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David Carr

David forging

David is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab, where he developed low-cost machines that enable personal digital fabrication and novel use of materials, in the Information Ecology group. Before that, he studied electrical engineering at Rice and worked as an engineer for Big Companies.

David is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. He flies and builds planes.

John Kestner

John in Edgar, Nebraska

John designed future consumer electronics and interfaces for humanizing data in the MIT Media Lab's Information Ecology group as a graduate student. Before that, he studied industrial design at Arizona State University and worked as an interaction designer and programmer for Big Companies.

John's work has appeared in the ID Annual Design Review, Ars Electronica, NPR, and the New York Times. He's not as tough as he looks in the photo.

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The Verge
Twine review: the little blue box that hacks the world around you
Fast Company
On Sale At Last: Twine, Your Gateway To The Internet Of Things
Wall Street Journal
Alert: Your Plant Needs Water - New Wireless Sensors Are Connecting Everyday Objects With People
Metropolis
David's Home Fabratory and Make.Preview profiled
Beautiful Table Future-Proofed With Digital DNA
Wired.com
Beautiful Table Future-Proofed With Digital DNA
Cool Hunting
John profiled in Audi Icons series
NPR Marketplace Money
John interviewed by Tess Vigeland
New York Times
Why a Budget Is Like a Diet — Ineffective
Domus
Tableau by John Kestner
Gizmodo
This Ingenious Nightstand Prints Photos and Scans Handwritten Notes
CNN
Wallet keeps you from shelling out cash
CNet
Is it raining out? Ask your toothpaste
CBS News
Eat Your Face! Chocolate that looks like you
Cool Hunting
One of MIT Media Lab's brightest minds bringing the physical back into digital worlds
Discovery Channel Canada
segment with John and the Proverbial Wallets
Boston Herald
Money talks... and it's telling you to stop spending!
ABC News
Electronic Wallets Shrink With Your Spending
Gizmodo
How Do You Know When You're Poor? When Your Wallet Doesn't Open
Wired
MIT's Wallets Swell, Buzz and Clamp Down on Digital Spending
Engadget
Proverbial Wallets make your metaphysical money a little more tangible