Yearly Archives: 2006
Dorkbottiness
Yesterday I gave a talk at Dorkbot. I showed off the smaller Wiremap, answered a bunch of questions, and did a VJ set with a few new components I built for performance purporses. The program (including new components) and the … Continue reading
Dorkbot Talk
is a monthly event giving people the opportunity to share their latest project that involves doing something interesting with electricity. In New York, meetings happen on the first Wednesday of every month and are open to the general public. If … Continue reading
Wiremap Music Visualizer
While getting myself uber-involved with the coding and configuration of the Wiremap, sometimes I forget to just relax and have a good time w/ it: Although I’ve never played around with it, the wiremap visualizer reminds me of The Abstractor, … Continue reading
Hacking Voicemail
Isn’t it astounding how much we use our voices to talk to computers nowadays? Whenevever I call customer service, I must first talk to the computer receptionist who wants to direct my call. I picture her as an anamatronic lady … Continue reading
Wiremap 256
So while I was building this, I knew that there was not much of a margin of error, and quite a few opportunities for error to add up. Each wire uses 4 pixels, and each pixel is only about a … Continue reading