Eliot Fette Noyes

Took a break today and went to the opening of [silence] at Gigantic Art Space. The show runs through Feb 24. (The link for the show is to the "current" page at GAS… too bad there’s no permalink for current events!)
Douglas Repetto has his Puff, Bang, Reverb there and there was a nice [...]

Again, you’ve got to be kidding me. This is the misguided, post-9/11 hysteria we’re living in now? I mostly love the ‘article’ the hard hitting globe has on the Mass Art grad who put up the dangerous lite-brights:
On his website, he also lists several authors who have inspired him, including Douglas Adams and [...]

I went to see Jimmy Wales, of Wikipedia fame, speak today at a talk sponsored by Free Culture NYC. It was a packed house. I tried to take some ZoneTag photos but my fancy new SLVR isn’t that nice. Jimmy skipped most of his talk about Wikipedia (a majority of those attending [...]

Here are some visual/mechanical ideas I’m tossing around.

Studies for in circles

Study For leg

Study for move me

Study for steps

alone and not alone

How do we manage?

It ticks it talks

Moving you move me

Oscillate

Study for pulse

Gilad and I continued working on RoofLink, a network of XBee radios for datalogging voltage readings from ITP’s solar panel. The problem we ran into last semester was keeping a steady supply of power to the XBee circuit on the 8th floor. For reference, here’s the original diagram again. But now, with the firmware upgrade [...]

Luis Silva wrote a piece on You Are Not Here
More to come about YANH: Walking Tour of Gaza through the Streets of Tel Aviv coming soon.

I was just settling into a quiet evening of reviewing material for my A to Z class tomorrow when I stumbled across something quite shocking.
Mind you, I was in a fragile state, having finally released myself from a rather unhealthy personal obsession with the StringTokenizer, silently weeping (inside) while adjusting the examples to [...]

What is a Finite State Machine?
A finite state machine is a model of behavior composed of a finite number of states, transitions between those states, and actions. A state stores information about the past (it reflects the input changes from the system start to the present moment). A transition indicates a state change and is described by a condition that would need to be fulfilled to enable the transition. An action is a description of an activity that is to be performed at a given moment. There are several action types:

Entry action
which is performed when entering the state
Exit action
which is performed when exiting the state
Input action
which is performed depending on present state and input conditions
Transition action
which is performed when performing a certain transition

Move Me (the space between)


I have not finalized a name for my finite state machine. For now, I am calling it “Move Me (the space between).” Formally, I am delighted by the simple and elegant wave formation that is created by the relatively complex mechanism. Aesthetically, it is reminiscent of a music box/piano/kalimba. The motion must be triggered with input from a person turning the knob. The wave can only last as long as the hand can turn, which is physically a maximum of one turn. Hence, the limits of the machine are reflective of the limits of the person.

This machine is a finite state machine. It has entry action (human hand rotating the knob), exit action (motion stops when hand stops rotating the knob), input action (as a result of the entry action, the three circles on the the inner rod rotate repetitively), and transition action (the rotating circles cause the planks to rise and fall accordingly).

Future Development
I intend to further develop this project. I encountered many technical difficulties, primarily with the turning crank/knob. There are also a few minor measurement issues to be addressed. In the next design, I intend for the the piece to be much longer, perhaps 30 planks.

Additional Thoughts
-One input triggers three outputs
-Different inputs imply different concepts — hand turn vs. crank vs. motor (speed, rotation turns, timing, duration). The output reflects the input.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070131/ap_on_re_us/suspicious_devices;_ylt=Avq3eExxki1VUA6tYti2TDHMWM0F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdH

hum, there is a chance that I could get kicked out of this country because of street project…

RESOURCES FOR ME

http://www.usfcam.usf.edu/CAM/exhibitions/2002_10_fields_edge/fields_edge.html

Gutai Group in Japan

http://www.romaeuropa.net/Sensi_sotto_Sopra/extensions_sensi/Studio%20Azzurro_bio.html

http://www.cnca.gob.mx/viola/2.html

As if memories could deceive me

http://www.art.235media.de/index.php?show=project

http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=977&artindex=146

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/7686

Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Martha Graham, Marina Abromovich

and lots more

RESOURCES FROM ADDIE

http://www.canardzone.com/members/JonMatcho/images/Shop,%20Water%20Damage%201.jpg

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/09.10.98/gifs/synchroswim5-9836.jpg

http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstPhotos/index.php?photoid=7006

RESOURCES FOR ADDIE

http://www.naimark.net/projects/displacements/displ_v1.html

http://www.halfbakery.com/category/Food

http://www.halfbakery.com/category/Health

http://my.opera.com/SerbianFighter/albums/show.dml?id=67867

http://www.edaw.org/

http://www.printedtp.com/

http://www.toilets.com/

http://www.toiletmuseum.com/

http://www.experiencequeenstown.co.nz/news/tourism/25/new-sofitel-wins-acclaim-for-mona-lisa-of-loo-art.html

Vanessa Beecroft and her bulimia

Things I will accomplish by Feb 3rdMeeting Thursday morning-Galvanic Skin responseAsk permission to use or decide if you want to build or buy itUpdate personal and thesis statementsGo to the Music LibraryDiagram my ideaWork on Preliminary Concept Docum…

So, last week I decided to take up ice skating.  This is quite possibly one of the worst ideas I’ve ever had.  Why?

THIS is why.

ok fine, that’s not my knee- it’s some rugby player I found on google- but honestly tha…

InfernopticMost modern screens and displays are comprised of a grid of tightly-packed pixels, and by turning precise combinations of pixels on and off, complex moving images are formed. Now just substitute a 6″ fireball for each of those demure little …

I AM STUCK

I hit a brick wall with the Tsunami piece. My performace-skills are not ready. I am in horrible physical shape and therefore the long time goal now is to work out at the gym, then take a Martha Graham seminar and then work out a coreography-performace piece once my intentions are clear and my movement analysis is completed.

For now I am going to concentrate on learning the tools to make the stage interact with me by mixing videos and audio possibly using sensors. Then I will take a trip to Sri Lanka to film some footage and work with a local dancer to assimilate the culture that adopted me so lovingly.

For this semester i assume i will most likely work on my un-finished pieces. New 5 steps:

1. Print soundscape on vinyl. Contacted some pressing places and trying to figure out the best option.
2. Finish programming the chip for the light flickering. Come up with a good math or manual numbers.
3. Get help in putting up a website with all of my work.
4. Organize material on somewhat finished pieces to write proposals to later send to galleries.
5. Work on the part of the Tsunami piece that I am convinced on.

It’s recently occurred to me that, while I’ve been busy being a good thesis student- research, reading, talking, experimenting- I’ve completely neglected to document any of my thoughts or findings online. Bad! Bad! ITP student!
So here was last week’s experiment, the Email to text message converter.
I’ve been taking what I’m calling the “Ze Frank” approach [...]

A full hour of my own IDM style tracks from 2002-2007.
“Seep” Lordx 4:18
“Legend” Lordx 2:46
“Sequel” Lordx 2:46
“Trilogy” Lordx 3:54
“Take Me Back” Lordx 4:10
“Reopen” Lordx 3:46
“Trarszwa” Lordx 2:17
“Our Powers Combined” Lordx w/ Cutetheory 30:00
“4ever19″ Lordx 2:23
“Big Time Remix” Lordx 1:04
Download the set for a limited time here.

ULN2004 transistor array
Here are the parts you will need:

ULN2004 Transistor array (Available here)
one Board (Gerber file) - Eagle files can be found here(LINK)
one 16 pin socket

The ULN2004 …

QT113 touch sensor
Here are the parts you will need:

QT113 touch sensor(Available here)
one Board (Gerber file) - Eagle files can be found here(LINK)
one 8 pin socket
one polarized 1uf capacitor
…

I began the assignment, with the idea that I wanted to include some element of fun into a garment. The final idea was to create a handbag that moved. Here was my process:

I started with a plain, blue/green handbag.

I found a picture of hula dancers, printed them out on transfer paper and ironed the image onto the handbag.

Then I wired up my breadboard to a servo motor, and attached an Arduino for my microcontroller, and wrote code for the motor to move back and forth.

Then I cut a hole into the image on the bag, inserted the top of the servo motor, and screwned the bag and the servo together. Later, I glued fabric onto the top of the motor to form the image of a hula skirt.

I then made a switch for the motor, in the form of a handbag closure. I used metal snaps, with conductive fabric on the back of the snaps, and stitched the fabric to the inside of the bag.

Finally, the bag was finished!

I love math. I have always loved math. Since I was a kid, I have been good at it. I have always had a curiosity about the unknown in technology and invention. I was seven years old when I dreamt about creating a computer-painting program. My family and I always thought I was going to [...]

During nature of code class, I found interesting examples of code that looks like MRI scan made by Jeremy and Andy.
http://sheepish.org/itp/rorschach/

Shiffman said also interesting thing that symmetrical image makes people try to figure out what the pattern represents.
It makes the images more specific not abstract.
Exciting.

My first association to Adam Greenfield’s essay on Windows , is Jon Kessler’s “The Palace at 4 A.M.” It was a political piece up at PS1 last year that commented on the war and the media’s portrayal of it. It occupied one large gallery with adjoining exhibition spaces around [...]

This is a quick howto for setting up Xcode for developing cell phone apps. Eclipse is the IDE of choice for developing mobile Java MIDlets. Using Xcode is an alternative way that is slightly simpler in many ways. It feels less bloated and more to the point to me.

My responses to Adam Greenfield’s window essay:

Christian’s comment about his weather widget led my mind down a different path. It’s certainly noteworthy that we can now experience a change in weather while being snugly sequestered inside, but at least that information is readily verifiable by using a physical window or door. What about windows into data about the world that’s not so easy to confirm? What happens if those windows start lying to us?

For example, my only view into what my computer is doing at any given time is the computer itself. (Excepting, of course, network activity, but it faces a similar problem.) What happens if my computer started lying to me or obscuring it’s activities? We’ve already seen the start of this with spyware, but what happens when the system itself begins acting at cross-purposes with it’s user, such as the first version of the iTunes mini store sending music data without asking permission, or Windows Vista’s treatment of every user as a potential attacker.

If the only window into the workings of a device we have is the device itself, how can that device be trusted?

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In thinking about cameras used to create windows across spaces, and pulling distant things into adjacency, the idea of creating such windows inconspicuously and as-needed becomes really interesting. There are, after all, both military and consumer-grade throwable cameras, opening impromptu windows into previously inaccessible or dangerous areas.

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In a similar vein to my last comment, the proliferation of camera phones is about to make webcam and security cam deployment seem quaint. At the moment phonecams in the US are still time-lagged and largely focused on still photographs, but video is gaining quickly, and several initiatives heading toward live broadcasting of video from mobile phones to the internet. While this certainly raises privacy concerns (in that previously anonymous or private - as opposed to secret - actions have great potential to become public), it also offers some unique opportunities for communication and socialization. Being able to turn on my camera in my phone in the middle of a call to open a window into my current situation will be the killer app for mobile video, in my mind. Much more so than video conferencing, I think.

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Also, in reference to Corrine’s earlier comment about the media as our window on the world, I think the proliferation of consumer video and the internet as a distribution platform, though making it possible for obfuscation, provides enough points of view that it might be possible to construct something closer to reality. When I can stream live video to you from my phone from, say, the Super Dome after Katrina, will you watch my video or CNN’s? Probably both, in the near term. How about the long term?

6276 LED Driver
Here are the parts you will need:

6276 LED driver(Available here)
one Board (Gerber file) - Eagle files can be found here(LINK)
one 24 pin socket
one polarized 1uf capacitor

The …

Here are the parts you will need:

5206 digital potentiometer(Available here)
one Board (Gerber file) - Eagle files can be found here(LINK)
one 24 pin socket
one polarized 1uf capacitor

The AD5206 …

3953 DC motor Driver
Here are the parts you will need:

3953 DC motor driver(Available here)
one Board (Gerber file)
one 16 pin socket
one 30kohm resistor
one .5 ohm resistor
one 470uf capacitor
…

Some of the favorite materials around ITP fall in the
electroluminescent arena. There is electroluminescent paper or flat
light, and el-wire. Both of these items require an inverter that
transforms …

3953 PWM Motor Driver
5206 Digital Potentiometer
6276 LED Driver
L293 DC motor driver?
QT113 touch sensor
ULN2004 transistor array

…

Shop Skills Tutorials
Tools
Drilling a hole from instructables.com
Using a hacksaw from instructables.com
Dremel Tutorial — is there one on instructables.com?
Fabrication
Laser Cutting Though ITP …

3953 PWM Motor driver
5206 Digital Potentiometer
6276 LED Driver
L293 DC motor driver
QT113 touch sensor
ULN2004 transistor array

…

3953 PWM Motor driver
5206 Digital Potentiometer
6276 LED Driver
L293 DC motor driver
QT113 touch sensor
ULN2004 transistor array

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