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Hmm, kind of sad that there's no mention of it's forerunner, the Blinkenlights project: http://blinkenlights.net/project http://blinkenlights.net/project It w

by wheels 14y ago

Hmm, kind of sad that there's no mention of it's forerunner, the Blinkenlights project: http://blinkenlights.net/project http://blinkenlights.net/project It was done by a handful of folks (mostly CCC members) and included an API and the ability to play pong on it via cell phone. The 2002 follow-up was higher resolution: http://blinkenlights.net/arcade http://blinkenlights.net/arcade

cwzwarich 14y ago
The Blinkenlights project doesn't seem to mention its forerunners either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNQqePk8Kg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNQqePk8Kg http://bastilleweb.techhouse.org http://bastilleweb.techhouse.org I wonder who was the first to do this.
- mos2 14y ago
  Marcel Duchamp, Rotary Glass Plates [Precision Optics] (formerly Revolving Glass Machine), 1920 Painted glass and iron with electric motor 65 1/4 x 62 x 38 inches Collection of Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Collection Société Anonyme
mos2 14y ago
According to my book, Leo Villareal by JoAnne Northrup, on page 45, "During the 1996 iteration of Burning Man, Villareal covered his rented camper with reflective plastic to minimize the solar heat. He was suprised to note that this gesture created a stunning illusion--very much like a mirage where the reflection of surroundings creats a kind of camoflaging effect" and continues further down the page, "The following year [1997], Villareal decided to address another practical problem, one that stemmed from the exponential growth of the events attendance: how to find the way back to camp at night...Using 16 strobe lights and a Basic Stamp microcontroller, he constructed his first light pulsation system and mounted it atop his camper on a wooden lattice structure. It turned out to be much more than a simple navigation beacon: it projected sequences that 'expressed a desperate need to communicate in a language that begged to be decoded.'" and continues to talk about how modified the structure and exhibited it from his New York Studio and worked on several other projects leading up to Disorient in 2001.

by wheels 14y ago

cwzwarich 14y ago

The Blinkenlights project doesn't seem to mention its forerunners either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNQqePk8Kg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNQqePk8Kg http://bastilleweb.techhouse.org http://bastilleweb.techhouse.org I wonder who was the first to do this.

mos2 14y ago
Marcel Duchamp, Rotary Glass Plates [Precision Optics] (formerly Revolving Glass Machine), 1920 Painted glass and iron with electric motor 65 1/4 x 62 x 38 inches Collection of Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Collection Société Anonyme

mos2 14y ago

According to my book, Leo Villareal by JoAnne Northrup, on page 45, "During the 1996 iteration of Burning Man, Villareal covered his rented camper with reflective plastic to minimize the solar heat. He was suprised to note that this gesture created a stunning illusion--very much like a mirage where the reflection of surroundings creats a kind of camoflaging effect" and continues further down the page, "The following year [1997], Villareal decided to address another practical problem, one that stemmed from the exponential growth of the events attendance: how to find the way back to camp at night...Using 16 strobe lights and a Basic Stamp microcontroller, he constructed his first light pulsation system and mounted it atop his camper on a wooden lattice structure. It turned out to be much more than a simple navigation beacon: it projected sequences that 'expressed a desperate need to communicate in a language that begged to be decoded.'" and continues to talk about how modified the structure and exhibited it from his New York Studio and worked on several other projects leading up to Disorient in 2001.