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Message center for voice or video messages

The message center has two rfid readers, marked with 'record' and 'play', a video camera, a microphone, a screen and a speaker (ie. a Macbook). You can leave a video or voice message for your...
Own the block!

Using RFID to be the master of the area you've been.

Remembering the two-player games of Tony Hawks pro skater on the PS1, where you could color a piece of the skatepark you've done the coolest trick on, and giving it your color by doing so, it seemed...
Identity Database

the average dutch person now carries 2-3 rfid tagged items at all times (ov card, identity card, library card), let's associate those with their identity and make a public database
Connection Cushion

Connecting people through (a) physical object(s)

Connect to people ‘right here, right now’. Using the ‘connection cushion’, which is available at the conference, users can easily hook up their online profiles, while having drinks at the bar or...
Conversational Jukebox

Spin your track on the conversational jukebox, influence the vibe in the room.

A computer connected to speakers, and RFID reader, google and the database of conference delegates sits in a room. We've programmed it to speak a sentence drawn at random from a variety of websites
BarFly

better living through alcoholism

bluetooth scanners near bars let users find out where their friends are and convince them to buy extra drinks remotely
RFID Skimmer

Stealthy data collection made easy

We know that people carry RFID tags on their body, in their pockets and in their wallets. Many of these are in cards that have securely encrypted information on them. What we can recognise though, is...
The socializer

A computer that helps people to get over their shyness and make new friends

By tracking where the different users go (eg. events, talk they attend, bars, concerts, etc) and matching it with other users, people can get suggestions of other participants that have common...
Guess Who?

We've got ID on the suspect. We know his hangouts, we've seen his pictures. We know his name. Do you?
Twitterazi Tracker and the PICNIC Aggregator

"What are you doing?" is the general question Twitter poses us. It neglects to ask us "Where are you doing it?" in the age of the trackable and the increasing focus on the hyperlocal web.

The Lowlands 2007 festival was well covered by the Dutch Twitter community with 2500-3000 tweets. The Lowlands Twitter meetup was attented by 15 people. Data was collected from different sources...
Exit Poll

How did that make you feel?

We will add mood buttons by the exits for the talks/sessions. You get to vote how the session left you feeling. Each mood will be linked to a color and a set of keywords. The keywords will be added...
Touch and plus.

Combining the touch interaction with another action or event...

Touch and shake, touch and drop, touch and speak, touch and lift up.
Totempole

Show activity ranking of participants as a stack of screens displaying their faces

Ranking could be based on various 'high scores', like number of times the tag has been used, number of contacts, shortest time between consecutive uses, etc.
MediaMemes

Portable nodes showing fields of interest

A portable device, containing a scanner, a LED screen and a keyboard. Key(word)-users wearing a MediaMeme mingle amongst other visitors and try to summarize their conversaion into keywords and enter...
PopularityTree

aka the magic matching tree

A tree full of leds. When two people touch the RFID readers below the tree, they can see how far their Picnic keyword profiles match. The more they match the faster and intenser the leds blink. Could...
RFID Spy

People wonder exactly how easily on-tag information can be skimmed from passive HF RFID.. the RFID Spy project turns this question into a kind of game. Overview: Rogue agents from the RFID...
RFID racket reader

how many tags do you carry?

We're transferring old tennisrackets into RFID-readers with the purpose to make you aware you probably already are wearing RFID-tags with you.
Badger

Meta–info based Clan forming

What is your sign? Based on the keywords you added to your profile we'll determine which sign you belong to. Swipe your RFID tag to find out and you will receive stickers with your sign printed on...
Photos & connections

Take a photo, make a connection...

A photo booth that encourages people to take photos of themselves with others. By touching tags to a number of interaction points (perhaps 3 or 4) a photo is taken, a connection is made, and profile...
iTea

Cosy tea-table column with "facts" about you.

There's nothing more interesting than hearing juicy gossip about other people. But did you know there is tons of "intelligence" on the internet about you? Using the iTea installation is like visiting...

created Nadya Peek

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