An SMS on your sleeve

A-Nerve (accessory nerve): is a sleeve accessory that can be taken on or off over clothing and that changes pattern (creating pleats on the fabric) when receiving SMS messages. (from we make money not)

UN Studio's Galleria - Glanceable Architecture

UN Studio's Galleria operates solely for the entertainment and attraction of the public. Currently the building records the day's weather and replays this footage as a slow motion sunset depicted via a facade of 5000 frosted glass discs backed with LEDs. Displaying the previous day's weather is pure entertainment, but with enough data built up the building could begin to use previously recorded weather videos as a premonition of what's to come. Based on forecasts, the facade's computer could search though its database of recorded days and find a past day that closely matched the forecast. Animating the facade with this video content would then give passersby an idea of what tomorrow might be like, instead of what has already passed today. [from Bryan Boyer]

anti-mega: prototyping ambient displays on Tiger

"Tiger is proving an effective prototyping environment for ambient displays. There were three things I wanted to prototype - copies of Ambient Devices' Orb and Dashboard, and a version of the networked emoticon device (mixed with a hint of glancing). I'm halfway through the orb and the emoticon, but I've got a version of the dashboard working." [from anti-mega]

Samsung Expierence activity lamps

Cyberconduits are networked, lamp-like devices that display online activity data. They transmit the activity of people in their proximity to a dynamically updated website, allowing physical visitors and online visitors to feel each others' presence. (from Blackdust)

Phillips has been pursuing Ambient Intelligence for quite some time so it's worth mentioning they have a good variety of resources about what they have found. It's R&D, so some of it is a bit over the top, and some of it you just wish you had today (seriously, if PML could help your Orb interact with your Ambilight Plasma? love it).

And, more recently, some if it has actually started making it to market.

Glanceable Mac

Mac's latest OS includes the OS X Dashboard, which is basically a glanceable interface for internet info on your desktop.

Some of the interfaces are more glanceable than others, with some getting into the realm of accessory apps (calculator) and eye candy. But there are some gems, like the Yahoo! Traffic Conditions, that actually is driven by a simple RSS feed.