maybe we can use this instead of motors and stuff:
also check: http://eap.jpl.nasa.gov/
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http://www.flare-facade.com/media/FLARE_facade.mov
Sooo COOL!…we could use this with mirrors?
Here is a project from Helsinki called Nuage Vert which uses a laser to project a green light outlining the emissions from a power plant to show current power consumption. It’s a brilliant subtle integration of information into light
—AB
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Hacking VGA with Arduino
Arduino SID-emulator shield
Critter and Guitar Cellular Automata Video Synthesizer
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqRzpUfkDpE&eurl=http://www.reso-net.org/blog/
ResoNet’s tensile web structure is stretched across a space, like a spider web.
A series of vibration sensors & LED circuit components are fixed
at key intersections on the tensile network, to detect minute vibrations as a
result of human and natural activity.
Be it a brush of a hand, or a passing breeze, the energy is converted
into light that resonates across the structure,
immersing the public in a cascading visual of flashing LED’s __
A digest of some research that I’ve done that isn’t a lot of new material per se, but rather was gathered by looking back at some of our ideas from the past few days and identifying what is already available.
One of our main ideas from our research in Copenhagen had to do with seating in a public setting. Philips has done some work in this area already with plastic benches with embedded LEDs that react to how long a person is sitting on the bench: http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/rca-philips-glowing-places.html
With regards to interactive walls and “graffiti” there is a lot of work and exploration in this area (with as many videos on YouTube) including work by Adobe, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZCF7JVEFDs; Lenovo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ltp9nKKzsA&NR=1; many university and research projects; and again, Philips http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/paint-led-art-f.html. Philips’ work was installed in a childrens hospital and essentially allowed the kids to draw in a large scale on the wall using light.
For a list of other light related projects by Philips—there are more than a handful on their website:
http://www.lighting.philips.com/in_en/project/index.php?main=gb_en&parent=1&id=in_en_project〈=en
In addition to the videos about “light graffiti” that were shown in class last week, here is a video that by a Japanase group, however this one shows and gives some info about how it is done and the production that goes into creating such a spectacle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAhsTUUs6W4
this idea is based on thermo-bi-metal, which changes it’s form when exposed to heat, like in this lamp:
so why not use this as umbrellas that extend like flowers in the sun. This could either work directly through the heat of the sun, or indirectly through solar panels that put a current to the metal sheets.