[QUICKTIME https://uncleleron.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/glowscarf_movie.mov 500 391] (click on the video to advance the presentation) glowscarf telegraphs your status by lighting up whenever your cellphone rings. Inspired by the notion of cellphone as status symbol, Glowscarf is a commentary on our use of … Continue reading
[QT_COMMENTS https://uncleleron.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/cell_fiber_module.mov 320 257] I’ve uploaded some new photos of the progress I’ve made with the glowscarf — including the hacked detector module, with fiber optic output (seen in the video above). Pix can be viewed here: Glowscarf:progress – a … Continue reading
[QUICKTIME https://uncleleron.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/glowscarf_usage_edit_3ivx.mov 320 257] In an attempt to understand more fully cell phone behavior, and what our expressions our cell phones enable us to make, I’ve come across some interesting bits of research: From this article, it seems Motorola commissioned … Continue reading
Here’s the latest on the progress of the glowscarf. Some photots of the knitted scarf along with first attempts at lighting it using fiber optics…
[QUICKTIME https://uncleleron.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/scarf_inspiration.sm.mov 320 257] The GlowScarf is a scarf that reacts to your cellular phone; when you receive a call the scarf begins to glow. By giving the cell phone’s ring an external signal, the wearer is free to embrace … Continue reading
If you look in the header, you’ll see a new section added: Projects, where I’ve posted my most recently completed projects from this semester — eventually I’ll go through and fill in the backlog on other things I’ve been working … Continue reading
Coming to Terms With a Wired Age, Part 2 – New York Times: IT seems you can never have too many words to describe the loud, incessant use of cellphones. In my last column I played with new terminology for … Continue reading