RESOURCES
RESOURCES IN ART, MEDIA, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY FIELDS:
GENERAL ELECTRONICS VENDORS:
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com
ELECTRONICS SURPLUS VENDORS
http://www.agtannenbaum.com/agtannenbaum.root/shop
http://www.electronicsurplus.com
http://www.mendelsons.com or http://www.meci.com
http://www.surplussales.com/index.html
PHYSCOMP, MICROCONTROLLER RELATED SITES
http://www.c-stamp.com/products.htm
http://www.coridiumcorp.com/arm7
http://www.dontronics-shop.com
http://www.emesystems.com/BS2links.htm
http://www.futurlec.com/ET-ARM_Stamp.shtml
http://tigoe.net/pcomp/index.shtml
COMMUNICATION OVER TCP/IP, MICROSERVERS
http://www.csmicrosystems.com/products/24-microwebserv-eol-microcontroller-web-server.aspx
http://jdrichards.com/mondomini.html
MICROCONTROLLERS AND MIDI, DECODERS ETC
http://www.audiomulch.com/midipic/
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~gary/controllers/midi.html
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~gary/controllers/sequencing.html
http://silvertone.princeton.edu/~dan/rbow/rbow.html
http://highlyliquid.com/kits/md24
http://www.midi-hardware.com/products
http://www.gemhut.com/hmeproducts.htm
http://www.soundbytesystems.com
MIDI, SERIAL XTRAS FOR DIRECTOR
http://www.troikatronix.com/xmidi.html
http://www.audiomulch.com/midiio/
MIDI OVER NETWORKS
http://www.musiclab.com/products/rpl_info.htm
http://midishare.sourceforge.net/
SWITCHES
http://www.asa-schalttechnik.de/en_docs/prod_ueber.html
http://www.carlingtech.com/products/switches
http://www.clef.at/en/key-switch
http://www.clippard.be/products/button.shtml
http://www.controlparts.com/klockner.moeller/pushbuttons.htm
http://www.craigandderricott.com
http://www.deltasystemsinc.com
http://www.eao.com/global/en/home.asp?navid=0
http://www.electromechcomp.com
http://www.grisk.com/pushbutton.htm
http://ww.hartmann-codier.de/static/produkte&language=eng
http://www.esterline.com/controlsystems/JANCO/JANCOHome/tabid/2474/Default.aspx/index2.htm
http://www.shinden.com/english
http://www.supreme-exim.com.tw
GIANT ELECTRONICS COMPANIES, MULTIPLE PRODUCT LINES
http://www.tycoelectronics.com
LASERS
LEDs
http://www.ledyoung.com.tw/list-3.htm
AMBIENT, INTELLIGENT LIGHTING, LED WALLS
SLIP RINGS, ROTARY CONNECTORS
http://aeroflex.com/ams/motion/motion-airflyte-rings.cfm
http://www.sibley.com/sliprings.shtml
http://www.zyn.com/flcfw/fwtproj/Contactl.html
http://www.uea-inc.com/products/slip-rings/default.aspx?gclid=CLbupY2R96MCFZxo5QodEzag2g
http://www.thomasnet.com/products/slip-ring-assemblies-75930404-1.html
LED DRIVERS
http://www.allegromicro.com/en/Products/Part_Numbers/6276
http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm?qv_pk=1339
http://www.maxim-ic.com/datasheet/index.mvp/id/3291
http://www.hanssummers.com/matrix.html
http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol2/col/nv70.pdf
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tlc5940.html
SPEECH SYNTHESIS/VOICE WITH MCUs
SPEECH RECOGNITION W/ STAMPS, MCUs
http://www.sensoryinc.com/products/integrated_circuits.html
http://www.nxp.com/news/content/file_690.html
MAJOR ELECTRONICS IC CHIP MANUFACTURERS
http://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/index.html
http://www.texasinstruments.com
CHIP DIRECTORIES
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir
http://www.icmaster.com/search/HomePageAction.ad
SENSOR METALINKS
http://www.prc68.com/I/Sensors.shtml
http://www.sensorland.com/QuickLinks001.html
http://www.globalspec.com/sensors_directory
WEATHERSTATION ELECTRONICS
http://www.thunderheadtech.com/Id5001.html
http://www.davisnet.com/home_flash.asp
http://www.fascinatingelectronics.com
RADIATION MEASUREMENT
ACCELEROMETERS / ANGLE / TILT / MEMS
http://us.st.com/stonline/products/families/sensors/motion_sensors.htm
BEND SENSORS
http://www.bris.ac.uk/caress/technology_ofg.html
http://www.imagesco.com/sensors/flex-sensor.html’
FORCE SENSING RESISTORS, PRESSURE, FILMBASED SENSORS
ELECTRONIC COMPASS MODULES
http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk/acatalog/Compass.html
http://www.junun.org/MarkIII/Info.jsp?item=26
GLOBAL POSITIONING
http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/1790
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?c=4
INFRARED SENSORS
http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/c_Sensors.html
LIGHT AND COLOR SENSORS
http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/optical_sensors
RF, RFID ETC
http://www.linxtechnologies.com
http://www.parallax.com/tabid/768/ProductID/114/Default.aspx
http://www.insidefr.com/products/default.htm
ROTARY ENCODERS
http://www.ctscorp.com/electro/encoders.htm
SONAR, ULTRASONIC
http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/c_Sensors.html
http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk/htm/srf04.shtml
HARDWARE CAMERA BASED VIDEO RECOGNITION
http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30051
MICROSOFT / PRIMESENSE / 3DV KINECT HACKING
http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://tinkerheavy.com/unityskeleton.zip
https://github.com/tinkerer/UnityWrapper
KINECT HACKERS, CENTRAL COMPUTER VISION/TRACKING/SCANNING PEOPLE
Theo Watson (one of my sharpest wittiest students ever) http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11/11/kinect-running-on-os-x
Kyle McDonald http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=1014
Greg Borenstein (O’Reilly Kinect Hacking Book)
SOFTWARE BASED VIDEO RECOGNITION
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/Mac_OS_X_OpenCV_Port
http://www.cycling74.com/products/cyclops.html
http://www.interlog.com/~drokeby/vnsII.html
http://www.steim.nl/bigeye.html
http://www.smoothware.com/track.html
BIOFEEDBACK, BIOMETRICS
BIOLOGICAL ART
OTHER, GAMING RELATED
http://www.competitiveproducts.com
http://www.quarterarcade.com/Default.aspx
ROBOT STORES
http://www.acroname.com/index.html
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/robot/robotstore.html
http://www.junun.org/MarkIII/Store.jsp
http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk
HOBBY/RC STORES
CUSTOM AUDIOVISUAL/VJ/3D/REALTIME PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE, VIDEO SYNTHS
www.audiovisualizers.com under toolshack
TELEROBOTICS
http://www.sarcos.com/telerobotics.html
MECHANICAL SURPLUS
http://www.greenblottmetal.com
SCIENTIFIC, MECHANICAL PARTS, TOOLS
http://www.stanleysupplyservices.com
http://www.outwatercatalogs.com
https://sdp-si.com/eStore/default.asp
MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEMS
http://www.outwatercatalogs.com
http://www13.boschrexroth-us.com
OPTICAL PARTS
SCIENTIFIC, CHEMICAL
http://www.alfa.com/alf/index.htm
MAGNETICS
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/categories.asp?=188
METALINKS TO ELECTROMECHANICAL INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURERS
MUSIC
MIDI CONTROLLER LINKS
http://www.synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm
ELECTRONIC MUSIC INTERFACES
http://www.media.mit.edu/~joep/SpectrumWeb/SpectrumX.html
http://pubs.media.mit.edu/pubs/papers/joep-00642965.pdf
BODYSYNTHS / WEARABLE / GLOVES
TROIKA RANCH MIDI DANCER/TROIKATRONIX
TOD MACHOVER/DEXTROUS HAND MASTER
BRAINWAVE
EKG, ECG
BREATH CONTROLLERS
CASIO BFC-1
CUSTOM KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS
STARR SWITCH Z-BOARD, WILSON GENERALIZED KEYBOARD
GULBRANSEN MIDI SENSOR RETROFITS
DRUM CONTROLLERS
DYNACORD RHYTHM STICK, PERCUTER
INFRARED
DIMENSION BEAM/ROLAND DBEAM REBRANDED
KNOB/SLIDER BASED INTERFACES
DOEPFER MAQ16/3 SEQ, SCHALTWERK, REGELWERK, DREHBANK, POCKET FADER, POCKER CONTROL, POCKET DIAL
BUTTON BASED INTERFACES
LIGHT/LASER
META INSTRUMENTS
MICHEL WAISWISZ THE HANDS/STEIM
PERRY COOK’S/DAN TRUEMAN’S RBOW SENSOR BOW
PERRY COOK’S/DAN TRUEMAN’S BOWED SENSOR SPEAKER ARRAY (BOSSA)
MIDI GUITAR/BASS CONVERTERS
GIBSON KMUSE PHOTON, MAX, WIDGET
ROLAND VG8/VG88/V-BASS, GI-10, GR1, GR10, GR30/33, GR700, G33, G88
TEACHING GUITAR SYSTEMS
MIDI MALLETS
MIDI VIOLINS/CELLOS/UPRIGHT BASSES
RF/CAPACITIVE/INDUCTIVE
RIBBON CONTROLLERS
DOEPFER RIBBON CONTROLLER A-198
SONAR
TOUCH PADS:
TOUCH CONTROLLERS, IPAD SW
VOICE TO MIDI
WIND CONTROLLERS
AKAI EWI 1000, EVI 1000, EWI 3000, EWI 3020
HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL CONTROLLERS
THE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE
http://www.ibiblio.org/mcmahon/emusic-l/rms/man-machine.txt
ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INTERFACES, BY JOE PARADISO, MIT
http://web.media.mit.edu/~joep/SpectrumWeb/SpectrumX.html
HCI AND INPUT DEVICE WWW LINKS
BILL BUXTON’s (CHIEF SCIENTIST AT ALIAS) INPUT TECHNOLOGY LIST
NEW MUSICAL INTERFACE CONFERENCES
NEW INTERFACES FOR MUSICAL EXPRESSION CONFERENCE
PAST CONFERENCE DATABASE
http://www.nime.org/pastnimes.html
DEDICATED SENSOR/AD/CONTROLLER BOXES
STEIM SENSORLAB (no longer made)
GALLERIES, VENUES, ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES, CENTERS, ORGANIZATIONS SHOWING OR SUPPORTING THE PRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL/INTERACTIVE/COMPUTER BASED INSTALLATIONS
AUSTRALIAN NETWORK FOR ART AND TECHNOLOGY (ANAT)
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF MOVING IMAGE
ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER, Linz, Austria
ARTPORT, Whitney Museum of American Art Portal to Net Art
BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Alberta, Canada
C3 CENTER FOR CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
CRUMB (CURATORIAL RESOURCE FOR UPSTART MEDIA BLISS)
DUTCH ELECTRONIC ART FESTIVAL (DEAF)
DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS WEB PROJECTS
EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER
HARVESTWORKS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
LEONARDO, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
NETZSPANNUNG INTERNET MEDIA LABORATORY
P.S. 1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
UNESCO KNOWLEDGE PORTAL – DIGI-ARTS
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, FUNDING, STARTUP MONEY
FOUNDATION CENTER IN NEW YORK (LARGE GRANTS LIBRARY)
GRAHAM FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN FINE ARTS
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
LANGLOIS FOUNDATION (creator of Softimage)
NEA (National Endownment for the Arts)
NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts)
NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts)
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
EDUCATIONAL/RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, LABS
CALARTS (California Institute of the Arts)
CARNEGIE MELLON CENTER FOR ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY
CNMAT CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC & AUDIO TECHNOLOGIES UC BERKELEY
CCRMA STANFORD CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
HITLAB (University of Washington VR Research Center)
IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique)
COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN
NYU ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program)
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, SCHOOL OF ART, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY, MFADT PROGRAM
ROYAL COLLEGE OF THE ARTS INTERACTIONS DEGREE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA MEDIA ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CREATE
ZKM CENTER FOR ART AND MEDIA, Karlsruhe, Germany
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CONFERENCES, EXPOS, FESTIVALS:
ACE – ADVANCES IN COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY
ACM: Association of Computer Machinery
ACM ASSETS – Annual Conference on Assistive Technologies
ACM CIKM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia
ACM CUU Conference on Universal Usability
ACM DL – International Conference on Digital Libraries
ACM SIGCHI CHI – Human Factors in Computing Systems
ACM SIGCHI CHINZ – NEW ZEALAND CHAPTER’S INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER-HUMAN INTERACTION
ACM SIGIR CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION RETREAVAL
ACM SIGGRAPH – International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
AML – EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE
ASCI: Art & Science Collaborations Inc.
AES: Audio Engineering Society
CSCW – CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK
DANISH HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
DIS – DESIGNING INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS
DUX – CONFERENCE ON DESIGNING USER EXPERIENCES
ECCE – EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS
ECSCW – EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATE WORK
ERCIM WORKSHOP ON “USER INTERFACES FOR ALL”
ESP – EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF PROGRAMMERS
IV – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
ICEC – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
IDC – INTERACTION DESIGN AND CHILDREN
ICMI – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERFACES
IEEE: Institute of Electric and Electrical Engineers
IEEE, WIC, ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB INTELLIGENCE
IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE INFORMATICS
IHM – CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FRANCOPHONE d’INTERACTION HOMME-MACHINE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
ISEA: International Symposium on the Electronic Arts
ISMAR – SYMPOSIUM ON MIXED AND AUGMENTED REALITY
IUI – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLGENT USER INTERFACES
MILIA: Annual Interactive Content Exhibition & Conference in Cannes, France
NAMM: National Association of Music Merchandisers (new products)
NIME: New Instruments for Musical Expression-conference
NordiCHI – NORDIC CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
OZCHI – CHISIG CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
SIGCHI (Part of ACM): Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction
SIGGRAPH (Part of ACM): Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics
SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SOUPS – SYMPOSIUM ON USABLE PRIVACY AND SECURITY
TEI – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TANGIBLE AND EMBEDDED INTERACTION
THE HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
UIST – SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY
VIS – IEEE VISUALIZATION CONFERENCE
VRAIS: Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium
VRST – ACM SYMPOSIUM ON VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY
WikiSym – INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIKIS
WORK WITH COMPUTING SYSTEMS WWCS
WWW – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
YLEM Artists using Science and Technology
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
IF International Forum Design Awards
DESIGN, GADGET, MUSIC, VISUAL, INTERACTIVE BLOGS
http://www.createdigitalmusic.com
http://www.creativeapplications.net
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com
SUSTAINABILITY, ECO, GREEN ETC BLOGS
http://www.treehugger.com/design_architecture/?campaign=th_nav_design
http://vegetalcity.net/concept.html
DATA VISUALIZATION
http://www.asymptote.net/interiors-and-furniture/nyse-3dt-virtual-reality-environment
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte
http://www.visualizing.org/visualizations
http://www.datavisualization.ch
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net
AUTHORING SYSTEMS, AUDIOVISUAL SOFTWARE, APIs, MIDDLEWARE, VJ TOOLS
DERIVATIVE TOUCH DESIGNER 101/77
HACKER/GEEK/HOBBY SITES
http://www.dangerousprototypes.com
http://www.electronicsisfun.com
http://www.overflowstudios.com
http://www.specialcomputing.com
http://www.wiznettechnology.com
SITES FOR SELLING/CREATING ONE’S OWN DESIGNS
STARTUP, MEETUP ETC SITES
http://www.meetup.com/New-York-Technology-Meetup
OPEN SOURCE, CROWDSOURCING, DEPOSITORIES, PROJECTS AROUND THE IDEAS ETC
http://www.creativecommons.org
http://freedomdefined.org/OSHW
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu
FEW ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, INVENTORS, RESEARCHERS, THINKERS I APPRECIATE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Harri Koskinen Friends of the Industry
CROWDSOURCING
USABILITY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STARTUP
MEDIA ART, CONCEPTUAL ART, COMPUTER VISUALIZATION
INVENTORS
ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
VIDEO ART
BIO ART
DESIGN RELATED SITES, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, MISC.
BRAUN’S DIETER RAMS DESIGN PRINCIPLES, APPLE
LOCKHEED MARTIN SKUNKWORKS KELLY’S 14 RULES
PBS FRONTLINE PERSUADERS DOUG RUSHKOFF
INTERNET2
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/spotlight/SpotlightGrid-en.html
http://www.internet2.edu/networkresearch/projects.html
MAGAZINES
