internet of things ← JK

Nanny Cams in Processing

Feb

26

2013

After banging my head against the wall for a few hours, I finally got two web cams to feed simultaneously into one Processing sketch: Download my code if you need it! working2up_webcams_20130224

Feedback from guest critic Kyle Li, as well as Louisa Campbell and my other classmates: Where are the bears sitting? In a clean gallery space, or in my room? Could the bears be having some type of online chat between them? Where is the viewer situated? Are they a participant? Should the cameras inside of ...

Nanny Cam Cam

Feb

10

2013

(working title) The idea: 2 teddy bear nanny cams, watching each other. Live feed of the footage streaming online. Humans watching objects through objects, objects watching objects.

Project Proposal

Nov

21

2012

Thesis argument: Objects are symbols of human history. This history can get lost as they physically erode, rust, break, and disappear. Additionally, the nature of objects is changing: physical objects are being translated into immaterial software that is housed in high-tech hardware. Immaterial software and high-tech objects cannot be vessels of sentiment/nostalgia in the same ...

Howard Odum’s Ecological Modeling

Oct

18

2012

Adam Curtis’ documentary series “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” mentioned the work of Howard Odum. Odum was an ecologist who is known for making analogies between ecosystems and electrical, mechanical, acoustical, magnetic and electronic systems. I’m interested in the analogy Odum made between ecosystems and Ohm’s law. Odum set up analogies between ...

Answering Machine Hack

Oct

17

2012

I’m brainstorming ways to alter a digital answering machine so that it can either be used to engage with more modern technologies, or perform some new function that is valuable/interesting/relevant. Ideas so far: Integrate Siri Make it reply to my voicemail for me Make it alert me when I have a voicemail on my cell ...

Flow

Oct

17

2012

This is a project that embodies a lot of the things I’ve been researching: mechanical energy, low-tech materials, environmental sensing, and online data aggregation. Here’s a description from the website: “~Flow, by Owl Project and Ed Carter, was a tidemill – a floating building on the River Tyne that generated its own power using a ...

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2/3)

Oct

16

2012

I’ve been watching these Adam Curtis documentaries for inspiration. They’ve been really thought provoking and given me an interesting perspective on the relationship between humans an machines throughout history. I didn’t take notes during the first episode, but I started jotting things down during the second one. See below: Adam Curtis – All Watched Over ...

Brainstorm – Homage to New York

Oct

15

2012

timesquare lullaby machine: light sensors trigger music box or alarm clock (city that never sleeps?) bridges connecting boroughs… coney island freak show, board walk turn-over of stores/restaurants every time turnover happens, change something in sculpture (track address/phone number changes?) future-proof NY: city gentrification flooding? (global warming) terrorism? future-proof NY: citizens ...

Digital Sensors, Analog Sensors, & Radio Frequency

Oct

5

2012

Thanks for the amazing tutorial/breakdown on this stuff, Joe Saavedra! An object that has an input (factor, interaction, pollutant, sensed thing) and an output (sound, light, data, kinetic movement, color). Digital vs Analog Analog Sensors Mercury Thermometer Button Any switch Potentiometers Analog Tilt switch — the ball rolls and happens to connect to ...

The Internet of Things According to IBM & Cisco

Sep

30

2012

“The planet has grown a central nervous system” – IBM Infographic via All Things D

The Future Internet

Sep

30

2012

Interesting video that synthesizes what the internet of things will become in the future and what will be needed to support it.

Internet of Things Comic Book

Sep

24

2012

“[IoT] heralds the onset of a new paradigm for the relationship between human beings and objects.” (2) In 2008, the number of internet-connected devices exceeded the number of people on Earth (when only 8 years prior, there were a mere 500 million internet-connected devices). (2) “the object is at the same time a communication channel ...