Concepts for AHO project
by admin on November 1st, 2006
I’m giving a short conceptual workshop at the Oslo School of Architecture today. These are some notes and links for the students.
Physical / virtual space
Mapping services (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap)
Geotagging virtual objects with physical coordinates (Flickr maps
Tagging physical space (Cybsticker, Yellow arrow)
RFID
New social spaces
Networks created by cell phones & personal communication devices (Mobile Landscape Graz)
Social networking […]
RFID Workshop, Call for Participants
by admin on October 26th, 2006
If you are interested in creating tangible interfaces and work outside of the screen, this may interest you.
Mediamatic are running another workshop in their series investigating creative and social applications of RFID, running from 14-16th November in Amsterdam.
RFID & The Internet of Things is a workshop for a maximum of 16 designers and artists who want to learn more about RFID and its possible (cultural) effects and uses. In this workshop you’ll make your own prototype where the virtual and the real world come together by using rfid tools. You can try out the rfid technology and develop first layouts of possible applications, alternative uses and hacks.
During the workshop participants can mould their ideas into working prototypes, allowing them to partake in the whole process; from ‘idea’ to (potential) ‘product’. Workshop projects may range from new ways to personalise objects, to funny new locative applications or world-wide new sustainability scenario’s. Mediamatics’ RFID powered Symbolic Table as well as the Nokia 3220 RFID phone will be amongst the available tools for participants to use, test and play their ideas on.
Confirmed lecturers and trainers so far include Julian Bleecker, Timo Arnall, Arie Altena and Rob van Kranenburg.
Booking form.
Documentation on previous RFID workshops can be found here.
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I’ve Got You (RFID Chip) Under My Skin…
by Michael Sciannamea on April 29th, 2006
alt="" style="display: block;" />Forget about tattoos. It seems like the new thing to get planted (or implanted) into your skin are RFID chips
that can be programmed to allow you to login to your computer with just a wave of your hand in front of an enabled
reader. The chips can be implanted by a surgeon or anyone else “qualified” to do it. There seem to be other
uses for them, and if you’re so interested, you can check out this website and
get more information. I’d rather just write my username and password on a post-it note instead of going through all of
this pain just to be a little more technologically “advanced” than others.
RFID for fitness clubs
by GeoSocial on April 28th, 2006
Casio has developed RFID’d rubber wristbands for fitness clubs. The training facilities would have to fit each piece of their training equipment with a a PDA that reads the wristband tags. The PDA would recognize who’s using the equipment and display a personalized training session. It also records and displays personal health-related data.
The RFID-tagged wristbands can also do the usual stuff: manage check-in/out, track members’ activities, monitor kids’ attendance to a fitness program, call fitness club staff in an emergency situation, and serve for cashless payment.
A community object sharing service
by Regine on April 15th, 2006
At the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea show during the Salone del Mobile, Vinay Venkatraman gave me some explanations about Sharer!, a very interesting project of service he had developed with James Tichenor.
Sharer! connects borrowers and lenders in a same neighbourhood and allows them to earn money by securely renting out objects they seldom use to others in their area. Users can upload pictures, give description and browser other people object through a website. The system works in collaboration with the postal system and the postman is the point of contact to the lender. A series of secure electronic lockers are the transit point for the object and the borrower picks up the object and deposits it back there after the loan period is up. Besides, as each item lent has been fitted with an RFID tag, the owner can follow on a website the use of the object.
After looking at the type of objects people are willing to share, the project investigates interpersonal limitations and the possibility of sharing of objects within a local community.
Video scenario on the website.
At the Fabbrica del Vapore, via Procaccini, 4 Milano.
The show runs until April 21st (noon-5pm). Closed: April 16-17.