror 12 MP, 12 MP, 12 MP – front camera 12 MP – silver
A set of bluetooth headphones where the sound is projected into the ears in a way that leaves your ear canals open to hear the environment as well. It is, however, NOT real bone conducting technology. But still kinda neat experience.
A small projector with surprisingly powerful light considering it’s size. Mounting point that suits camera mounts (tripod, magic arm, etc).
Apple 10.2-inch iPad Wi-Fi – 9:th generation – 256 GB – 10.2″ IPS (2160 x 1620)
Monogram console is a collection of interactive bits for your computer that you can arrange physically and configure to use with several creative softwares such as Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, etc. Early testing has shown it might even be possible to use in things written in Processing or P5, allowing the gadgets to be used for custom interactive exploration.
OP–Z is an advanced fully portable 16-track sequencer and synthesizer, with a range of both sample based and synthesis based sounds. Find out more at: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-z
An e-ink screen is a type of screen that uses very little energy and in its simplest state will give more of an impression reading off of a regular book page than an electric screen. This e-book reader uses that kind of technology combined with some extra perks to make it a nice alternative to a tablet for reading.
