May 10 & 11 5pm-9pm
Spring Show 2005
721 Broadway
at Waverly Place
4th Floor
South Elevators
New York, NY 10003
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| SlumberLights | ||
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| Author(s): | Michael Jefferson |  |
| Instructor: | Igoe, Tom | |
| Class: | Networked Objects | |
| URL: | http://www.michaeljefferson.net/slumberlight | |
| Documents: | slumberlight(JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | networked objects, slumberlight, night light, distant relationships | |
| Glowing picture blocks for ambient, distant communication. | ||
| SlumberLights were designed specifically to enable direct, passive communication between \"the greats,\" great grandchildren and great grandparents separated by geographical distance. Sleep states are monitored via the detection of presence, activating a subtle light animation within a SlumberLight (small illuminated picture block on the night stand). The same animation is played out on a remote SlumberLight on the night stand of the distant relative. | ||
| Personal Statement: | My real interest in this project is getting something deployed to explore and document the use of a unique one-to-one passive communication channel for an infant/toddler and grand parent/great grandparent. Nothing really exists to support a long distance relationship that can span four generations, yet the scenario of the dispersed family is becoming more and more common with distances increasing from city to city, state to state, and even country to country.
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| Background: | I\'ve used my son, age 3 and grandmother age 95 as test subjects to find a communication mode that might be suitable. A version of this prototype will be installed for each for user testing and response. | |
| Technical System Description: | Ingredients:
Xport - network communication for sender and reciever Server - Chat or Java servlet PIC - microprocessor for light animation and communication with Xport Qprox - proximity sensor for presence detection Code - simple contact timer SlumberLights - Plexi blocks with Cherry wood frames and embedded superbright LED\'s | |