Construction time #3

http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22942 2007-09-28T13:42:27+02:00 Construction time #3 Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp @ Picnic 07

Tomorrow at 9 AM the projects need to be ready for PICNIC 07. It's past midnight and it looks like we're going to be here for a while. We do feel at home at our new location though.

This project is finished! It's the Friend Drink Station, which was on PICNIC 06 as well. The Friend Drink Station gives out free beers! If you connect with someone using your RFID tagged badges, the machine will print out a coupon. The coupon is only valid for free beer when you pick it up at the bar with your new friend. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22944/en/finished"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/058/22944-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Finished!" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Finished! - Mediamatic.net" href="/22944/en/finished">Finished!</a> Although it's not part of the hackers camp, it has RFID and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-9697-nl.html">Andy</a> did most of the programming. Similar software is used for other projects such as the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22730-en.html">Photo Booth</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22744-nl.html">Connection Cushion</a>. This is how it looks from the inside: <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22945/en/free-drink-machine"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/849/22945-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Free drink machine" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Free drink machine - Mediamatic.net" href="/22945/en/free-drink-machine">Free drink machine</a> The Connection Cushion is almost finished! <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/person-1347-en.html">Nadya</a> did some beautiful stitching. The soft cushion vibrates and produces sound when two people get connected. It only needs to be connected to the database. <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/person-15296-en.html">Johannes</a> is working on that. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22946/en/connection-cushion-stitching"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/330/22946-240-173.jpg" height="173" width="240" alt="" title="connection cushion stitching" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - connection cushion stitching - Mediamatic.net" href="/22946/en/connection-cushion-stitching">connection cushion stitching</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22570-nl.html">Melanie</a> is really happy with her rogue agent outfit. She's fully equipped and ready to scan you with her glove for hidden tags. How many tags do you think you have? <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22972/en/rogue-agent"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/657/22972-300-400.jpg" height="400" width="300" alt="" title="Rogue agent" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Rogue agent - Mediamatic.net" href="/22972/en/rogue-agent">Rogue agent</a> Data Traces has been renamed <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22745-nl.html">iTea</a>. <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/person-15625-en.html">Don</a> worked really hard today on the coffee table to make it pretty and working. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-3347-nl.html">Dirk</a> redesigned the visuals. The test drive of the table looks really beautiful. <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/person-15271-en.html">Erik</a> thought he only had to do some tweaking on the code, but a few hours ago there seemed to be something wrong. Fortunately the problem is solved. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22957/en/itea-test"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/759/22957-266-400.jpg" height="400" width="266" alt="" title="iTea test" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - iTea test - Mediamatic.net" href="/22957/en/itea-test">iTea test</a> Photo Booth has it's first picture! Look at the result: <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22955/en/first-photo-booth-picture"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/718/22955-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="First Photo Booth picture!" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - First Photo Booth picture! - Mediamatic.net" href="/22955/en/first-photo-booth-picture">First Photo Booth picture!</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-10379-en.html">Timo</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22234-en.html">Einar</a> worked to 6 o'clock this morning to get the booth constructed. They made nice exploded views of the booth to plan the whole building process. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22952/en/construction-plans"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/446/22952-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="construction plans" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - construction plans - Mediamatic.net" href="/22952/en/construction-plans">construction plans</a> And worked till it was finished. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22951/en/building-it"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/291/22951-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Building it" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Building it - Mediamatic.net" href="/22951/en/building-it">Building it</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22262-en.html">Anne</a> and I painted the booth when we got in this morning. And repainted the booth a second time in the afternoon. The screens and camera are now being mounted on the booth. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22954/en/paint-booth"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/132/22954-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="paint booth" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - paint booth - Mediamatic.net" href="/22954/en/paint-booth">paint booth</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22235-en.html">Jørn</a> had to do some serious coding to get the pictures taken from the booth automatically uploaded to Flickr. In the end he solved the problem, but it wasn't always easy. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22953/en/troubles"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/868/22953-400-268.jpg" height="268" width="400" alt="" title="troubles" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - troubles - Mediamatic.net" href="/22953/en/troubles">troubles</a> Luckily we had great take away from <a href="http://motherindia.nl/menu.php">Mother India</a>. Computer shut for 15 minutes and enjoy! <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22949/en/mother-india"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/909/22949-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Mother india" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Mother india - Mediamatic.net" href="/22949/en/mother-india">Mother india</a> Esther Weltevrede http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22711 ARTICLE 1