links for 2010-05-19

“The Eye­Writer project is an ongo­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive research effort to empow­er peo­ple who are suf­fer­ing from ALS with cre­ative tech­nolo­gies. It is a low-cost eye-track­ing appa­ra­tus & cus­tom soft­ware that allows graf­fi­ti writ­ers and artists with paral­y­sis result­ing from Amy­otroph­ic lat­er­al scle­ro­sis to draw using only their eyes.” Well-deserved win­ner of the Prix Ars Electronica.

“By slosh­ing, squish­ing, pulling, punch­ing, etc, in a tub of mud (yes, wet dirt), users con­trol games, sim­u­la­tors, and expres­sive tools; inter­act­ing with a com­put­er in a new, com­plete­ly organ­ic, way.” Mud, I won­der how that idea came into being.