
Teams of programmers gathered May 2 for 'Processing Time,' a coding jam and competition organized by Assistant Professor of Digital Media Nick Montfort as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival. Participants were invited to use Processing, a programming language for visual design that was created at MIT Media Lab, to create aesthetically pleasing displays of time. Shown above is a screenshot of 'Motion Clock, Stillness Clock,' the winning entry by graduate students Seth Hunter and Eric Rosenbaum.
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on May 6, 2009 (download PDF).