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Pegblocks are networked tactile transducers. As users manipulate the array of pegs, sliding them back and forth, motion is converted to electricity and converted back into motion through out the rest of the network. The resulting movements of the

The Lumitouch system consists of a pair of interactive picture frames. When one user touches her picture frame, the other picture frame lights up. This touch is translated to light over an Internet connection. We introduce a semi-ambient display

Augmented Reality public art project, 4-channel video installation and interactive online map. Tamiko Thiel augments the neighborhood of Lehel in Munich with visions, texts, maps, the dreams of local residents and scientific findings. The monumental

Lenticular Bicycle is the first sculpture in the series to use human energy. The pedal-powered movie references the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the hacked bicycles that are roughly converted for use in family businesses throughout Southeast

The genieBottles system presents a story that is told by three genies that live in glass bottles. When a bottle is opened, the genie contained inside is released and begins to talk to the user. If several genies are released at once, they converse

Tangible Viewpoints is a system for interacting with a character driven narrative. The different segments of a multiple point-of-view story are organized according to the character viewpoint they represent, as well as their place in the overall

In "Dislocative Sculptures," Goethe-Institut Second Life Artist in Residence Tamiko Thiel and the United|Dislokations|Kartell (U|D|K) used the unique physics of building in Second Life to create a sculpture that could exist nowhere else. Cyberspace:

The interactive 3D virtual reality installation "The Travels of Mariko Horo" is a reverse Marco Polo fantasy imagining the fictitious Mariko Horo as a Japanese time-traveler searching for the Western Paradise of Buddhist mythology, the Isles of the

Glass bottles have been a part of human culture for thousands of years, serving both practical and aesthetic functions. The "bottles" project explores the transparency of an interface that weaves itself into the fabric of everyday life. Seamless

The Strata project explores the design of layered, electronically-augmented physical models that serve as tangible interfaces to specific dataspaces. Strata's first application is an interface that embodies the physical structure of the Media