Book review: Adobe Flex – Training from the source
December 16th, 2011
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A couple of weeks ago I read the book Flex 4 - Training from the source
My most important Twitter Messages #12
November 26th, 2011
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A small summary of my Twitter messages from August - November 2011:
Categories: Design, english, Games, Interaction, Programming, Technologie cool stuff, flash, image processing, information design, inspiration, Interaction, library, mobile, physical computing, processing, research, talks, web design
My most important Twitter Messages #11
August 31st, 2011
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A small summary of my Twitter messages from June - August 2011:
Categories: Allgemein, Design, english, Games, Interaction, Programming, Technologie cool stuff, flash, flex, Games, image processing, information design, inspiration, Interaction, Programming, research, web
Flash talks to Max MSP via OSC
August 16th, 2011
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As I already mentioned in an earlier blog post, for reimplementing my "Sound drawing" project to Flash I had to create a communication layer between Max/Msp and Flash. In this blog post I will report about my results and some technical information. If you want to jump directly to the technical part, please skip the part "Why am I doing this". Read more...
Mr. Doobs Harmony project ported to Flash AS3
August 9th, 2011
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Some time ago I ported the great Harmony drawing app by Mr. Doob to Max/Msp. This Max/Msp Version I used for my media installation "Sound drawings". During the development and testing with the musicians I was not so happy with my workflow. Furthermore I felt that the Max/Msp environment causes some certain useless obstacles for me. Especially for the visual part of my work. Now I have time to check how useful Flash can be as a renderer. The first step was to port the drawing functions to ActionScript. Here is the result:
Arduino Prototype: The “plate” Gaming Device
August 2nd, 2011
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For two or three years I wanted to work seriously with Arduino. During this time I have done the same basic LED exercises again and again. Just for keeping alive my basic knowledge. Finally and luckily, I had to visit the Advanced Microcontroller lecture by Laurent Mignonneau. Laurent is the definition of a Geek himself. Not much talking, just doing, and a fucking huge amount of knowledge in electronics and programming. The assignment for his lecture was to create SOMETHING with a low resolution screen. Really advanced examples of a low resolution screen are the androp project (Making of | strobo animation) or Laurent's solar display (concept).
Device Front
Device shot
- Device opened
Processing meets Box2D and blob detection
June 27th, 2011
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For the Programming II Workshop at our Interface Culture department I decided to do an small experiment with Box 2D. For a long time I wanted to play around with Box 2D. Especially merging real world objects with virtual object fascinates me very much. I don't like so much the common Augmented Reality stuff. However, some stuff is really cool and inspires me. Here are some projects I got my inspiration from: EdgeBomber, Laser Sound test, Phun, Crayon Physics, 2d Sketches becomes 3d Reality, ILoveSketch, MotionBeam, Tangible Fire Controlls.
My most important Twitter Messages #10
June 9th, 2011
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A small summary of my Twitter messages from March - June 2011:
Categories: Design, english, Games, Generative Art, Interaction, mobile, Programming, Technologie cool stuff, flash, flex, fotografie, image processing, information design, Interaction, physical computing, Programming, talks, video, web design
Moodumbrella – a self em-powered device for well-being
May 5th, 2011
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During the lectures Fashionable Technology I and II from Sabine Seymour, Andrea Suter and me improved the common usage of an umbrella. In the end we developed a concept of a self em-powered device for people’s well being. Our umbrella using the approaches of light therapy and autonomous power resources.
moodumbrella
moodumbrella detail
moodumbrella in use
We created a prototype for interviews and user testings and we made a survey in Linz during a rainy day. The Austrain people were very sceptical and did not want to be asked about their happiness on rainy days. However, we were able to get some very useful feedback. The video below will show you examples of the feedback mentioned.
In the end we wrote paper about the details of light therapy and discussing mobile energy resources for smart devices.
My most important Twitter Messages #9
March 24th, 2011
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A small summary of my Twitter messages from January - March 2011:
Categories: Design, english, Games, Interaction, Programming, Technologie Design, flash, flex, Games, information design, inspiration, Interaction, MaxMSP, Programming, tracking, tutorials, video
