Fwd: Intel Announces Edison and a Wearables Contest

by Xin Wei Sha
Hi Ozzie, (...Julian, Nikos, Adrian),

xOSC — correlation, rhythm experiments 

Yes, please go ahead and make two sets of wearables based on the xOSC device.  As discussed we can lay the battery and the board  flat, add a switch as you recommended, with a bit of curvature & rounding in the housing.  If they are as flat as possible, then we can strap them with store-bought sport cuffs to the arm or leg.    One we’ll give to TML, one AME/Synthesis (who will be the grad student here @ AME who will work in parallel with Nikos, Julian, Doug on the correlation tests ?   (See Adrian’s suggestions recorded on http://textures.posthaven.com .)

I would like to suggest leaving the capacity to do the following : to attach a small number (up to 12, 24?) of photocells.   Someday I’d like to be able to wire dispersed, isolated photocells into a shirt / skirt / pants and find clever ways to interpret the non-photographic time-varying data from those dispersed light-sensing points.  (Hence I add Pavan to this thread.)


INTEL wearable

As for other devices, I’d like to get us on the gravy train for some Intel gear such as the Galileo or Edison board.    Will do so soon as I can turn attention back to cultivating Intel.  Please advise me on what to ask for, and why so we can brainstorm on whether we — TML+Synthesis (CNMAT?) want to go for that Intel Wearables contest

Perhaps some video documenting a dancer controlling DMX lights via on-the-body inertial sensor would be nice to have ready to hand.

Cheers,
Xin Wei

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Professor and Director • School of Arts, Media and Engineering • Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts / Director • Synthesis Center / ASU
Founding Director, Topological Media Lab / topologicalmedialab.net/  /  skype: shaxinwei / +1-650-815-9962
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On Dec 16, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Assegid Kidane <Assegid.Kidane@asu.edu> wrote:

Here are some pictures and video with xOsc device. We could just as easily integrate it with Evan's video patches to add other sensor effects. I am waiting for your Ok to order the other 2.
From: Assegid Kidane
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 9:57 PM
To: Sha Xin Wei
Subject: RE: xOsc devices

Hi Xin Wei,

I think we should get 2 for TML as they are useful as a quick way to add IMU data or data from any external sensor to an interactive installation or Responsive Environment. The cost is about $620 for 2 sets which includes a LIPoly battery and USB charger. I will then make the housing ready here. Let me know if I should wait until I hear from you to review the pictures I will send to you.

Ozzie
From: Sha Xin Wei [shaxinwei@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 7:12 AM
To: Assegid Kidane
Subject: Re: xOsc devices

Dear Ozzie,

Yes, whenever you can, please send some pictures.  I will share them with the researchers in the Topological Media Lab who wanted to try out some of those devices for movement + media experiments.   Maybe we can investigate the costs for making say 4 sets, in order to have two pairs one in Montreal, one in Tempe, to test co-movement…   

Thank you very much for this initiative,
Xin Wei

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Canada Research Chair • Associate Professor • Design and Computation Arts • Concordia University
Director, Topological Media Lab (EV7.725) • topologicalmedialab.net/  •  skype: shaxinwei • +1-650-815-9962
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On 2013-12-14, at 9:12 AM, Assegid Kidane <Assegid.Kidane@asu.edu> wrote:

Actually, I am not. I can send you a few pictures on Monday, will that work?


Best Regards,
Assegid Kidané


-------- Original message --------
From: Sha Xin Wei 
Date:12/14/2013 8:59 AM (GMT-07:00) 
To: Assegid Kidane 
Subject: Re: xOsc devices 

Good morning Ozzie, 
Are you anywhere close to campus?  My plane leaves at 1 PM…
Regards,
Xin Wei


On 2013-12-14, at 8:45 AM, Assegid Kidane <Assegid.Kidane@asu.edu> wrote:

That was one of the goals of the enclosure design. I have added a foot long hook and loop to strap it easily to the arm  or legs. For larger parts of the body it is a matter of using a readily available longer hook and loop. We tested it to control  the lights yesterday. Just as easy to integrate it in one of Evan's video patches.


Best Regards,
Assegid Kidané


-------- Original message --------
From: Sha Xin Wei 
Date:12/14/2013 5:00 AM (GMT-07:00) 
To: Assegid Kidane 
Subject: Re: xOsc devices 

Hi Ozzie,

I would love to see what you have built.   How wearable is it?  We want it to be comfortable worn on the body for very vigorous dance, athletics.

Cheers,
Xin Wei

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Canada Research Chair • Associate Professor • Design and Computation Arts • Concordia University
Director, Topological Media Lab (EV7.725) • topologicalmedialab.net/  •  skype: shaxinwei • +1-650-815-9962
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Begin forwarded message:

From: "Somoza, John A" <john.a.somoza@intel.com>
Subject: Intel Announces Edison and a Wearables Contest
Date: January 7, 2014 at 4:14:58 PM MST

Some exciting news!!

 

Intel announced a new product for wearables yesterday at CES. The Intel Edison board features a low-power 22nm 400MHz Intel® Quark processor with two cores,

integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth*, and much more.

 

 

 

Intel also announced a Wearables contest that, as more details emerge, I am optimistic this network of design schools will be able to capitalize on.

 

 

 

 

 
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