Respond//React is a text messaging interface for openFrameworks. Software is written for S60 python on nokia N80 which first connects to a computer via bluetooth serial port and then receives messages and forwards them through the port. The messages are queued in the application and displayed one at a time every 15 seconds. Ideally this project would be presented as a mobile urban projection, allowing users to interact in a large public space.
Respond//React from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
I’ve been really bad with documenting the stuff I’ve done wtih openFrameworks this semester (mostly due to time constraints), but I recently caught up with it all and I have a couple videos of stuff I’ve done this semester.
Enjoy!
Granular Synthesis Animation from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
FFT Audio Visualizer from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
FFT Volume Blowing Daisies from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
Blowing Discs using FFT from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
OK…super nerd warning on this post….
I am currently attempting to use PHP as a gateway for retrieving my IMAP mail for my Speak to Me/Breathe project, and I hit a MAJOR snag last night. It seems that the version of PHP 5 that currently comes with MAMP is totally not compiled with support for IMAP SSL (secure email connection). I think this is one of the key differences between MAMP and MAMP Pro which costs $70. This is a major bummer for anyone who wants to grab gMail, since they basically require that you use a SSL connection. After about 4 hours of wrestling with my file structure and recompiling both PHP 5 and the IMAP extension about 20 times, I finally figured out how to create a version of the IMAP extension through Terminal (something I’ve never done…). Since I went through all this pain and suffering, I figured I’d share it with everyone so that they don’t have to.
Basically all you need to do is download the attached “imap.so” file and drop it into the following directory:
Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20050922
Thats all there is to it. If you’d rather figure this out on your own I recommend reading the following instruction site, but keep in mind that I had to do a couple different things to get this to work, namely manually creating the “/usr/local/include/” directory in my local Apache PHP directory. You then need to follow comment #5 and copy the compiled files from the OS X Apache directory into MAMPs php extension directory (the one I mentioned above).
Thats all…hope someone can find this useful and avoid the pain I had to go through….
Here is my final prototype for my LED Time Based project. I totally reworked my project after a lot of user testing, and built everything from the ground up. I spent a lot of time doing the woodwork/templates, and the code as well.
Speak to Me/Breathe is a project that shows communication over time by displaying my incoming email messages in Braille format on a large LED driven interface. The project is both an exploration of Braille as a visual 6-bit binary form of communication vs its normal tactile form, as well as a commentary on information security and encryption. Now that everything in the world is connected through the internet, is any of our data completely secure? By displaying my emails in an encrypted form, they are readily available for anyone to read if they put in the effort to learn and use visual braille. For the most part my information is secure because this is entirely too much work for a lot of people, but those who are determined enough will ultimately be able to read my mail despite the encryption.
Speak to Me/Breathe: Part 1 from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
Speak to Me/Breathe: Part 2 from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
Here are the final sketches for my passage of time project. The first two concepts will be combined into a third concept.
Simple LED and momentary push-button combination lock created with PIC chip for Physical Computing class. Code by Joel Murphy (teacher), circuit by me.
The lock lets you program in a code, then you have to enter it correctly to make the green light turn on. When the green light turns on, you have a set amount of time to reprogram the lock. Really cool demonstration of something powerful and simple that can be done using PicBasic Pro
Video quality blows, I think the red LEDs were throwing off the focus sensor :/
LED Lock from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
Here’s my first simple attempt at programming with PicBasic Pro. I wanted to expand upon it a bit but I’m snowed in so this is gonna be my first iteration at least…simple sequence of LED lights firing in succession
LED Sequence with PIC chip from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
Here are a couple TED Conference talks that we watched for computation that I thought were extremely interesting.
David Merrill discussing Siftables…an new,insane, completely modular interface
Caleb Chung discussing his life’s work and Pleo