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Leos Room

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:04:51 +0000

A visualizer for Leo’s Room by Vangelis, from the movie Blade Runner. The visualizer was made with C++/OpenFrameworks. The frequencies are broken down into 5 ranges which affect the behavior of the boids.

WeatherTubeReport

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:49:13 +0000

Weather Tube Report displays the weather condition and a selection of videos from YouTube, based on the zip code you enter. The videos are selected on the fly based on predetermined search parameters. The weather condition dictates these parameters – which include musical styles and instruments – to search for suitable videos. The weather condition also determines the background color.The name is inspired by the band Weather Report and some of their song names are used to produce the gibberish text to display the temperature and condition.

Weather Tube Report uses the Yahoo! Weather API to retrieve weather information, the YouTube API to retrieve videos and a database to store the search parameters.

Check it out here!

ShredBoard

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:42:47 +0000

ShredBoard is an instrument that usees the conventional keyboard and mouse as input. The keys z-/, a-’, q-] and 1-= are mapped to the notes of four guitar strings starting at E, A, D, G for each row of keys. The mouse is mapped to be used as an effect pedal. There are 2 effects – one that is sort of clean and the second which is distorted. Parameters can be adjust with 3 knobs to produce different tones.The software is written in AS3 and exported as an AIR application. The sounds are produced in SuperCollider by sending OSC messages via flosc. Download the app and source file here.

TweetCatcha

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:59:37 +0000

TweetCatcha seeks to uncover the organic nature of news as it travels through Twitter over time, by examining the movement of NY Times articles through Twitter.

This data visualization project was built with ActionScript, PHP/MySQL, XML and uses the NY Timeswire API and backtweets API to harvest all the data. It was produced as a final project for Data Visualization as Generative Narrative at Parsons the New School for Design in Fall 2009, in collaboration with Nick Hardeman.

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Beautiful People

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:54:32 +0000

Beautiful People is a poster generated by analyzing and processing data from Marilyn Manson’s “Beautiful People” music video. The software was written in C++/OpenFrameworks for my SetPixel class at Parsons.

The software analyzes histogram values for each frame in the video to generate organic elements. The size and position of each element is dictated by the average brightness of darkness of that frame in the video. More projects I’ve worked on in this class can be viewed on my blog or on my class site. More projects I’ve worked on using C++/OpenFrameworks can be viewed here.

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Mannahatta The Game

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:53:07 +0000

Mannahatta: The Game is prototype for a mobile, location-based game for kids. Players play as ecological system builders and make connections between historical flora and fauna while navigating the streets of Manhattan.

The game is built on the model of Manhattan’s ecosystem circa 1609 in Dr. Eric Sanderson’s Mannahatta Project. I worked on this project as part of the Wakatta team at Parsons and was involved in iPhone front-end development.

I also contributed to the back-end development (Drupal) for the Wakatta webspace.

Tweetlite

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:45:13 +0000

Tweetlite is a visual commentary on our relationship with online social networks. It is an ambient light that represents a pixel – the smallest unit of visual digital information.

This is represented in the form of a minimalist, 4″ white, plexiglass, cube that reads messages from a Twitter feed and displays them in Morse code.

Each message is displayed in a different color and makes for a great mood light. It has USB and power connectivity and comes with software that is used to enter Twitter credentials to enable the data feed visualization. It needs to be connected to a computer with an Internet connection, via USB. Needless to say, it can be of great use to someone who can read, interpret or even want to learn Morse code.

It is powered by Arduino and Python. More documentation can be viewed on my blog. This project was produced for the Computation class at Parsons. More projects I worked on in this class can be viewed here.

Tweetlite is a visual commentary on our relationship with online social networks. It is an ambient light that represents a pixel – the smallest unit of visual digital information.

This is represented in the form of a minimalist, 4″ white, plexiglass, cube that reads messages from a Twitter feed and displays them in Morse code.

Each message is displayed in a different color and makes for a great mood light. It has USB and power connectivity and comes with a program that is used to enter Twitter credentials to enable the data feed visualization. It needs to be connected to a computer with an Internet connection, via USB. The patterns and colors can be customized. Needless to say, it can be of great use to someone who can read, interpret or even want to learn Morse code.

It is powered by Arduino and Python. The code is based off of example found here. If anyone is interested in building one I can post a tutorial, let me know

Flowchart

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:42:25 +0000

This flow chart is an information graphic that analyzes a persons task over the course of the day. In this case, it analyzes travel from my residence to the classroom and the human or machine interactions that occur during this time.

This graphic was produced as part of an assignment for the Typography for Digital Masters class at Academy of Art University in Spring 2009.

Music Box

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:36:52 +0000

A 3D model and animation of the workings of a Music Box made with Maya. This was produced for the Intro to 3D Modelling class at Parsons.

Diver-Sequencer on Acid!

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:41:11 +0000

An Arduino sound project, Diver is an instrument inspired by old Analog Sequencers and Theremins. It allows creating a four-note looped melody which can be manipulated in real-time with knobs that can assign upto 5 octaves for each note. Each knob lights up to indicate it’s position in the loop.

The top of Diver houses a sensor which can be used to control the tempo of the loop in real-time. Use Diver in live performances or at home to produce awesome loops, melodies and special effects.

More documentation for this project can be viewed on my blog. This project was produced for the Computation class at Parsons. More projects I worked on in this class can be viewed here.