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  • BeatBearing remake (in case!)

    A video of a really good BeatBearing remake by Levi Czika and Brandon Henderson. They’ve managed to even fit the whole thing in a portable case![on YouTube]

  • 1.5 million hits!

    Yikes – at some point over the weekend the original BeatBearing video hit one and a half million views on YouTube. I’d like to thank the YouTube user “iwouldlikemuffin1” for being 1500000th…

  • Ferromagnetic Input Device (with ball bearings!)

    An interesting project from Microsoft Research that uses an array of magnetic sensors to allow the detection of “any ferrous object placed on or near its surface”. The BeatBearing is referenced (in…

  • 45s BeatBearing Demo

    A quick (45 second) BeatBearing demonstration I put together for use in my viva presentation.

  • BBC radio interview

    Was interviewed this afternoon by BBC radio Ulster about the BeatBearing project. Apparently it should be appearing in tomorrows `What’s Next‘ program at noon (with a repeat on Monday at 19:30). One…

  • TEI’10 poster

    I’ll be attending TEI’10 this weekend and next week (the 4th international conference on tangible, embedded and embodied interaction), and taking part in the graduate student consortium. As well as the GSC…

  • BeatBearing Outside ISEA

    Short performance on the BeatBearing today in a container Outside ISEA, accompanying Robin Price’s installation. Installation will run from 1pm-2pm. Performance will likely happen for about ten minutes towards the end.

  • video of first BeatBearing MAKE project

    This is the first video I’ve seen of a completed MAKEzine BeatBearing. Many thanks to ‘awolfe63‘ for putting this up. Another BeatBearing build is being documented in this blog: http://jsavaglio.wordpress.com/.If anyone has…

  • Calling all Makers!

    The MAKE magazine article showing how to build your own BeatBearing is now out digitally and on the news racks. You can have a look at a digital preview here. Here’s the…

  • Radio Interviews

    A couple of new radio interviews with me talking about the BeatBearing: “Morning Ireland” on RTE. This interview also includes my PhD supervisor Sile O’Modhrain and SARC colleague Mark McKeague. Mark talks…