Essay Concerning Human Understanding—Eduardo Kac and Ikuo Nakamura Essay Concerning Human Understanding was a long-distance sound installation created by Eduardo Kac and Ikuo Nakamura in 1994 that allowed a canary in Lexington, Kentucky to communicate with a philodendron plant 600 miles away in New York. A microphone and speaker connected to a circuit board was…

The main concept that stood out to me from the reading was that of telematics. The text defines it as, “the science and study of exploring the actual and philosophical issues of sensing and acting at a distance using computers, networks, and feedback sensors.” The text’s example of robot-assisted microsurgeries prompted me to consider another…

KEY HOLDER I get this idea from my mom because she always forgot where were the keys. So I put the LED’s on the board, it can lights up on top of the key. Also the night time we can easily found the keys. Materials 1. 5 inch * 9.5 inch cardboard 2. 6 inch…

Paris Eiffel Tower lights By: Dziedzom A. Bansah Materials: conductive material (copper fabric) 3 LED lights copper tape conductive thread vinyl battery alligator clips voltage meter Chemical Etching: Tongs, Table Salt (NaCl) – the finer the better, Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2), White Vinegar (Usually 80% C2H4O2), Plastic or glass dish to etch in (sized based on…

How to make a LED Hat!! Materials: – Conductive Thread – 2 LED lights ( does not matter on the color ) – Conductive tape – A Resistance (  it depends on what you need so your LED’s won’t burn out ) – A small needle to thread with – A small battery holder w/…

Twin Reflex Camera LED Light First step is to take off the top of the camera, or the viewfinder, unscrew the top four screws Next step is to put copper tape on the two parts of the inside metal that touch when the viewfinder is open, This will act as the switch. One will go…

http://www.instructables.com/id/Creative-Switch-Faucet-Lamp/ Step 1: Things You Will Need Faucet 6 LED’s 2 #v Button Batteries Electrical Tape Wire Wire Cutter Wire Stripper Solder Solder Iron 2 Potientiometera Possible Supplies Heat Shrink Wax Step 2: Tape Around The Edge of BatteryWith Electrical Tape Also tape the inside of faucet where the battery will sit. Step 3: Solder…

I chose to talk about The Legible City because I found the fact of using a bike to be interesting for a piece of route. Also doing things that combine parts of your body like your eyes, hands and feet were really cool. In the article, he talks about how he “remembers the toxicating feeling…

http://www.instructables.com/id/Creative-Switch/ For my creative switch project I created two circuits, each consisting of: piezoelectric disk, darlington transistor, 28ohm resistor and blue LED. I then wired these circuits in parallel. The reasoning for using a piezoelectric disk it that I wanted to create a switch which didn’t require a conventional power source. The piezos themselves create…

    While reading the article, I went out of my way to research different types of interactive art pieces. That’s when I came across Dune 4.1.  The following video shows an interactive landscape of “light” piece of work, placed in the Maastunnel of Rotterdam, called Dune 4.1, which interacts with touch, movement, and sound….

The Listening Post By: Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://modes.io/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Listening-Post-Wall-2.jpg Links-Video      Listening Post originally stood out to me because of the authors strong opinions of why it was not considered true “interactive art”. Huhtamo says its not interactive art because those experiencing the installment do not actually interact with it. They simply listen…