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Bio Circuit at Interactive Futures ‘09: Stereo

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Bio Circuit at IF'09: Stereo

Bio Circuit will be a part of the Stereo Exhibit in the Concourse gallery of Emily Carr University this week.

Stereo Interactive Futures ‘09: Stereo (IF’09: Stereo) will be hosted by the Intersections Digital Studios at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver. IF’09: Stereo offers a broad thematic reading of “stereo” to include research and art works that use techniques and devices to lure the body into ephemeral spaces. Examples include stereographic films and animations, linked interactive performance spaces, simulated touch interfaces, binaural sound works, and mixed-reality art works. IF’09: Stereo has invited practitioners who are working with subtle uses of immersive techniques, illusionary space and objects, and telepresence that evoke unexpected responses and challenge the modes of creation used by popular entertainment media and technologies…>

IDS Emily Carr University

IF’09: Stereo has invited media artists, designers, researchers and filmmakers experimenting with: stereographic projection; illusionary sound and vision; methods of co-location (ways of simultaneously mapping and representing more than one location).

If you’re interested in seeing Bio Circuit for yourself, you can visit Emily Carr University (1399 Johnston Street) on Granville Island in Vancouver. Stereo will be in the Concourse Gallery from Nov. 18-22nd. IF’09 is on from Nov. 19-21.

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Posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 in dana's portfolio work | No Comments »

human antennae

‘Human Antenna’ is a project by Swiss designer Florian Kräutli who is currently working in the Netherlands. It is another example of soft technology that I love so much!

http://www.vimeo.com/5334661
The lush, white carpet is interwoven with conductive thread and transforms anyone who stands and walks across the carpet into a human antenna.

The carpet picks up the radio waves which your body receives and makes them “hearable.” When walking on the carpet you can tune it to a certain frequency, similar to the tuner of a radio.

Conductive Carpet

I really love the idea of engaging with the things in our home to make them come ‘alive.’ Without the user, the carpet is silent and functions in a regular way. Walking across it completely transforms it into an interactive soft technology and brings a new element of sound into the environment.

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Posted on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 in stuff i like | No Comments »

almost there…

Ok, so by the end of the day, I was jumping around the WIP lab with joy!

That’s right, you guessed it: success. The changeover to the lilypad arduino went smoothly, and when we hooked it up to the battery power source everything worked!So now the technology pieces must be integrated into the garment. This will involve some temporary tacking and pockets, because we’re not sure exactly how it will work/feel once it is part of the vest. So before permanently altering the garment I’ve worked so hard on, we’ll try some arrangements and continue to develop that aspect later. But for now, we are both very happy with what we have. :)

Although it’s not done yet, I’ve posted some photos of the vest (a work in progress).So everyone will just have to wait and see how the whole thing looks together tomorrow morning.

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Good luck everyone!

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Posted on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 in dana's portfolio work, design, wearables | 2 Comments »

two firsts: hacking and soldering

img_3475I have to admit, I’ve never hacked into anything before. And, although I have been fascinated with soldering and the mercury-like appearance of it when heated, I have never ventured into that worldd either. But alas, here I am: one grand idea, two more weeks, and a whole lot of learning to do!

Over the last two weeks, Holly and I have been attempting to hack into an inexpensive MP3 player so that we can hook it up to our heart rate module.

img_3489The first attempt was to no avail – the MP3 components were too tiny to solder wire to. So, we tried another one. This one has bigger, chunkier components that were easier to solder to, so thats a start. We also had to hack into our headphones, breaking the plastic and reconnecting wires.

We have been trying to manipulate the ‘forward,’ ‘back’ and’play’ buttons so that the wearer of the garment does not need to set up the player before hand. We’ll see how that goes…

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Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 in dana's portfolio work, design, wearables | No Comments »