This video is about exploring the spatial qualities of RFID, visualised through an RFID probe, long exposure photography and animation.

It features Timo Arnall of the Touch project and Jack Schulze of BERG.

More here
nearfield.org/2009/10/immaterials-the-ghost-in-the-field
berglondon.com/blog/2009/10/12/the-ghost-in-the-field/

Skål is a media player designed for the home that lets you interact with digital media using physical objects. You place objects in a wooden bowl to play back related media on the TV. Skål makes media playful. skaal.no

This is Sniff, a soft toy dog in green cotton plush. His carefully crafted exterior qualities don’t reveal that he is anything but a cuddly toy. But wireless technology allows him to ‘sniff’ and react to objects that come close to his nose.

By focusing on non-visual interactive qualities such as tactility, sound and vibration, Sniff is designed with the particular needs of children with sight impairment in mind. But Sniff also works for everyone, young and old, where he becomes a companion in play, work and everyday life.

More here: nearfield.org/sniff

By Sara Johansson, Timo Arnall & Einar Sneve Martinussen
Music by Andre Borgen myspace.com/aborgen

Nearness explores interacting without touching.

More here
nearfield.org/2009/09/nearness
and here
berglondon.com/blog/2009/09/15/nearness/