A man interacts with his camel while posing for a picture at the Pushkar Camel Fair in Pushkar in the Indian state of Rajasthan state on November 12, 2021. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)
Human Connection Award: People and Planet Ocean – Winner – Steve Woods. A free diver interacts with a sperm whale among a cloud of sargassum weed, Dominica. (Photo by Steve Woods/Ocean Photographer of the Year 2022)
This project is a phenomenological social interaction experiment that focuses on the relationship of giving and receiving by literally transforming a human into a camera. Touchy, (the person wearing the device) is blind most of the time until you touch his/her skin. Once vision is given to Touchy, he/she can take photos for you. This human camera, with its unique properties, aims at healing social anxiety by creating joyful interactions.
Members of the general public enjoy the “BEACH” at the National Building Museum August 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. The “BEACH” is an interactive architectural installation, with an “ocean” of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls, that brings the experience of going to the beach indoor. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Japanese punk rock garage quartet Otoboke Beaver perform at Maggie Mae's at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Film Interactive Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2017. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Members of the public interact with “Impulse” by Lateral O ce and CS Design during Lumiere London festival of light 2018 on January 18, 2018 in London, England. Lumiere London is a four night long light festival spanning the British capital with more than 50 artworks by UK and international aritsts. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
An interactive art installation created by artist Michael Verdon called the “Temple of Essence” dedicated to "victims of the war on drugs" is burned on the U.S. National Mall in front of the Washington Monument in Washington November 22, 2015. People were encouraged to write personal messages on the temple walls and leave mementos behind inside the interactive art piece, which was the centerpiece of a 48-hour vigil called "Catharsis on the Mall: A Vigil for Healing the Drug War". (Photo by Jim Bourg/Reuters)
“Life-size humanoid robot BERTI (Bristol EluMotion Robotic Torso number 1 or RT-1) is a self contained, fully automated Robotic Torso, designed and built by Elumotion to provide a robotic platform based on human anatomy. RT-1 is a highly articulated manipulating platform and includes novel dexterous hands that allow emulation of human gesturing”. – Elumotion.com
Photo: BERTI the robot interacts with a Sony AIBO robot dog at The Science Museum's Antenna Gallery on February 17, 2009 in London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)