future ink
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Life Ink
Human Creativity as Immersive 3D Ink
Can the human mind and body become a pen that generates ink to express our creativity? Life Ink explores the inner mechanism of creativity by visualizing brainwaves and body signals as immersive three-dimensional ink – lending color to our thoughts, feelings, and creative sparks.
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Space Ink
Three-Dimensional Drawings With Drones
What if we can draw in any space with a pen? This question is at the heart of Space Ink, where tablets and drones are brought together to create large-scale works in three-dimensional space using light and color.
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AI Ink
AI Composition with Humans and Noise
Noise is an important element in the creativity of artificial intelligence. To understand the relationship between noise and the “soul” in a machine, we used temperature and human interaction as noise in the AI Ink project while composing music with artificial intelligence. After all, temperature is also associated to emotions in the human body.
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Bio Ink
Can Ink Be Alive?
In Bio Ink, the Futurelab brought together biotechnology and digital pen tablet technology to create living ink that grows freely beyond human input. With this research, the team explored co-creation with other organisms and nature.
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Future Ink
Life Ink / Bio Ink / AI Ink / Space Ink
The Future Ink Project is a collaborative research project between Wacom and Ars Electronica Futurelab to explore the future of creativity from all aspects of ink. As the world’s leader in pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface technologies, Wacom brings people and technology closer together through natural, intuitive interface solutions. Through the joint…