more ethernet sensors

PIC MAXI-WEB Server (60 proper dhcp)

Arduino shieild

Floor stickies and more

I think I have a mild cold or flu. Had bad head ache this mornining so didn't stop off to get the wire for the third footfall sensor. Did spend most of the morning doing a review of a nice paper for Chi. 

Did discover I could use aurdio as ethernet device. Down side is it needs a static IP address - which can be organised but is a pain not to have DHCP.

Lent Tsous spair Aurdio for a week or two to experiment with, but might use it to replace the mac-mini in the floor. 

Afternoon was spent bringing Tasous and supervisors Cat/Theo up to date with developments of the projector. Tasous has got to grips with my image processing code. We had a lot of nice ideas of possible interfaces. Everyone seems happy with Putham deadline followed by children and learning paper deadline in Jan. 

Netiom sensor

Well I managed to find the 7805 Voltage regulator and today (despite terrible headache) managed to get the electronics for the third sensor working. 

For some strange reason I'm getting strange signals popping out from the sensor (not timed not triggered not sure why.

 

With the PC from home and more wire I should get the server working in the meeting room on the far side of the building. With this I can begin upgrading the network to start talking directly to the main machine and so get the visualisations working

More useful links on building tables

More useful links on Silicon building for zero force tables. 

Projection screen

Intresting offer of non-de-polarising projection screen material from UCL.  Used to make a stereoscopic screen - temping. 3*3 meters... highly reflective could be good. 

Tables and chairs

Very excellent talk from Gonzalo Garcia-Perate yesterday. He of ArtifcalTrousisum and Making Sense of Space He had some nice chairs he was working on plus some lovely building based stuff not to mention advice on how to get ZigBee working with Aduino. 

I should email him to get info about the Arups group innovation somethign and foresight they sounded quite cool. 

Demoed the table to Yvonne looks quite cool now. I'm definitely leaning towards using Reactorvision as the primary engine. 

Looks like the Putnam visit will be a big deal. Some curiosity in the visualisations and floor stickys. 

The Audon sensor turned up looks good but needs a PC to operate.

Tabletops...

Got reacTIVision and Touche working with the new table. 

Ordered ethernet based sensor from Audon

I quite like to use OSC to drive the iPOd touch to do something with the ecology of devices.

Machines under the floor

I've switched to adunios and despite having problems getting the aduino to talk to Processing via Firmata on the old iBook I think I have something collecting enough data. Do I have enough for the making off paper for processing. I'm not sure. 

I need to talk to Paul about experimental procedure.  

Under floor devices.

I'm building the new circit and have found out why the PC version didn't work. The USB on the PC is very very dicy and unreliable. 

Meanwhile booting old mac up for sunspot but sun claims you need 10.4 (upgrade time) but you also need 10.4 with all the updates... ( slow down load over internet time).

Tabletop thoughts

With the table nearly ready I'm interested in what kinds of experiments we could do. 

1. Large scale interaction - something when we have lots of people engaged.

Possibly something with the ecology of devices in this context

2. 

Should hear more next week.