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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 [...]

Updating an old flave

This piece has a colourful history
The original, static fixture shown above was built for Cube Gallery’s 2008 exhibtion, Homage, which asked participating artists to create an homage to an important influence on their art.
I chose to make a wall-mounted rendition of Dan Flavin’s fluorescent installation, “untitled (in honor of Harold Joachim)”:

For the [...]

Classic quote

The work of production is really reduction.
From this video:

Found via Innercityvison’s blog.

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!

Custom light sequencer

Having already built several projects requiring a 12Vdc sequencer, such as my Prototype lamp

and my Conduit sculpture

I realized that experimenting with new projects with similar lights would be easier with a common development platform . . .