We have started to consider the addition of a touch screen to provide extra information on the island’s Flora & Fauna. First steps involve a functioning touch screen infrastructure and then the teasing out of an appropriate ‘fact-file’ aesthetic. Please see below for how our work is evolving.
Thinking about the interaction. One idea is to have any number of standalone objects… each will have a 2.4GHz transceiver, and can be interacted with in some way (hopefully capacitive field). These will connect back to a hub which will have it’s own 2.4GHz transceiver and is most likely a Read more…
Light bulb moment. We have been trying to think of ways of making the uninteresting weather data more engaging. We have now started to think about interaction as a way of answering this question. For example… the data updates trigger the weather toblerones as well as the solar panel, water Read more…
The bigger environmental story is important to us on this project too. We are hoping to pitch an aspect of the physicalisation against the global environmental data picture as a way of highlighting the vulnerabilities of our local environmental picture. Especially the impact that things like transport, agriculture, waste and Read more…
Thinking further about the physicalisation of the weather data… we have started to animate the icons to see how we could best represent the data. Please see below for some early thinking on the idea of sun rising and then setting. The combination of rain and sun (below) allows us Read more…
For months we were feeling that COVID was hindering our ideas for interaction. However, after chatting with Techniquest last week we realise that systems can be put in place to allow for interaction. Hence, the flood of ideas below. Interaction is literally back on the table for us. We are Read more…
Last we we hit a brick wall. This week it seems like we are bulldozing through that wall. We have had some very interesting discussions which have really pushed our thinking from data right through to electronics and then to the aesthetic. On the table now is the possibility of Read more…
The team had the pleasure of meeting up with James Summers from Techniquest this week. James gave us a virtual tour of the exhibition space at Techniquest and we spoke about the possibilities of the Data Physicalisation being displayed there. This was a very enriching moment for the team and Read more…
We were surprised to find that the weather data changed very little through the day. So, we have hit a brick wall. How do we make boring data interesting? Also, we are now fully feeling the opposing forces in this project – the data is like rock, unmoving and needs Read more…
Understanding the visual effects and capabilities of the LED lighting more, we are now rethinking the aesthetic arrangement of the etchings and also structure of the island. With the knowledge that lighting the section from the base to highlight the etching will highlight all the etching in the section etc., Read more…
