No Anti in this Festo

I couldn't finish out the semester without one last post with critters in. While this video is not exclusively about responsive art, per se, it does contain some pretty fun innovations (and has penguins).



In particular, the interactive wall adds the dimension of movement to other interactive surfaces we've already seen. It can be pre-programmed for specific movements, or to react in certain ways to certain stimuli. Lights and music are also integrated, making this the most strictly decorative creation from Festo.

(And I couldn't stop thinking of the Curse of the Were-Rabbit every time they said Festo. The British accent didn't help.)

Motion Sensor Gaming

Using the Mac Book Pro's sudden motion sensor, this guy has modified his computer to allow to play the game Pac Man. The motion sensors are converted to integers which allowed the motion to be translated into a direction to control Pac Man. I found this application very interesting as it makes tools already in use into new devices to broaden it's range of uses. The game is played by moving the laptop and tilting it in the direction you want the character to move and the sensor will translate that movement into a direction.

~Gabe

Interactive Tracker

I thought this installation was amazing, just with how accurate and intriguing the light spot was. I found it interesting that the light had no reflection and that it was a very clear shot. The best part is that it is controlled by web enabled users, constantly tracking people as they walk by.

Circuit Kid Toys

I thought this particular project was cool. My group for the final project was going to do something similar to this. So, I thought it was cool to see different variations of what you could do with the kid toys. I also thought it was interesting with the different ways you could incorporate sound into each of the buttons.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlRDSRWWAtg


Lori McDermott

Pulse Tank

this video is on Raphael Lozano-Hemmer, whom i plan on presenting on for my AD406 final. This piece is an interactive installation where the heart rates of members of the public are detected by sensors and converted into water waves in a ripple tank. A light show is created by the resulting waves and their interaction. To participate, insert your finger into one of the four cylinders on the side of the tank or put your hands flat on the front panel; the computer will detect your pulse and activate a solenoid which will hammer your heart rate onto the tank. I like this idea cause we usually or at least i usually related water ripples to large vibrations and since the human heart is unable to be heard or fealt from great distances, Pulse Tank is able to make our heart rates visually tangible.

Evan Behmer

Electric Face Stimulus

There have been different experiments with people hooking electrodes up to his/her [or someone's] face with the result of controlling some sort of twitching facial movement from a third party. Usually, it's about as useful as it sounds. It's sort of like a more dignified "why are you hitting yourself." This video makes it a little more interesting as it takes several different people and syncs up the twitching to a musical background for a total display. It's kind of an interesting way to use this technology, but watching it for a full four minutes makes me a little uncomfortable.

Hack webcams across the net

This is an instructional video demonstrating how easy it is to access live webcam feeds from any camera connected to the net. Use wisely.

Mind Reading Asimo

Honda is developing a mind reading technology and applying it to its robot Asimo. This technology is in its first stage, and the robot fails to understand the commands from time to time. However, according to data collected by Honda the level of accuracy of this technology is 90%, the highest achieved by any company, but the accuracy can change depending on the person sending the mesage. Also, because this technology is in its early stage, the robot can only recieve and process very simple commands. but if it is further developed, the applications for both, the technology and the robot, will be infinite, from helping around the house to creating art and work in factories.

Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango?

I'm really just posting this because it's kind of awesome...this guy played Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody using only old computer hardware. \m/

ReacTable

An interactive music generator, controlled by moving blocks with symbols around a circular space.

Irene Diaz de Leon

360 Degrees Light Field Display

The system works by projecting high-speed video onto a rapidly spinning mirror. As the mirror turns, it reflects a different and accurate image to each potential viewer. The rendering algorithm can recreate both virtual and real scenes with correct occlusion, horizontal and vertical perspective, and shading. This display provides a stereoscopic image that can viewed as a person walks around the display.

Five Angels

I decided on this video because for my final I am writing about this artist for my final. This work is of monumental scale which i think gives it the power it has over the viewer. I think this would be amazing to see in person. This work i think is designed to overwhelm. The colors, lighting, and placement of the piece does this well.

Tweenbots!

Finally, a post from me with no critters in.

Except for these cute lil' smiley robots! With bike flags! Requesting your help!



Kacie Kinzer is a student working on her thesis at ITP. (It's a graduate program in alternative media.) She built these cute little guys and set 'em loose in Washington Square Park in New York to see if people would interact with them and help them get to where they wanted to go. Their bike flags have a message requesting help in getting to a particular location, and Kinzer followed along with a camera to see what would happen.

Fully expecting to lose more than a few robots, Kinzer did not expect New Yorkers to stop to help a rolling bit of cardboard with a smile drawn on. But these 10-inch-short dudes all made it! Every time they got caught on a crack or stuck under a bench, someone nudged them out and pointed them in the right direction. Or not, if that meant that the robot would head into danger...one guy turned the robot around because it would get run over in the street. Aww!

She's working on other little robot projects, but the documentation isn't up for those yet. Those guys are pretty cute, too, though...

Text Rain

I thought this installation was very obscure and interesting. It reminded me a lot of the Matrix text, moving down the screen. This was probably one of my other favorite installations from Camille Utterback, having following her previous styles of works. The part where the two guys take out the blanket was amazing; the text just seemed to flow perfectly with the external interactions.

Multiple Post

So there's a measurement tool that reads the fans rotation. This then trigger the bigger fans. Building a small scale model and having it as a control parallels what Drew stated in class. Having the ability to control bigger and powerful machinery with the same interface as a smaller scale object.



Not sure what to say. It's amazing! The shift from hues is well coordinated. This is a powerful piece that needs time in order to take in. Hope you guys like it



I love the concept. What I hate is the implementation of this technology. The company used for propaganda, Coke, degrades the time spilled into this project.



A sight specific installation brings together the past theatricality and futuristic art. The darkness of the background with a combination of stones appeals visually to me. The amount of time spend on installation and composition is apparent.

LED micro-readerboard christmas ornaments

A cute little way of having a hand in personalizing christmas decorations. I like that when you turn them off and on, they have different messages. It keeps them entertaining. I've been looking around my house looking for things I could make more interesting with LEDs lately and this video is kind of inspiring. The thought of programming messages onto things opens a lot of doors, haha!

Happillow

This pillow has the ability to display the clock on a soft display made on fabric under the pillow surface. It can function as an alarm and also detects snoring. for more information refer to the official website here :
http://web.student.chalmers.se/groups...

This is a very great idea made real.

Foldable Displays

This is a very unique interactive piece. The foldable objects makes it so much more interesting to look at. And the simulations are perfectly timed to look realistic.

Interactive Music Wall

I just recently found this and decided to post it. I found this to be a really cool interactive installment. Musical instruments that we all know appear on the wall and people get to interactively play them with each other. I thought this would be really fun to experience with other people. This installment allows for complete strangers to play interactive music with each other.

iBar

The surface is an interactive, 10 meter long bar. Every glass, cup, cellphone, car key, business card or even fingers are recognized. I don't think that this product has any real functional purpose. It is just made to look good and it does. It adds alot of character to a very simple surface.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Virtual Dog

This is a funny thing to think about projecting. The dog seems to actually be on the couch which i think make this particularly successful. I think the part where the dog jumps from one couch to the other is the big selling point. Very realistic.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Music Wall

An interesting take on the interactive wall. It allows the audience to not only interact with the art but to also create music while doing it.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Interactive Floor- Water Effect

I've seen things like this before even in malls. I don't even know what they're for I just see kids playing on them. But I don't believe that I've ever seen one with water effects; at least not as good as these. They did an excellent job in capturing the complex characteristics of water.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Bristle Bot- How to

A very simple but creative robot that just about anyone can make; It would be fun to see where people can take this idea and what other things they can make it do.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Interactive LED Coffee Table

This is a really beautiful piece of furniture; very convenient when walking across a dark room at night to ensure you don't bump into it. I find it most interesting that under bright lights the movement it rippled throughout the table.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Laser Graffiti

I think this is a great alternative to graffiti that uses spray paint and the act of vandalizing buildings. It allows the artist to express him/herself without hurting anyone. It also allows for a much larger piece of art to be easily placed on big buildings. Another interesting thing to look up as an alternative to graffiti is "reverse graffiti" in which the artist makes an image by cleaning a dirty surface rather than spray painting it. It is completely legal and should the police not approve of the piece they will be forced to clean the entire surface rather than paint over it.

Irene Diaz de Leon

Finding Balance: Addressing Cognitive Dissonances

The title link will take you to a great lecture on creating meaningful interfaces for interactive environments/projects. The speakers have a strong focus on community involvement and fun/playful interaction. Stanford has a nice library of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) lectures available for free and they're all very useful.

Camille Utterback

I saw this large scale installation and I thought it was amazing how well portrayed it was. From a distance, it looked like it had 3D qualities to it, like it belonged on a video game. The sensors detect people walking around the square, and displays it on multiple LCD projectors onto the building. The figures then are interacting with objects on the screen, making them continuously change and morph into a different piece.

Nam June Paik

The video displays one of Nam June Paik's installation pieces. The piece is a a wall of television monitors that together form a moving image. Using bright neon colors, Paik forms a visually pleasing series of images that makes the viewer pause and stare. The images at first flash causing confusion and causing the viewer to closely look before it becomes clear what the image is.

~ gabe

light installation art

I thought this piece was pretty cool. I like the way the lights move throughout the piece in an organized way. It definitely caught my eye when looking at the different installation art that is out there on the web.

Hacker Space

This is an interesting article I found on the growing existence of hacker spaces. A certain collective of people will compile money to pay rent on a large space to publicly use for, well, hacking. It's similar to examples we do in class, except on a much larger scale. It is also more productive in the sense that it's not solely for learning purposes, but to create an overall item as well. There's some interesting photos of one hacker space in particular at the link provided.

3D LED CUBE

I can definitely see giant versions of this in Time Square in the near future. I really love everything about this piece. This 16x16x16 cube is basically LEDs in a secure case, being controlled in real time by a computer (or SD card controller). I think they are available for purchase for companies wanting eye-catching advertisements beyond boring signs. Leave it to the Japanese to design an awesome new way to advertise in 3D! (As if kanji wasn't hard enough to read already, now it's scrolling along LEDs, haha!) It's fun looking at something as simple as LEDs and seeing something that feels so futuristic. 

Further Explorations in Mobile Projectors

This is pretty incredible. Essentially this technology will allow two or more users to display and interact with different data sets, allowing for more intuitive one-on-one information sharing. The technology is still a bit off from physically being manageable, but the issues they are addressing with the software are excellent.