Hmm, this afternoon at the lab was a bit frustrating. As a starter a lot went wrong with the purchase of the two AppliedSensor sensors and the temperature sensors. My order went wrong, twice. It was a national holiday on Thursday so I feared that the stuff wouldn’t be in by Saturday. But finally, at […]
Author Archives: Danielle
Collaboration…
During the I-machine festival in Oldenburg, Germany I met Laura Beloff, who has lots of experience in working with wearables. As it happens she is heading a research and art project on climate change, in Lapland, Finland. At a later stage they’ll also be developing wearables for measuring pollution. She’s interested in collaborating with me. […]
Interface research
As soon as I left the last meeting I started sketching and thinking about ways to work with paper. I will use my findings in the experiments I’ll be doing about low-tech air pollution logging. I also did some research about the wearable interface. As I want an intimate tool, close to the body I found […]
Measuring gasses
I’ll have to make a choice of what gasses I want to measure. The government measures the following gasses at different locations in the Netherlands: SO2 Sulfur dioxide PM10 Particulate matter (PM) or fine particles NH3 Ammonia CO Carbon monoxide O3 Ozone NO NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide My choice will depend on the availability of the […]
Concept research
Data visualisation I’ve been rethinking what visualisation is. My aim is to give an impression of air quality in a friendly way. Living things tell about their state in obvious ways. When you blush it tells me something about how you feel. When a tree is big and green it tells me it’s healthy. By […]
The pleasures of designing
Yesterday I went to the second meeting. It got me so excited I even dreamt about it. As we all had to rethink and deepen our ideas about the concept we did a round of our current status. There were a lot of suggestions for everybody from everybody, so that was a nice exchange. We’ll […]
Inspiration
Saturday we had our first meeting with the wearable group. They seemed like an enthusiastic and creative bunch so that’s a good start. A lot of different ideas from everyone so we will pick up a lot from each other in the next couple of months. Listening to and talking with Anna Maria Cornelia was […]
Looking forward
Tomorrow is the first of ten meetings for the wearable group at the Digital Lab in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. Together with nine other artists we’ll each be designing and developing our own wearable. We’ll receive artistic support from Anna Maria Cornelia De Gersem and technical support from the lab. I’ve been looking forward to […]
Online
Last week the piece went online. I’m really glad it’s finished and I’m happy with the result. I do have to rent a lot of extra Mb’s hosting space. But it’s worth it. So please visit the website: www.numuseum.nl/noord-zuidgevoel A fast Internet connection is a must to get a smooth download. You need the latest Flash […]
Download poster
Part of this multimedia project was the creation of a poster. It was printed on A2 format but those interested can download an A3 PDF here.