Off the back of the Map, Light & Projection experiments blog , here are some technical thoughts on Neopixels. We can set up strings of hundreds but this needs a couple of considerations, power and data. If we are connecting power at one end of a large string, the resistance Read more…
We have started to create some activity diagrams to enable us to delve a little deeper into how the data will impact the data physicalisation. As you will see below the diagrams are very visual, but they can also be used to mimic pseudocode that we can then use to plan Read more…
Every day on Flatholm island a written record of events on the island is recorded in a logbook. These books go back to the early 1990s and hold some wonderful impressions of life on the island. As a team, we felt that this was something that we would like to Read more…
We have started to sketch the DATA (i.e. to think about how data will flow through our system). The above details the Data Flow Diagram (DFD) for Cardiff’s traffic data that will be incorporated into the data physicalisation. It shows a scenario in which a visitor presses a button that will show the effects Read more…
Imagine an island that can trigger to ‘3D’ life from data updates. Inspired by dynamic paper cut out installations we are envisioning an island experience that pops out/ up to the visitor.
A collage of different ways to present data (inspired by Code-Paper-Scissors). For example, the seagull data…triggered by an interaction (i.e. user drags ‘seagull’ cube to island) the island comes to life with seagull information. This is presented in a collage of vertically moving servos, rotating wheels, ticker tapes and flip Read more…
To motivate people to take care of their environment, we feel it is important to get them interacting first hand with the environmental data. In doing so, we feel that this will expose them to the full impact of their/ people’s actions on the environment. For example, if they and Read more…
A lighthouse traditionally warns of danger and guides sailors to land or a harbour. What if a lighthouse could warn people of air pollution? What if it could play a role in making people care about their environments? The cuboids on the image below are responsive to the weather on the island Read more…
Mosaic is an ancient storytelling art. Traditionally a mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular static pieces of coloured stone, glass or ceramic and held in place by plaster and or mortar. Imagine if each of these little pieces were dynamic (i.e. responding to different Read more…
Using a ‘data dashboard’ set-up as the foundation, we start to play around with the idea of a physical dashboard….where the data can have its own physical and more meaningful presence. Being an island, water is the centre of everything and likewise, the water narrative is what ties all components Read more…
