[dorkbotsea-blabber] Call for Human Communication Tribe

[Joseph Gray]

ah ha!  makes sense.


On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:12 AM, shelly at hive-mind.com wrote:

> 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).
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> 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.
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> I did not know to do the wiki so if some one wants to add this that  
> would be great.
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