Friday, June 17, 2011

I/O/I. The senses of machines (Interaction Laboratory)

http://www.dhub-bcn.cat/en/exhibition/interaction-laboratory-senses-machines-ioi-0 I/O/I. The senses of machines (Interaction Laboratory) proposes an experimental and educational look into the relationship between man and machine at a time when new generation interfaces include natural interactive features and social behaviors. It is an exploration of new areas where interaction design is developed and generates new needs, disciplines and experiences.

Over the last forty years, information technologies have become part of our lives, producing major changes in how we relate to our environment. We live in an era, in which, objects and environments are endowed with more intelligence and more autonomy; machines are more sociable and communicate with humans and each other, and where designers have begun to understand the impact of their designs on humanity.

I/O/I. The senses of machines addresses interactivity on different levels and represented on a scale ranging from very simple devices that demonstrate the transmission of energy and their conversion into gestures, signals and data; to more complex systems where identical machines interact with each other and produce community behavior. All this is done with the intention of reflecting on the effects that we produce with the use of technology, the different scenarios where interactivity is present and the development of intelligent interfaces and their role in designing the future- in short, the technology, man and his environment.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Poetry Of Light: Reactive Light Installation Meets Poetry Performance

From http://www.thecreatorsproject.com

So.. I was at a party last night from Andrea Cuius on Vimeo.

health science meeting

met with Dr Jean Gilmour and Thomas Gorte Professional Clinician from School of Health & Social Services.
yesterday . Floated my research project and background past them-very supportive and enthusiastic.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Solar-Powered-Wireless-Detector artist Mark Dixon

As part of the VELOCITY Festival of DIgital Culture, artist Mark Dixon has developed a solar powered version of Network, his wireless detector artwork, as on online workshop for instructables and folly. An array of these devices were installed in the Furness & Midland Hall at Carnforth Railway Station on the 31st October 207 as part of a Halloween Film Night.

The original version was presented at Enter festival in Cambridge as a major site-specific installation for the temporary festival domes in the park. Network explores the visualisation of the wireless information that surrounds us but is rarely acknowledged. Using 3000 wireless detectors and 6000 ultra bright LEDs he created a work that visibly responded to mobile phone use in a public environment. Each day, workshop participants were actively encouraged to hack and to add to the lighting array that was visible all through the night. On the last day of the festival Network was broken down and handed out to festival goers and distributed throughout the city.

from http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-Powered-Wireless-Detector-by-Mark-DIxon/



Ollie the socially awkward autonomous blimp

Ollie is a DIY autonomous robotic blimp who is vulnerable, socially awkward and yearns for attention. Ollie is developed by Pritika Nilaratna.

[Pritika] is a user experience design student at Parsons who just finished up an autonomous blimp project designed to react to voices and communicate, “his friendliness and eagerness to be noticed.”

The instructable [Pritika] posted goes through the build – a 850mAh LiPo battery powers an Arduino Pro Mini, which controls two 3.6 gram servos. While not much in the way of electronics, the real beauty behind this build is the implementation. From watching the video of Ollie interacting with people, we’re pretty sure [Pritika] met her objective of making her pet blimp friendly and unobtrusive.

main text from hack a day

http://meandollie.com/

mylar baloons enevelopes at rc toys
Interesting comments on her blog esp from 84 year old.
The interaction between people in Ollies environment and Ollies are worth investigating .


Ollie from Pritika Nilaratna on Vimeo.