MIT researcher David Merrill has created a compelling form of interaction through siftables (ambient devices):

Siftables aims to enable people to interact with information and media in physical, natural ways that approach interactions with physical objects in our everyday lives.

As the price of technology lowers so does the exposure to new ideas rises. We would love to use some of these in our research project we are doing with the computer science department at the University of Applied Arts in Hamburg.

While in Paris this past spring we experienced a vertical garden before entering the BHV Homme back entrance to stock up on agnès b. Definitely something we would like to see more of in cities. Gridskipper has a nice couple of links to other vertical gardens in Paris.

After creating our one page support for Obama, we came across an eco-friendly way to show our support: Obama spoke cards. They arrived today along with an extra and sweet Shepard Fairey sticker. Very cool! Stencil by art-n-craftivist Margaret Coble. Get yours here.