On Sept. 28 2011 I was fortunate to partake in OpenOttawaLibre 2011, an “unconference” that brought together a diverse group of “creatives” from the business, technology, and art sectors in Ottawa. Although the agenda of the day wasn’t entirely clear until the event started – in true “unconference” style – the day was actually [...]
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Lightfair International 2011
Last week I traveled to Philadelphia to attend Lightfair International 2011, a huge lighting conference featuring an immense trade show floor and a full schedule of lighting-related seminars.
While there, I was guest blogging for Philips’ LightCommunity on their new Events blog. My first post focused on advancements in LED street lighting, my next post discussed [...]
The LEDs are on the wall
I’ve officially begun my residency at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in NYC:
[ Eyebeam bio ]
Working with Hernani Dias on the Re:Farm project (see my previous post for some more info about the Re:Farm project), my first objective is to create the PCB for the Re:Farm On The Wall module, a data visualization module using [...]
Printed circuit board (PCB) etching
Scope
This post assumes some knowledge of PCB etching methods and is an account of my experience with the toner transfer method. If this is new to you, you may have to get Googling on a few of things mentioned here. That said, I’ve linked to the sites I found most useful during the process.
Intro
Up until [...]
Interactive Audio/Visual Installation
Just finished a proof-of-concept video for an interactive audio/visual installation, where the audience become the performers in a room-sized drum machine with blinking lights and sychronized video:
The audio is straight from a drum machine, triggering the video in real time which is done in Processing; this initial draft shows that this is just the tip [...]
CLR Podcast
Came across this nice interview w/ Chris Liebing enthusing about digital dj’ing technology:
Although I didn’t learn anything new technology-wise, I was very pleased to learn about his great series of techno podcasts.
[ Via Dubspot's blog. ]
Kraftwerk sitcom
For whatever reason, I find the following combination of Kraftwerk’s seriousness mixed with a laugh track and a chiché plot hilarious:
Classic quote
The work of production is really reduction.
From this video:
Found via Innercityvison’s blog.
I couldn’t agree more
People are finding it easy to publish something without any controls. And this is the problem with the internet in general. There is so much information, and no one knows if it’s true or not. It’s just there. It’s an information monster.
From Resident Advisor’s recent interview w/ Ricardo Villabolos.
Embedded solutions
Here’s a fantastic survey of embedded computing platforms, covering everything from Arduino to plug-and-play modular systems:
http://www.partly-cloudy.com/misc
Makes for a really handy reference!