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Virtual Keyboard by Brookstone Any flat surface can now be transformed into a keyboard for your device, driven by a laser-based Bluetooth system that tracks finger movement. The battery is said to deliver up to two hours of typing and can be recharged via USB. $99.

Virtual Keyboard by Brookstone

Any flat surface can now be transformed into a keyboard for your device, driven by a laser-based Bluetooth system that tracks finger movement. The battery is said to deliver up to two hours of typing and can be recharged via USB. $99.

Virtual Internet City by Sang Un Jeon

Virtual city is a physical visualization of the current topography of the world wide web, interfaced to a keyboard. Reflecting on how much of our time is spent on the internet, Jeon represented each of several major websites with a real-world building whose height reflects the estimated unique monthly visitors of that service provider.

Estimated unique monthly visitors based on Ebizmba.com:

Q for qq – 250,000,000 (1585 Broadway, New York, NY USA)
W for Wikipedia – 350,000,000 (Gherkin, ?30 St Mary Axe? ?City of London, London EC3A, UK?)
E for Ebay – 88,000,000 (Grand Central Terminal ?87 E 42nd St, Manhattan, NY 10017? USA)
R for Reuter – 17,000,000 (No Base)
T for Twitter – 250,000,000 (New Museum 235 Bowery, New York, NY USA)
Y for Yahoo – 160,000,000 (Rhode Island School of Design Library, 15 Westminster Street, Providence, RI USA)
U for N/A (No Base)
I for IMDB – 80,000,000 (No Base)
O for Orkut – 66,000,000 (No Base)
P for People – 22,000,000 (No Base)
A for Ask – 210,000,000 (Flat Iron, 175 5th ave New York, NY USA)
S for soso – 140,000,000 (Beijing Bell Tower ?Gulou West Street, Dongcheng, Beijing, China)
D for digg – 200,000,000 (50 Kenedy Plaza Providence, RI USA)
F for Facebook – 750,000,000 (Empire State Building ?350 5th Avenue? ?New York, NY USA)?
G for Google – 900,000,000 (1 World Trade Center )
H for hulu – 40,000,000 (No Base)
J for N/A (No Base)
K for N/A (No Base)
L for Lycos – 4,300,000 (No Base)
Z for Zinga – 27,000,000 (No Base)
X for N/A (No Base)
C for Craigslist – 160,000,000 (Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, New York, NY USA)
V for Vimeo – 16,950,000 (No Base)
B for Bing – 230,000,000 (London Guarantee Building 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL USA)
N for netflix – 55,800,000 (No Base)
M for MSN – 450,000,000 (No Base)