A new “Homage to New York” (a la Jean Tinguely) for the year 2050
What’s the “Utah Teapot” for Internet of Things?
Utopia, Dystopia, “NEWtopia”
Regular Show episode: all different types of messaging (answering machine, chalk board, message in a bottle, smoke signals…)
What do i get from a teddy bear that i couldn’t get from anything else (or a future teddy bear)?
Security — security system? alert when ___?
Comfort
what are teddy bears FOR? what do they do?
security, comfort,
Herilooms (generation > generation)
ghosts of past technologies
what do old things have that new things couldn’t possibly have?
DT listserv: “what can’t be taught online?”
wind sensor
detects if someone is breathing
protect a candle from going out (activate a shield)
harvest wind energy from grate, use it to power air pump of bike
**** train of thought ****
Subway grates:
conductive
cages
light goes through
“limbo” between above-ground and underground worlds
collect trash, accidentally-dropped valuables
wishing well?
cast patterned shadows
sew-able?