Artist Tom Gerhardt isn't going to sit around and let anybody hand him prepackaged music/culture/experiences. He believes that people should be able to control their own experiences when it comes to creativity.
Enter THE MUD TUB.
Gerhardt created a computer interface that is a distant relative of the flashy computer interface they used in the movie "Minority Report" where data is projected in midair and manipulated by hand. Gerhardt's innovation is to connect people with their data in a way that is elemental... not to mention squishy.
His computer interface involves sensors that can "read" a pile of mud that users manipulate. The sensors are connected to a computer and projector that beams an image directly onto the mud surface. Check out some of the computer applications for a better idea. It would seem that the possibilities are endless. This might make paperwork a bit less tedious for me if I could simply fling little piles of mud around to form a spreadsheet.
Other Gerhardt inventions include a plate spinning(!) tool for deejays, a tetris/arm wrestling mashup and highly touchable electronic felt. I wonder how long it will be before Apple tries to start selling packets of dehydrated mud for use with the iPad.
LINK via BoingBoing
