Foreword

Written By Ariel Waldman

Science Hack Day sees multidisciplinary teams rapidly hack ideas over a weekend. Physicists, designers, open source rocket scientists, writers and biologists team up. By collaborating on focused tasks during this short period, groups of hackers are capable of producing remarkable results.

Syneseizure

A mask that tries to simulate synesthetic sensation by mashing up sight (via a webcam) with touch (via vibrating speakers). You can begin to navigate sight by touch and offering a fascinating way of playing with invisibility and visibility at the same time.

DNAquiri

What does DNA taste like? Aside from the fact that DNA is very small, the materials needed to extract it often aren't edible, or if they are, they're not as delightful as a cocktail.

Isodrag Typeface

Typefaces often strive for visual consistency in their design, but what if they took their visual cues from the physical world? The Isodrag Typeface is a font designed by aerodynamics.

Particle Wind Chime

Instead of seeing visualizations of subatomic particle collisions, what if you could hear them? Matt Bellis, a Stanford particle physicist, teamed up with a focused group of hackers and experimented with mapping particle collision data with a variety of sounds.

ISS Globe

Astronauts are continuously orbiting the Earth – sometimes you can see a fair glint of their spacecraft, the International Space Station, overhead on a clear night when they happen to fly past your location. What if you could always see where they were without going outside or opening your laptop?