An installation of interactive furniture

We report on a project that explored emerging technologies for intuitive an d unobtrusive information interfaces in a compelling setting. An installati on at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, was part of a public exhibit and included an interactive table that presented information associated with th e exhibit to the gallery visitors without visible conventional computing el ements. The enabling devices included noncontact sensing of low-cost tags i n physical icons, electrostatic detection of hand location in three dimensi ons, and sensor fusion through lightweight Internet Protocol access.