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DPrime artist – Yin He, ‘Patches’ project
Patches is a ‘wearable system that extends online Facebook actions to the real world by allowing you to physically feel when a friend Hugs, Bites, Pokes, or Jabs you. And you can respond by touching your wearable Patch to send different expressions to your friends’ (DPrime Research, 2012). You can visit Yin He’s website to find out more about…
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Instant Soup – Intro to physical computing
InstantSOUP ‘is an introductory path into Physical Computing through a series of examples. Each example is a detailed, step-by-step recipe to follow. When you complete the recipe you have a working prototype ready to serve. InstantSOUP is InstantSATISFACTION’ (Instant Soup 2012). InstantSOUP shares simple to more advanced examples referred to as recipes to guide you through various aspects and…
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Tom Igoe’s guide to Physical Computing
Tom Igoe teaches courses and workshops in physical computing and networking at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. You can read his introduction to Physical Computing or visit his site on Codes, Circuits and Construction or find some suppliers on his resource list to find the components you might need.
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MINDtouch – Camille Baker
Camille Baker is a media artist-performer/researcher/curator within various art forms. Her MINDtouch project explored the metaphor of sharing your dreams, the physical and visual qualities with others. Through the use of mobile phones, biofeedback sensors e.g. sensing breath, pulse, temperature) and bespoke software the images are shared, streamed and remixed. You can read a paper Camille…
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The Lake – Julie Freeman
Julie Freeman (UK) created The Lake using ‘hydrophones, custom software and advanced technology to track the electronically tagged fish in the circular Fringe Lake and translate their movement into an audio visual experience. Visitors of all ages were invited to come and listen to the fish composing their very own soundscape whilst watching an animated representation of…
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Introduction to Electronics for Physical Computing
Codes Circuits and Construction is a site by Tom Igoe, Associate Arts professor at NYU, sharing code and fabrication resources for physical computing and networking. Each section, Code, Circuits, Controllers and Communication gives the basic terminology and introduces key themes, languages, components and how to make them talk to each other. Remember Tom Igoe has generously shared his knowledge under open source creative commons licences…
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BioArt – Blue Door Studio Art actvity – E.Coli
Blue Door Studio developed a simple art activity inspired by artists, specifically Hunter Cole working with Bioluminescence and E.Coli organisms. This activity does not use E.Coli but uses the artists work and the ideas behind her work to explore the organisms and you can see the results here at the Bioluminescent Art Museum. Amy Chase Gulden and scientist Dr. Kristen…
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Cybernetic Bacteria 2.0
The world’s first “prokaryotic scale free network” has been initiated. The scientist, unconcerned with the ethical implications of his experiment and also unaware of the artist’s intentions, never anticipated that the fusion of the Earth’s global bacterial communications network, with that of human origin would lead to the evolution of a novel and chimeric life…
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Bio-sensors and Bio-feedback projects
The links on this page lead you to a number of projects, art fairs and science articles giving you more information and inspiration from projects that use Bio-sensors and bio-feedback technology 1. Tangible Feelings: – A symposium on EEG (and biofeedback) for the Arts , held at iMal (Center for Digital Cultures and Technology, Brussels). The symposium…
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Gordon Pask – Electrochemical control systems
DPrime Research’s ISEA2012 project, Biopoiesis is influenced by the work of Gordon Pask. Gordon Pask (1928 – 1996) was Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University, of Cybernetics at Brunel and President of the Society for General Systems research. Pask’s 1953 Musicolour is considered as the first cybernetic art machine, a sound-actuated interactive light show. The Musicolour…
