Useful links + Code snippets

Code to send number larger than 255 over serial connection

byte i[] = {(byte)(val & 0xff),(byte)(val >> 8)};
Serial.print(i[0], BYTE);
Serial.print(i[1], BYTE);

Links to artists and collectives

SuperFlex - I didn't really realise how much work I had seen by Super-Flex until I researched them after watching the superb comic - tragedy of 'Flooded McDonalds'. Gonna try out their 'super sauna' when I do some nature lovin...
http://www.superflex.net/

Aaron Koblin; visualizing human systems.
http://www.aaronkoblin.com/

Katie Paterson works with scientists and technologists to produce beautiful , thoughtful and challenging work.
http://www.katiepaterson.org/

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer develops large-scale installations in public spaces encouraging social interaction and audience participation through the deployment of new technologies.
http://www.lozano-hemmer.com/eproyecto.html

David Rokeby - media installation artist
http://homepage.mac.com/davidrokeby/home.html

Hannes Koch and random international produce highly interactive installations and commissions
http://www.random-international.com/

Usman Haque creates responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and mass-participation performances.
http://www.haque.co.uk/index.php

Nick Crowe artist
http://www.nickcrowe.net/

Jason Bruges studio do some fun physical design stuff
http://www.jasonbruges.com/

Philip Worthington does some incredible things, especially his use of computer vision but also some interesting juicing concepts
http://www.worthersoriginal.com/viki/

Hugo Verlinde sculpture and projection work
http://www.hugoverlinde.net/videos/universiles_film.php

Institutions, labs, groups etc

Stamen design collective, nice things with data and mapping
http://stamen.com/

Standort der Abteilung Interface Culture, Kunst Universitat Austria
http://www.ufg.ac.at/?id=1449

Crumb... A part of Sunderland Uni, they create discourse on issues surrounding new media practice
http://www.crumbweb.org/

Open.Loop. London based design research that 'bridges gap between art/design and science'
http://open.loop.ph/bin/view/Openloop/WebHome

Physical computing and software links

Amrit Pitaru a processing dude makes this very funky 3D drawing tool Rhonda
http://rhondaforever.com

Ariel Malka Chronotext.org shows what can really be done with Jogl, I am very very impressed
http://chronotext.org

Che-Wei Wang’s latest projects and instruction including great arduino, useful rhinoscript and pneumatics
http://cwwang.com

Bryan Chung augmented reality, computer vision and great code examples
http://www.bryanchung.net/

Physical computing embedded architecture
http://www.embedded.arch.ethz.ch/

The life and times of Maurice Ribble. Some good work with EOS SLR's and Arduino
http://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics/?p=16

Tim Hirzel's 'growdown' blog offers up espresso and electric canoes
http://growdown.blogspot.com/