Synaptic Lab is home to the work of Shawn Sims + collaborators. Shawn is an artist and designer who works across various disciplines including interactive and...

Plant Experiment #1 is a limited edition trio of walnut planters designed at NOTlabs in Los Angeles. Every piece is CNC milled from a single block of walnut and...

The NOTCOT In Plain Sight Collection is a set of blacked out leather retroflectors. These subtle black on black striped leather accessories turn into...

The Nescafe Alarm Cap was designed and built by NOTlabs for Publicis Mexico and NESCAFÉ. The interactive cap utilizes 7 different tones synchronized with ...

The Instagram Infinity Cube was designed and built by NOTlabs for Virgin Atlantic’s new Newark Clubhouse at EWR to complement the #howIclubhouse campaign. ...

Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for c...

The Boomercam project was a collaboration with Ferg and Playge, creators of Project Squadt and was made in NOTlabs. At the 2012 Designer Toy Awards, Ferg is up...

The future of fabrication lies in the ability to fuse precision machines with an intuitive, creative process. Our built environment will become radically...

Mesh Swarm is a generative tool for creating particle driven .stl files directly out of Processing. The 3d geometry is created by particles on trajectories that...

Robo-Scan is a 3D modeler + scanner that uses a Kinect mounted on a ABB4400 robot arm. Motion planning and RAPID code are produced in Robot Studio and Robot...

The Kinect sensor's IR depth camera and rgb camera was accessed through processing. The closest point to the sensor produces an x,y coordinate set that controls...

By moving your hand in front of the Kinect you are able to plot spheres in 3d space. Values are read from depth camera and translated into 3d coordinates. This...

TraceBot is a drawing machine designed to raster light and shadow. The pen scans the drawing area and when there is shadow the onboard microcontroller signals the...

Historically the process of standardization has spawned from the need for new structures of efficiency. The performance requirements of this process create...

Epithelium refers to the cellular boundary layer that composes organic tissue connecting two surfaces. The human body divides space as it moves through it. The...

Ninja Tentacle is a responsive installation derived from the movement of a fin. Subject is able to push, pull, and even scare the tentacle by placing their...

The city of Bodo, Norway called for new ideas about not only urban logic and growth, but about identity. Elastic Urbanism was designed to create new levels of...

Generating high density housing with computation creates an opportunity to redefine the creation of residential space. The elements of view and sound become driving...