I just finished my first “solo interactive visualization art” project proposal. Other than just buzz words, the project is a social media aggregation visualization. The idea is that you can give it a key word(s) and it will search through various social media websites, gathering data that matches those words. It then displays a visualization of the data in a vertical scroller along with other vital information (poster’s display pic, location, etc). The project is aptly entitled “Whatcha Talkin ‘Bout Willis?” in a tribute to recently deceased Gary Coleman – one of my favorite actors growing up. I will create a page for the project and describe it in more detail with pretty pictures. Hopefully sooner rather than later…
But now that the art proposal is over and I have some free time opening up I decided I’m going to re evaluate the work I had done earlier in developing a plug and play sensor solution. A couple months ago I came across the IEEE 1451.4 documentation which outlines a standard for plug and play sensors. I plan on doing a full analysis of the standard figuring out the pros and cons and putting together a prototype. I plan on using a lot of my earlier work as a base and comparing my original ideas to those outlined in the spec and the costs and benefits of each. This will be my main focus for the next 2 months during my free time so you will be hearing a lot more about smart sensors in the next few posts
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Noticed its been more than a year since I last updated this blog. Its been super crazy with moving to Sweden and all the art work. The blog got put on the back burner and eventually got forgotten about. However, now that I’m back in North America (New York City!!), I thought I’d restart posting here.
So a little update of whats been going on:
- Had my first art piece on display. I wish I had never said went on display this year. Check out http://www.iwishihadneversaid.com
- Came second place in the first extinguishing robot competition. We did great in sensor instrumentation and speed but lost points in the autonomous behavior category.
- Arduino work has been dropping off. Mostly cause I’ve been traveling so much and its tough to take all my equipment with me. That being said the arduino is reaching its limits for me. Getting much more interested in the PIC microcontrollers, especially the ones with an on board TCP/IP stack. Working on getting a “plug and play” sensor package created for them
- My interest in web design has returned. I’m currently working for Large Animal Games in NYC. We make social facebook games and the work is very different from anything else I’ve ever done
Well thats really whats been up. Over time you’ll hear more about the projects I have on the go, which include – a variable tinting glass, a plug and play sensor network, a video game to encourage learning math, and a few art proposals that I’m currently working on.
Also I’ve decided to make this blog more than just technology. Over the last few years I’ve experienced a lot through my travels and I decided I should really be using this blog as a method to chronicle them.
Thats it for now
Ciao
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