Neufuture is the work and experimentations of Michael Zick Doherty. Michael is an engineer and social activist interested in intersections between community, the environment and technology. He hopes use public spaces and digital tools in order to empower and engage communities to rethink the way they live and provide new outlets of expression.
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Written Images

Written Images

a project in contemporary generative print design and art. The final product will be a book that presents programmed images by various artists. Each print in process will be calculated individually – which makes every single book unique.
(In)Visible

(In)Visible

(In)Visible is an interactive performance that uses light as a way of challenging our perception of the body in space.
Collective Soundscapes

Collective Soundscapes

An interactive web-based application that allows you to mix user generated audio samples recorded in New York City.
Bicycle Restore

Bicycle Restore

This Japanese made Centurian Super le Mans bicycle was passed down by my father who had ridden it since the 70s.
Windowfarms

Windowfarms

Community web development for Windowfarms, an open source hardware system that promotes and educates urban agriculture and sustainability.
Interactive Wine Shop Table

Interactive Wine Shop Table

The system an interactive table that filters a database of wines based on different catagories such as food parings, vintage, and type. A barcode reader pulls up data on wine bottles to provide an easy passive way to learn more about wines in-store. Printouts of selected wines gives the customer takeaway for later reference.
Showtime House

Showtime House

This interactive installation theme on the TV series United States of Tara was conceptualized and produced with Daniel Perlin. Computer vision technology makes it possible to become Tara and experience the confusion and dissociation she feels when her alters take over.
API for the World

API for the World

API for the world is a physical device that can turn anything with a power cord into a networked object. It’s part of an effort to fill the gap between “smart” and low-tech devices.
Online Chessboard

Online Chessboard

This wifi connected chessboard allows you to play against others around the world who are connected via another chessboard or a web game interface. Each board contains a unique ID that is registered with a username created by the owner of the board. They can then request to connect to other users via SMS or...
Interactive Concierge Table

Interactive Concierge Table

The table lives on the hotel lobby floor, creating a vehicle for social interaction as well as providing and storing event and activity information for each guest.
Terre Natale

Terre Natale

The exhibition is a series of data visualizations that weave together a story about population increase, climate change, natural disasters, refugees, and remittances and there affects on global communities.
Manhattan Short Film Festival

Manhattan Short Film Festival

Creation of the film screenings back-end in PHP for the Manhattan Short Film Festival. This festival unites audiences across six continents of the globe for one week via the most compelling short films submitted each year.