MINI STREET SIGNS AND LIGHTING EFFECTS FOR @HEYHEXX
Custom street signs for the city set for @heyhexx, made using individual ultra bright LED diodes and Arduino. Effects were programmed for each emotion (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Anger).
FIRST PROTOTYPE TWITTER SENTIMENT ANALYSIS
Using node.js and serial communication between node and Arduino to trigger robot behaviour with sentiment analysis of tweets (using AFINN-111 sentiment analysis lexicon).
MANTRA: TURNING LONDON’S HARSH SOUNDS INTO MEDITATIVE SOUNDSCAPES
Short project for a sound workshop at the Bartlett.
Many people dream of living in a big city, and there’s undeniably an exciting energy from living in one. However, usually the excitement fades after some time, and people begin to develop stress from sensory overload.
In our experience from going out to record sounds in the city, we found that seeing the sights of Central London was exciting, but the rest of the experience was not very enjoyable; constantly bumping into people with every move, the frustration of public transportation, and not to mention being stopped by the police for just looking suspicious.
From this experience, we wanted to take sound samples from the busy city of London, and transform them to be a calming meditative soundscape to form a different experience of London.
In our experience from going out to record sounds in the city, we found that seeing the sights of Central London was exciting, but the rest of the experience was not very enjoyable; constantly bumping into people with every move, the frustration of public transportation, and not to mention being stopped by the police for just looking suspicious.
From this experience, we wanted to take sound samples from the busy city of London, and transform them to be a calming meditative soundscape to form a different experience of London.
LOTUS: FLOATING ROBOT ON THE HACKNEY WICK CANAL
A short project for robotic ecologies workshop at the Bartlett.
Lotus is a floating, swimming robot that seeks the darkest areas of the River Lea canal, and illuminates them to create a safer environment for people at night.
LDR sensors and Arduino read the direction of the darkest areas of the canal. Servos drive the fins, allowing it to swim to the dark areas. Switches attached to bumpers detect collisions with boats and ducks living in the canal.