Posts Tagged ‘ MapDuino ’

[pluto-festival] :: festival images

I have started to (FINALLY) upload images from the pluto festival where I exhibited my spatialized umbrella project, in Opwijk, Belgium October 1 -4, 2009. more

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[pluto-festival] :: new friends

I returned from Belgium about 12 hours ago, but I still haven't gotten a chance to sleep for more than 4 hours since about 3 days ago. It has been an amazing adventure, and definitely an experience that I want to repeat, as soon as possible, again and again. I was invited to exhibit at the Pluto Festival in Opwijk, Belgium about 2 months ago, by Pieter Coussement who saw my spatialized Umbrella project on hack a day. more more more.

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SOBEaR v02 :: the responsible robot bartender

UPDATE: featured on GIZMODO,ENGADGET and MAKE! Finally, my finalized prototype of SOBEaR, the responsible robot bartender. I've added a glass coaster with a glowing status light to tell you that he is on, as well as a sewn-on patch to show you where the 'go' button is. When you press the "breathe + pour" button on his right foot, the status light goes solid, and the user breathes into SOBEaR's face. view post for more!





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SOBEaR v01

I have finished my first draft of SOBEaR, the robot bartender. SOBEaR is a robot friend for anyone who does not know their own limits, or has problems controlling themselves. SOBEaR has an alcohol sensor mounted under his chin, so that the user presses a button inside his right foot, breathes into SOBEaR's face, and then watches their alcohol consumption level displayed by the color LED column in SOBEaRs chest. Following their sobriety test, SOBEaR then immediately pours a drink, a ratio of alcohol and mixer (OJ, cranberry, tonic, cola, etc), appropriate for the user at this time. click on post for more photos and words!

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MapDuino/HackDuino Project Launch

online at HackDuino.org !!! v01 aka BaseDuino was on a yellow, double guttered breadboard. With this version, I followed ITP's tutorial, almost exactly. Worked amazingly, super happy with the convenience and functionality afforded by this. v02 BaseDuino02 was done on a slightly smaller white board, with ground and power on oposite sides of the board. This complicated matters slightly, and is not really worth the small gain in size. v03 BaseDuino03 is the mostly the same as 01, however it has been executed on a radioshack PCB. So that I am able to reproprogram the chip, I also added[ READ MORE ]

Spatialized Umbrella v01

This is my first prototype of the Spatialized Umbrella. The Spatialized Umbrella project offers an entirely new dimension to walking in the rain. Using light and sound spatialization this umbrella creates an immersive, mobile, and highly personal multi‐sensory environment.  Range sensing technology helps the Spatialized Umbrella react to your movement through a space. 5 speakers and LEDs [ READ MORE ]