Axolotl — 'Is it alive?'

"NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program grad student Eyal Ohana, 35, came up with the idea of "Axolotl" while brainstorming ways to portray life — and instigate reaction — through motion and form.... The result is a 3D audiovisual display attracting onlookers with a digitized squid-like creature that responds to facial recognition by simulating a sense of interaction and involvement," wrote Laura Kiniry in a Make magazine (volume 21) article.

More on the Axolotl website.