Major Studio 2, Interactivity:

Telematics Report 2007

Download TechGain07reportbroch.pdf

Open Platforms for Creativity and Collaboration, March 2nd, Symposium, Go attend it.

Link: networked_performance: Programmable Media:.

Open Platforms for Creativity and Collaboration

Programmable Media: Open Platforms for Creativity and Collaboration :: A symposium organized and presented by New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. / Turbulence.org, hosted by Pace Digital Gallery :: Date: March 2, 2007 :: Time: 10 am to 3:30 pm :: Venue: Multipurpose Room, 1 Pace Plaza, Pace University :: Contact: Helen Thorington (newradio[at]turbulence.org); Jillian McDonald (jmcdonald2[at]pace.edu). Registration is encouraged: email turbulence at turbulence.org.

In July 2004 the not-for-profit media organization New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. began the networked_performance blog to chronicle observations that internet based creative practice is expanding due to the ready availability of wireless, mobile, and GPS computational devices and the emergence of the programmable web. We observe that artists, designers and researchers working in digitally networked and programmable environments are increasingly making projects that are media platforms, tools and services which are open and contingent upon participation and the contribution of content to realize them.

Programmable Media: Open Platforms for Creativity and Collaboration, hosted by Pace University, will explore two forms of current practice. First, the creation of original software to create tools and services for creative and social use, such as a freely available 3-D drawing tool and musical instrument, or a public commons meta layer conceived as a continuous public space for collaboration. Second, the creation of original work using the tools available within open platforms such as Second Life and MySpace to build community and raise awareness.

PARTICIPANTS: John (Craig) Freeman, Tom Igoe, Cary Peppermint, Amit Pitaru, Michelle Riel, Helen Thorington, and Mushon Zer-Aviv and Dan Phiffer.

Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll -- New York Magazine

Link: Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll -- New York Magazine.

Say Everything As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.

Cutaneous Grooves

Composing for the Sense of Touch
http://mf.media.mit.edu/pubs/conference/CutaneousGrooves.pdf

THE COMING AGE OF CALM TECHNOLOGY

THE COMING AGE OF CALM TECHNOLOGY  [Reading]

The important waves of technological change are those that fundamentally alter the place of technology in our lives.  What matters is not technology itself, but its relationship to us.

In the past fifty years of computation there have been two great trends in this relationship: the mainframe relationship, and the PC relationship.  Today the Internet is carrying us through an era of widespread distributed computing towards the relationship of ubiquitous computing, characterized by deeply imbedding computation in the world. Ubiquitous computing will require a new approach to fitting technology to our lives, an approach we call "calm technology".

This article briefly describes the relationship trends, and then expands on the challenges of designing for calm using both the center and the periphery of our perception and the world.

Electronic Crafts | Main / Home Page

Link: Electronic Crafts | Main / Home Page.

Brewster Kahle, Talks Alexis, Amazon, and Google Search. Interesting pre-Youtube BlowUp Interview

Brewster Kahle started and sold companies for big bucks, his true love is capturing the whole Internet at the Internet Archive, which he founded and runs today.
Link: ntv004.mp4 (video/mp4 Object).

Dave Winer, Father of RSS and Web Logging

Link: ntv006.mp4 (video/mp4 Object).
good long vid from:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/#11

IFTF's Future Now: The case for human-future interaction

Link: IFTF's Future Now: The case for human-future interaction.

Accelerometer and Motion Detection

from: Wiimote
The motion of the remote is sensed by a 3-axis linear accelerometer located slightly left of the large A button. The integrated circuit is the ADXL330 (data sheet), manufactured by Analog Devices. This device is physically rated to measure accelerations over a range of at least +/- 3g with 10% sensitivity.

Inside the chip is a small micromechanical structure which is supported by springs built out of silicon. Differential capacitance measurements allow the net displacement of the tiny mass to be converted to a voltage, which is then digitized. It is important to note that the sensor does not measure the acceleration of the Wiimote, but rather the force exerted by the test mass on its supporting springs. Due to the sign convention used, this quantity is proportional to the net force exerted by the player's hand on the Wiimote when holding it. Thus, at rest on a flat table, the accelerometer reports vertical force of +g (the mass can be normalized away into the aribitrary units), and when dropped reports a force of nearly zero

Accelerometers from SparkFun:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?cPath=23_80
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Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - ADXL330

Price: $29.95
Description: Breakout board for the 3 axis ADXL330 from Analog Devices. This is the latest is a long, proven line of Accelerometers from Analog - and now the holy grail has finally arrived. The ADXL330 is a triple axis accelerometer with extremely low noise and power consumption - only 320uA! Sensor ranges from +/-3g. Board comes fully assembled and tested with external components installed.
Dimensions: 0.7x0.7"
Documents:
* ADXL330 Data Sheet
* ADXL3xx Schematic
* Example 3D cube project using a PIC
Interface: The ADXL330 is a 3V part and outputs an analog voltage for each of the three outputs. This voltage is in ratio to the measured acceleration and to the supply voltage (ratiometric). You will need some extra hardware to convert this analog signal to a usable digital one. Luckily, many uCs have a built in Analog to Digital converter.

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Hitachi H48C Tri-Axis Accelerometer Module

Price: $39.95 PARALLAX
see documentation at link.
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A cheap and elegant way to "fake" a real Accelerometer

Piezo Film Vibra Tab Mass
Price: $1.79
Weight: 0.01 lb.
Piezo Film Information (.pdf)
Piezo Film Vibra Tab Datasheet (.pdf)
Piezo Film Trigger Source (.bs2)
General Description
This Piezo Film Vibra Tab Sensor is the LDT0 Solid State Switch/Vibration Sensor manufactured by
Measurement Specialties. The LDT0 is a piezoelectric film device capable of acting as switch or vibration
sensor. Characteristics of this device allow even more possibilities for use.
Features
• Wide range of applications
• Thin polymer film laminate with 2 crimped contacts
• Easy interface to BASIC Stamp® and SX Microcontrollers
• Can be read using PULSIN, COUNT or by reading input pin level
Application Ideas
• Alarm System Sensor
• Product Damage/Shock Detector
• Accelerometer
• Tap Switch
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http://www.pyrofersprojects.com/3dcube.php

ADXL330 + FLASH + Arduino