Another Couple of Concepts that made me think.

CONCEPT:

Amusity - Musical Coffee Table Concept:

The Short Version.....

The Long Version...

Thoughts on the Concept:

The really cool thing about this concept is that it brings a physical and tangible interaction back into music, something which was lost with the digitisation of sound.

People use similar interaction input methods that you would normally associate with stereo systems. The concept still feels like an old HiFi system.  The interaction is transferred through the physical input method to an interactive screen. The response is confirmed back to the user through feedback. In this case the device provides visual and sound cues when an operation is performed. 

The device also promotes socialising through the medium of music. People are able to interact and enjoy....

CONCEPT:

Arduino Project LED Student Project. 

A really cool student project using a similar Arduino kit. The device allows the user to change the lighting and 'mood' of the room through lighting. Also, the lighting configurations are based around star constellations. I thought this was pretty cool as it added a sense of symbolism and deeper understanding to a usually simple device.

CONCEPT:
Arduino LED Cube.

Shown to me by a fellow teammate, this concept shows a different side to communication through lights. Essentially, the cube and lights are be able to create very complex shapes which can be used transmit quiet detailed messages. For example at 2:22, the lights form a wave pattern which the group believed couple actually apply to our crazy wave concept from Week One. And the way this communication actually works? its done through the arrangements of light and how they the sit in 3D space. The relation of one light to the others make the transfer of information possible.

As a side note, this concept might only be able to be applied if the view of the output is standing in the right position.