Interactive Objects and Spaces Links

CHEAP SENSOR SOURCES


ACCD Shop Business Card Source List

connectors for brainstem wiring

SOFTWARE

www.cycling74.com
Company that makes software for programmatically manipulating MIDI, audio, and video - MAX/MSP, Jitter (video processing)

processing.org
an open source langauge with support for video input and 3d graphics

www.mspinky.com
Makes software and vinyl records to translate real scratching of records into software based scratching of audio and video

www.finalscratch.com
Hardware and vinyl records to translate real scratching of records into MIDI based scratching. Made by Stanton (the people who make turntables), and Native Instruments (software synth company)

http://www.five12.com/numerology.html
Software that enables live performance of music sequencing, and automatic generation of music

www.troikatronix.com
Graphic programming environment called Isadora that provides interactive control over digital media, with special emphasis on the real-time manipulation of digital video. They also make a MIDI interface Xtra for Director.

www.garagecube.com/modul8/
VJ software for mixing video, flash animations and other media in real time via MIDI control.

www.troikaranch.org
group that creates dynamic live performances that combine dance, music, theater and interactive digital media

www.arkaos.net/site/en/index.html
another tool for using MIDI to manipulate video

www.sourceforce.nu
MIDI Xtra for Director

www.bonneville.nl/cps
An audio and Midi programming system and Director Xtra


RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

www.steim.nl
Center for Research & Development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts

www.ircam.fr
Ircam is a French research institute that explores rich interaction between musical creation and research

www.rhizome.org
Online community space for people who are interested in new media art.

www.interactingarts.org
European site devoted to real-life interactive culture and art

www.billbuxton.com/InputSources.html
Bill Buxton is an early interaction designer who worked for SGI

MICROCONTROLLERS

complete systems with software support

www.infusionsystems.com
Makers of interfaces and sensors that talk with the computer via MIDI

www.makingthings.com
Company that makes and sells electronic interfaces for sensors and outputs that use USB interface and the MAX & Flash environments for programming.

www.phidgets.com
microcontroller & sensors, mac support in beta

other systems

www.acroname.com
Company that makes and sells electronic interfaces for sensors and effectors. they also make the brainstem microcontroller we use and suported by the IOSi software.

wiring.org.co
a open source board that works with the processing language

www.sunspotworld.com
sun microsystems labs wireless microcontroller, also supported by the IOSi software.

www.ezio.com
An interface for sensors and outputs that uses a serial interface instead of MIDI

eroktronix.com/
Makers of a $150 sensor to MIDI interface

www.doepfer.de/mtc.htm     http://www.doepfer.de/
A 64 output MIDI interface. The company also makes many other midi-controllers as well as analog synths.

www.oopic.com
Specially designed for robotics, the OOPic is a stand-alone controller

 

OTHER STUFF

happcontrols.com
Sellers of joysticks, trackballs, and many other interface things.

www.wanyrobotics.com
Robotics platform

www.uCApps.de
Free MIDI DIY Projects by Thorsten Klose

www.solarbotics.com
BEAM Robotics Resource

www.synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm
Page of links for controllers

directory.google.com/
List of MIDI controller related sites