Fish, Hamsters, Hammers and Selfies
summary
Build details and results: multi‑touch painting that averages visitors’ copies using a webcam and openFrameworks; projection onto a CNC‑cut low‑res mesh with physics and sound driven by box2D; a wig that applies makeup via servos and puppetry for a video; a fish controller that tracks color, uses a PID controller to drive a water‑jet cut gear train and actuate a hammer (Smashy the fish hammer); a cam‑based hamster cam drawing machine that actually prints strokes; robotic feet kicking parsed words, phone‑birds, a knife orchestra and a rock‑throwing band — code, CNC files and Arduino drivers exist.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:20Technology needs denormalization
- 4:44Public art with multi-touch screens
- 6:49Touch interaction with projection mapping
- 8:58Objects with robotics
- 12:37Fish destroying furniture
- 17:28Hamster self-portraits and storage
- 21:10Customer service frustration
- 24:44VR critique and potential
- 26:08Old phones as robotic birds
- 30:02Junk orchestra from recycled materials
- 34:49Music with My Little Ponies and Action Men
- 36:59Automated knives musical installation
- 39:05Mechanical rock band
- 43:30Art and technology closing
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