🌊 Nature API Workshop
Date: June 16, 2026 4-5pm
Session Leaders: Rob Faludi
Format: Hybrid (In-person with online access)
Tags: #wabi-sabi • #nature • #api • #pico • #coding • #hack • #interaction • #art • #electronics
Live data about weather, geophysical and astronomical events can bring people closer to nature. This hands-on workshop introduces an easy method to incorporate real-time natural phenomena in your creative projects. Participants will be provided with microcontrollers loaded with the Nature API as a library for easy development with pre-written examples. Programming will be in MicroPython, and beginners are welcome to join. Coding experience is helpful but not required.
This workshop extends the ideas discussed in Wabi-Sabi Electronics.
What You Get
Basic hardware to run the Nature API codebase
Code library: github.com/faludi/nature-api
What You Design
- Any device or artwork that responds to natural phenomena — tides, moon phase, sunrise, weather, seasons, earthquakes, etc.
Design Brief
- Using concepts from wabi-sabi electronics, have nature drive an interaction joining the digital world to the rhythms of the living one.
