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Week 1 – Light Kinetics – In the Loop – Carla Molins

I’m really interested in how to bring the physical and the digital world together in order to create more engaging experiences.

Light Kinetics connects the real world physics into digital in a way that is both magical and mystic. This installation creates a seamless effect of light al through the lightbulbs loop. The accuracy and the detail make it so special.

http://www.espadaysantacruz.com/projects/light-kinetics-in-the-loop

Light Kinetics is the last interactive installation of Espadaysantacruz a, Madrid based, creative studio.

In this piece, light is controlled by a physics simulator creating a astonishing effect.
A piezo electric sensor situated in the first bulb captures the force of the tap, generating a light particle that moves along the loop. All the shades of the energy are reflected in the trajectory of the light.
The system is powered by Unity 3D that simulates de forces that apply to the virtual corpuscle.

This project is a follow up of the previous experiment: vimeo.com/90523113

espadaysantacruz.com
March, 2015

Week 1: Magic Mirror

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Frankly, I have no idea what I am capable of regarding physical computing. I’ve had experience with a Raspberry PI, but “experience” is too strong a word to describe my pitiful attempt at Python and fooling with a breadboard. A better word that synopsizes my experience might be that I have but encountered the massive and interesting world of computing. One thing that always stays on my mind in regards to tech projects is practicality, and how I can implement the project and innovate it’s systems to benefit in my daily routine. Ergo, the Magic Mirror project is one I find particularly interesting to explore.

Upon initial reflection the Magic Mirror appears to be a regular mirror, but can actually feature images and text by subtly materializing onto a LCD screen behind two way glass. Via remote connection to wifi and Raspberry Pi to a main PC the user can exhibit weather forecasts, calendar, notes, and essentially anything provided the effort and configuration. I’m very interested in learning how to remotely connect my PC to a third party LCD and explore the overall schematics of the Raspberry PI interface.