Resolution is an interactive artwork that lets you program its physical pixels and reshape them in an ever-changing flow of patterns. Each pixel is... more+
The Tech Silicon Valley Innovation Gallery
Machines that expand the mind
Explore the world’s only gallery that shows how Silicon Valley technologies are revolutionizing human thought, creativity, and communication. The gallery's unique hands-on exhibits immerse visitors in digital art, virtual travel, computer animation, and nanotechnology.
Through compelling interactive experiences this gallery showcases the amazing range of Silicon Valley technological innovation and creativity. Experience the latest trends from Silicon Valley that shape our lives and our future - technologies that enable us to communicate easily and that put creativity in the hands of the individual. Be in touch with technology supporting the digital media arts as well as technologies that have changed how the world creates, communicates, lives, works and plays.
New 2012
3 new exhibits created by world-renown artists in The Tech Silicon Valley Innovation Gallery
The only permanent exhibition of its kind in Northern California. The exhibits showcase innovative technologies that celebrate the digital revolution of 3D computer vision. You will experience the intersection of art and technology and the far-reaching impact this revolution has had on creativity, collaboration and even music. Reface, created by Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman, lets you dynamically combine images in ways that are often funny and sometimes strange. Social Circles, created by Snibbe Interactive, promotes social encounters through playful interaction. Reactable, created by Sergi Jorda, Marcos Alonso, Martin Kaltenbrunner, and Guenter Geiger, lets you experiment with this revolutionary electronic musical instrument. Using cubes and pucks you can create new music by mixing sounds from different cultures.
New exhibit at The Tech Museum this Fall
Resolution
A new highly interactive and social piece with a talk describing the state of the art in materials and practices in tangible media. Learn how emerging forms of "computational materials" will allow visitors to explore, play, and create dynamic light compositions from the piece's 200 magnetic, physical pixels.
Featured Exhibits of The Tech Silicon Valley Innovation Gallery
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 Don’t miss the first permanent public installation of Google’s Liquid Galaxy. "You are everywhere" shows how Google's innovations let everyone be an... more+ |
 Visitors interact with a capture station – a screen, camera and computer using face-tracking software – to make a variety of expressions. Reface... more+ |
 The Reactable is a collaborative electronic instrument that lets visitors create a blend of global music by placing specially coded cubes on an... more+ |
