on-signal http://www.on-signal.org/blog When tech meets art Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en long time since blogged… http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2009/09/long-time-since-blogged/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2009/09/long-time-since-blogged/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:16:48 +0000 eelco http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=119 been a while ago since my last input here…

but hoping to get it up again.. some interesting work(s) been done at the mediamatic social RFID hackerscamp where both Arjan and myself (eelco) where involved…

http://www.mediamatic.net/page/81549/en

probably some more and interesting projects will follow now we aren’t that busy anymore with academy stuff…..

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View This Video on You Tube

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on-signal lab, originally uploaded by Arjan Scherpenisse.

This weekend we moved in to our new studio, at the Iepenplein 15 in Amsterdam east. It’s a very cosy souterain, though still a bit dusty. And there’s no real heating yet… but luckily it’s getting spring.

We have quite a few square meters to solder, code and make all kinds of cool stuff. So expect even more from us in the near future! :-)

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BOOM!, originally uploaded by Arjan Scherpenisse.

We’re at c-base in Berlin as part of the PLANETART group event for the Transmediale09. BOOM! is on exhibit there for the very first time, and after one night only, people already love it.

But, back to the soldering iron because one of the L298N driver chips let out the magic smoke so to speak… luckily there’s a Conrad in Kreuzberg!

]]> http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2009/01/boom/feed/ Retroweek end party! http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2009/01/retroweek-end-party/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2009/01/retroweek-end-party/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:39:09 +0000 arjan http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=107

We’re busy preparing the retroweek end party, which will be a night with debate and bands, about art, new media and the boundaries of it all. Be sure not to miss it!!

]]> http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2009/01/retroweek-end-party/feed/ Something old.. but working now… http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/something-old-but-working-now/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/something-old-but-working-now/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:29:09 +0000 eelco http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=94 Well.. did this before.. but without having any prove of a working installation.. I redid my prototype and it’s ready now to build the real deal…

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]]> http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/something-old-but-working-now/feed/ on-signal @ Transmediale09, Berlin http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/on-signal-transmediale09-berlin/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/on-signal-transmediale09-berlin/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:53:46 +0000 arjan http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=92 We’re already in the agenda for the Transmediale09 partner event @ c-base, berlin! For this event, we are planning to build some 2-axis extensions to our pingpong ball canons for a new interactive installation. More about this soon..

]]> http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/on-signal-transmediale09-berlin/feed/ DIY* Festival - Zürich http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/diy-festival-zurich/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/diy-festival-zurich/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:38:54 +0000 arjan http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=88 Already 1.5 week ago, we were at the diy*festival in Zürich, with the exhibition running our PING installation.As always, people like it, especially the kids on the “family” themed sunday. Besides PING, we gave a workshop for building a simple, low cost and easy to set up touch screen using the JustPoint software Robin Gareus and me created a couple of months ago.

The touchscreen consists of two USB webcams, which are hung in the corners of a big sheet. On the sheet an image is beamed with back-projection. The cameras look at a small area in front of the screen, detecting any movement by using background-substraction and movement detection. When both cameras see movement (e.g., a hand touching the screen), they will calculate the X/Y position at which the hand is touching the screen, given the 2 locations of the detected hands in the camera image. Very neat tech!

However, the JustPoint program was not very easy to setup on non-linux computers, and after the workshop we decided we would rewrite it, so it works on mac as well: most workshop participants brought mac laptops.

Pictures here!

]]> http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/12/diy-festival-zurich/feed/ short impression.. http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/11/short-impression/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/11/short-impression/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:30:23 +0000 eelco http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=86

]]> http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/11/short-impression/feed/ Showtime… http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/10/showtime/ http://www.on-signal.org/blog/2008/10/showtime/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:00:33 +0000 eelco http://www.on-signal.org/blog/?p=84 V2_Events: Test_Lab goes Noordkaap: Urban play in action

 

Thursday, October 30, 20:00h, Location: Noordkaap, Voorstraat 123,

Dordrecht.

Entrance: free

 

V2_ and Noordkaap Foundation invite you to witness how artists,

designers, and performers give their views on potential solutions for

the Voorstraat Noord urban development case, by taking you on city

walks, seducing you to play urban games, and surprising you with

artistic encounters on the streets.

 

Featuring:

Stichting de Stad,

Stealth Unlimited,

Arnuro Hernandez,

on-signal.org,

Pablo Valbuena

and others.

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