#soft circuits

[cunntessa]

Mini Interactive Installation inspired by Xena Warrior Princess - episode 1 season 1 - sins of the past

✨unbury the Chakram to play the cut scene✨

[futurebird]

sashiko

Sashiko is a relaxing kind of Japanese embroidery. It's often tessellated with geometric themes.

When I was trying to find out how to repair my sweaters I ran across it. Can't get it out of my head. Specifically I'm thinking about a pattern for a repeating LED circuit.

Or maybe some kind of "geometry sampler" ? Each square panel could be a little visual proof of one kind or another.

What ideas does this inspire for ya'll?

[imadhatt3r]

I wanted to sincerely thank the author of “soft circuits” playlist for the idea that “digital love” by daft punk is from the perspective of a robot in love because holy FUCK yes

[cambridgeteenroom]

This is next week and it is going to be AMAZEBALLS! 

[antoniusw]

I will be teaching a workshop at Spotify's NYC HQ on August 5, 2017 at 11 am. The students will showcase their work at 8 pm that night. Come check it out! IMPACT CONFERENCE | August 1-5. 2017 @NYU Music Experience Design for education, health, interactive media and social impact. Soft-circuit Musical Interface Workshop August 5, 2017 @ Spotify HQ | 45 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011 Description: New interfaces for musical expression often rely on conveying new media in an innovative format. Often performers require circuitry on soft, flexible or bendable materials that are not necessarily effective conduits of electronics and electricity. This workshop will explore various methods to incorporate soft circuitry in new musical interface design with tried and tested methods.

[techastalisman]

Feedback from Katherine Moriwaki (physical computing class):

1. 3M Glass Cloth Electrical (aka conductive fabric tape) is a great tip for working with soft circuits, particularly pressure sensors since it is both resistive and conductive.

2. Biomodd as a precedent for computation and biology as I think of what the new nature will look like in a techno-facilitated world.

[techastalisman]

I developed a pressure sensor matrix based on Liza Stark’s example (http://thesoftcircuiteer.net/welcome-to-the-pressure-sensor-matrix/).  This sensor will the landing pad for when participants jump over the “fire,” the physical gesture as part of the ritual to cleanse self and connect to nature. 

The jumping over the fire ritual is based on Chaharshanbeh soori ceremony that preceeds the Persian New Year, or Nowruz.  This sensor will trigger (via Serial) a fire on top of the oil in the Unity3D simulation.

[ixdesign-bunny]

Journal Twelve

I haven't done nearly enough but I have made interesting progress. The battery works, but is dying. Therefore, my new Tenz unit works - in bursts of 20 seconds before it dies. We know this is enough to light the LEDs. We know it can pass current through multiple human bodies if connected right. Questions remaining: how to scale back project size to something manageable, and how to get a new battery in time to test and assemble and stay on top of schedule. I may have to acquire a Ouija board, believe it or not. Definitely not asking that shit any questions, but how cool an interface would that be?