Human Echolocation

January 31st, 2011 | Posted in alternative navigation, shifting perception | | No Comments »

Over a year ago, two different projects started to study ways to support human spatial perception by augmenting their hearing abilities. CASBliP (Cognitive Aid System for Blind People) was a consortium of 5 different Universities lead by the (more…)

Experiencing animal world: superpowers

January 18th, 2011 | Posted in sustainability | | No Comments »

Animal Superpowers (2008), by Kenichi Okada and Chris Woebken, is a series of toys that work as sensory enhancements for kids. The toys allow kids to experience different animal extra-qualities in order to create empathy with the same creatures. (more…)

Experiencing animal world: rabbit

January 17th, 2011 | Posted in shifting perception, sustainability | | No Comments »

Leaping Rabbit (2004) by Jim Rokos, Kathrin Bohm and Andreas Lang, alters participants’ perception of the space by giving the sensation of being a rabbit. The device lowers users’ vision to ground level and outwards through periscopes, in order to (more…)