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educate participants that sound is visible at NY Hall of Science
concept
sound travels in invisible waves
content
it consist of 3 parts which are Cymatics, Singing Bowls, Digital ClothWave.
Cymatics: (from Greek: “wave”) the study of visible sound and vibration, a subset of modal phenomena. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid.[1] Different patterns emerge in the exitatory medium depending on the geometry of the plate and the driving frequency.
Singing Bowls: Tibetan Singing Bowl with water inside. Getting the bowl to sing vibrates the water.
ClothWave: Speaking into a microphone triggers the movement of a physical cloth to illustrate the properties of a sound wave 3-dimensionally.
2010
ITP Spring Show @ Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts/New York University, New York, NY
World Science Festival @ New York Hall of Science Queens, NY
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anything with a power cord into a networked object
concept
an effort to fill the gap between “smart” and low-tech devices and an API and physical device that can turn anything with a power cord into a networked object.
content
your grandma could use her toaster to communicate with loved ones. Or when it’s time, you’re desk lamp could order itself new lightbulbs! We’re calling this a social network for everyday objects because you can use an online dashboard to create unique profiles for different objects in your house and connect them to a variety of web services.
process
The key component in the hardware is a SCT-013-000 non-invasive current transformer kindly loaned to us by our ITP professor, Tom Igoe, which we’ve also cheaply replicated following this instructable.
Since we were looking to only get an on/off signal, and seeing as we only had around 20 hours, we kept everything as simple as possible. The hardware includes an Arduino, the CT, a voltage divider and an XBee that we used to transparently transmit the on/off signal to a server.
context
An interactive instillation to be entered in festival, gallery or public space
concept
A wall that emphasizes the movement and connections of individuals passing through a public space. Projecting exaggerated shadows onto the space. Surprise sounds and color changes highlight the connections of individuals passing each other. This interaction will hopefully encourage a user to stop and interact with other shadows to create colorful music together.
content
A camera captures the silhouette of a person standing or passing in front of the wall and displays that shape as an exaggerated shadow. When two shadows overlap, the shadows changes color and a pleasing sound is triggered.
2010
Audio Ergo Sum Festival @ Washington Park, Brooklyn NY
