The Glass Engine
The Glass Engine represents a very interesting new approach
to searching and interacting with information. (Note: unfortunately it requires Microsoft Internet Explorer).
I suspect you will be as impressed as I was when you see this remarkable
technology prototype. It was developed by Mark Podlaseck at IBM’s
Hawthorne, New York Research
Laboratory. The project started when Philip Glass, the composer,
asked what his catalog of music might look like online. Mark thought
the music should be an integral part of the navigation experience,
like it is when “surfing” the radio or television. He wanted to be
immersed in the sound of it, making micro-decisions about whether
he liked something or not as opposed to making arbitrary, uninformed
decisions about whether he wanted to hear chamber music or film soundtracks,
or Symphony #1, #2, #3, #4, or #5. (read
more)
