[dorkbotsea-blabber] Call for Human Communication Tribe

[shelly at hive-mind.com]

Keep in mind also we've set aside the second half of the next Dorkbot
meeting for this discussion (8:30-9:30 on Weds Mar 4).
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Joseph Gray <josephgray at grauwald.com>wrote:

> It seems there is a group here who is interested in this project, so, given
> the short amount of time before proposals are due if we are seriously going
> to attempt this there should maybe be a real-life meet-up some time in the
> next week.  911 Media Arts Center would donate space for such a meeting,
> plus that's where the exhibit will be at, so it might be useful just to be
> there and see what resources are available.
>
> a good way to do this is to set up a server in the exhibition space that
> receives inputs from various devices (camera, microphone, text messages) and
> then outputs an xml stream, or OSC possibly, via one of it's ports over the
> network (wireless, got some latency, but no wires).  Then a huge variety of
> computer based pieces could receive that data and react to it.
>
> The question then becomes what software would allow this to happen?  The
> only programming language I'm familiar enough with that could do this is
> Processing ( http://processing.org ) - I know that it can send and receive
> network data, and can take camera, microphone etc. input.  If anyone else
> reading here has another idea of how to go about it (maybe Pure Data?) then
> speak up!
>
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> anyhoo, that's my two cents.
>
> Cheers,
> -Joe
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> On Feb 24, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Jon Grant wrote:
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>  I would like to create a group for Human Communication as a tribe (or
>> subgroup of a tribe). This tribe will build peice of art that are meant to
>> communicate or invite direct manipulation from the exhibtion guests.  Peice
>> could use: text, speech, touch, facial cues, hand signs, etc.
>>
>> I did not know to do the wiki so if some one wants to add this that would
>> be great.
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