Social RFID Hacker Camp ’07

anyMeta 4.19.3 - Atom module 0.3.2 2012-02-16T16:52:43+01:00 http://www.mediamatic.net/feed/atom/25258/en Social RFID Hacker Camp ’07 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22777 2008-09-28T13:13:21+02:00 Kick off! Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp @ Picnic 07

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-18084-nl.html">RFID Hackers Camp</a> kicks off at <a href="http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/engels_welcome.php">Westergasfabriek</a>, the <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/">PICNIC 07</a> location. With a group of great hackers, designers and engineers the camp aims to bring together creativity, knowledge, and skills from various fields and disciplines to realize innovative and creative uses of RFID technology. Within only five days a number of projects will be created for the approximately 2000 PICNIC visitors carrying around RFID-tagged badges. The projects created will run throughout the conference at various places for people to play with the objects and the objects with them.

The uniformity of the projects lies in a few requirements that emerged form the first brainstorm. First of all, all projects make use of the available RFID tags. Secondly the projects should need no explanation to the audience and should give instant satisfaction. Intuitive and easy to use is an important aim of all projects, because the context is people walking around at the PICNIC conference. It’s a social thing. Thirdly, the projects are focused on social networking. It should support sociality, get people to connect and know each other. It uses and adds to the <a href="http://www.anymeta.net/">AnyMeta</a> database, where visitors of PICNIC create a <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/register.php">profile page</a> forming the <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/listpublish-1244-en.html">PICNIC network</a>. There aren’t that many mandatory fields in the profile for visitors to fill in, but the database will be filled with new data that is generated during interaction with the projects and other visitors. Social networking becomes a blended physical and digital experience leading into new kinds of hybrid profiles and friendships. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22779/en/mika-raeto-s-bunch-of-testing-phones"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/592/22779-400-266.jpg" height="266" width="400" alt="" title="Mika Raeto's bunch of 'testing' phones" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Mika Raeto's bunch of 'testing' phones - Mediamatic.net" href="/22779/en/mika-raeto-s-bunch-of-testing-phones">Mika Raeto's bunch of 'testing' phones</a> Before the actual launch of the camp, participants already posted some first ideas for projects on the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/listpublish-22718-en.html">Mediamatic workshop page</a>. After an introduction of all participants, and distribution of some essential hardware for this camp, these ideas function as basis for a first collective brainstorm session. The participants form groups, rather dynamically and self-organizing, around the project proposals that are suggested and open for debate. Half way through the day, these initial ideas about projects have merged and evolved into six concrete proposals, which can be read in more detail on the projects page of this site. The current running projects are supported by volunteers working together with the participants to realize the projects. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22780/en/the-round-table-of-hack"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/918/22780-400-266.jpg" height="266" width="400" alt="" title="The round table of hack" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - The round table of hack - Mediamatic.net" href="/22780/en/the-round-table-of-hack">The round table of hack</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22742-en.html">Racket Reader</a> with hobbyist, maker or hardware hacker <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-21170-en.html">Mark Hoekstra</a>, who has the idea of unrecognizably transferring old tennis rackets into RFID-readers with the purpose to make you aware you probably already are wearing RFID-tags with you. During the day this team started to collaborate with <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22744-en.html">Connection Cushion / Wireless RFID Reader</a>, because this project aims to create an infrastructure for mobile RFID readers. This project is led by <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-17131-en.html">Tim Olden</a> from <a href="http://www.blendid.nl">Blendid</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-13149-en.html">Melanie Rieback</a>, RFID researcher and privacy enthusiast from the VU. She came up with the idea that participants could "opt-out" of the RFID festivities. However, she's not going to protect your privacy for you! She's hoping to send out hoards of rogue agents who will secretly scan any RFID tags you have on you, and will use them to learn more about your habits at PICNIC. More participants in this camp similarly play with the ongoing privacy debate surrounding RFID and personal information collection more generally with the aim of raising awareness about these issues. Designer and animator at <a href="http://www.ijsfontein.nl">Ijsfontein</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22232-en.html">Don Blaauw</a>, founding member of <a href="http://www.blendid.nl">Blendid</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-17127-en.html">David Kousemaker</a>, programmer and web researcher for <a href="govcom.org">Govcom.org</a> and <a href="http://dmi.mediastudies.nl">Digital Methods Initiative</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22238-en.html">Erik Borra</a> and interaction designer who likes complex systems <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-3347-en.html">Dirk van Oosterbosch</a> are developing <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22745-en.html">Data Traces / Bio Generator</a>. This project launches a query about you on the picnic network and the internet searching for information. This information is presented as a data cloud following you through a fixed area. This project shows how much - true and false - information on you is already publicly available. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22743/en/racket-preparation-jpg"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/956/22743-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="racket-preparation.jpg" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - racket-preparation.jpg - Mediamatic.net" href="/22743/en/racket-preparation-jpg">racket-preparation.jpg</a> Phd student at Goldsmiths, University of London in Design department <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-17347-en.html">Jim Wood</a> and web hacker <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-21174-en.html">Mark Wubben</a> are working on <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22590-en.html">Badge Collector / Magic Mirror</a>. This is a project that visualizes digital information such as number of friends or contacts from the PICNIC database. When you walk up to the mirror your personal profile data is translated visually into badges in the mirror image. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22604/en/badges-mirror-copy-jpg"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/011/22604-288-318.jpg" height="318" width="288" alt="" title="badges_mirror copy.jpg" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - badges_mirror copy.jpg - Mediamatic.net" href="/22604/en/badges-mirror-copy-jpg">badges_mirror copy.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-10379-en.html">Timo Arnall</a>, head of an international research project on mobile technology, and lecturer in design, physical computing and design methodology, has a specialization in <a href="http://www.nearfield.org/">near field</a> nature of technology. With interaction designer, photographer and new media researcher specialized in blog software <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22262-en.html">Anne Helmond</a> and two of his students <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22234-en.html">Einar Sneve Martinussen</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22235-en.html">Jørn Knutsen</a>, they are creating the project <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22730-en.html">Photo Booth</a>. This project blends physical and digital experience of making friends. It creats a connection between you and a new friend by taking a picture of the two of you together and automatically adding this new connection to the PICNIC profile. This project leads you into new kinds of hybrid profiles and friendships. Programmer and specialist in physical computing working at <a href="http://jaiku.com/">Jaiku</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-9697-en.html">Andy Smith</a> and Symbian hacker, recent PhD and Jaiku Mobile creator <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18738-en.html">Mika Raento</a> are adding to, and extracting information from your profile with <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22746-en.html">Exit Poll</a>. You enhance your profile by the vote you give on how you’re feeling after each session on the conference. Each mood will be linked to a color and a set of keywords and will generate mood lighting outside the venue. In the following days posts on this camp addressing the development of the projects will be posted on this blog. Esther Weltevrede http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22711 ARTICLE 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22878 2009-10-17T04:05:52+02:00 Construction time! Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp @ Picnic 07

Projects are ready to be prototyped and build. This monday all participants are working individually or with a small number of people on parts of the projects. You might think a “hackers camp” only includes hardware and software hacking and tweaking. Today there was however some old style building going on with hammers and saws. Transforming our hackers into wood hackers.

The <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22730-en.html">Photo Booth</a> team had some delays waiting for crucial material to arrive. The time was spend usefully fine-tuning and redesigning their project before the actual build. Measuring the most optimal distance for the camera position in the booth for optimal framing is crucial to know before construction. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22885/en/measuring"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/718/22885-400-268.jpg" height="268" width="400" alt="" title="measuring" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - measuring - Mediamatic.net" href="/22885/en/measuring">measuring</a> PICNIC related conferences are already starting downstairs. This means loud building activities have to be relocated or wait till later in the evening to start building... <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-10379-en.html">Timo</a> , <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22234-en.html">Einar</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22262-en.html">Anne</a> descide to work "on location" and build the Photo Booth up in the entrance hall of PICNIC where their project will be located. While <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22235-en.html">Jørn</a> is programming the backside of Photo Booth in the camp. If anyone was wondering if it was buildable, the Photo Booth is drawed out IKEA-style. Well measured ready made parts, quickly to assemble. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22832/en/boothy-jpg"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/473/22832-400-281.jpg" height="281" width="400" alt="" title="Boothy.jpg" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Boothy.jpg - Mediamatic.net" href="/22832/en/boothy-jpg">Boothy.jpg</a> They did have some unexpected luck as well. First they found this nice picnic carpet in a container dumpster. It is exactly what they need for their project. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22883/en/picnic-carpet"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/205/22883-267-400.jpg" height="400" width="267" alt="" title="Picnic carpet" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Picnic carpet - Mediamatic.net" href="/22883/en/picnic-carpet">Picnic carpet</a> Secondly, the Photo booth designers are swapping skills with programmers <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-9697-en.html">Andy</a>, <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18738-en.html">Mika</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22238-en.html">Erik</a>. The designers will make the enclosure for the lights. The programmers will do the programming part of the Photo Booth. What needs to be done by programmers is also nicely drawn out in a sketch. Red means they need help! <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22783/en/2007-september-22-22-34-11-jpg"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/645/22783-400-250.jpg" height="250" width="400" alt="" title="2007-September-22-22.34.11.jpg" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - 2007-September-22-22.34.11.jpg - Mediamatic.net" href="/22783/en/2007-september-22-22-34-11-jpg">2007-September-22-22.34.11.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22746-en.html">Exit Poll</a> is on schedule. The software is almost done and the parts almost ready. Tomorrow they will be ready to assemble. Andy is making sure the votes read by the RFID reader identify the RFID badge and feed this data into the database. They are however not really sure what more data to input to the database and what to do with it. This still needs some thinking. Mika is doing the programming for the lights and connecting it to arduino. So your vote will make lights stronger, weaker, different according to the number of votes they got. Andy connected three RFID readers representing the voting options for the visitors to the database. “It’s a musical instrument” he says, it bleeps and lights up when a tag is read. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22892/en/it-s-a-musical-instrument"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/961/22892-270-360.jpg" height="360" width="270" alt="" title="It's a musical instrument" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - It's a musical instrument - Mediamatic.net" href="/22892/en/it-s-a-musical-instrument">It's a musical instrument</a> Andy happy with his glass because it makes such a nice sound, “who00ooAang” <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22900/en/andy-is-happy-with-his-acryl-glass"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/668/22900-267-400.jpg" height="400" width="267" alt="" title="Andy is happy with his acryl glass" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Andy is happy with his acryl glass - Mediamatic.net" href="/22900/en/andy-is-happy-with-his-acryl-glass">Andy is happy with his acryl glass</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22745-en.html">Data Traces</a> is prototyped and most of the individual parts are working. The gossip generating coffee table only needs to be assembled in the actual object. A digital prototype can be viewed at <a href="http://www.donblaauw.nl/blog/index.htm">Don's blog</a>. Don't forget to scroll down! <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22822/en/coffee-close-jpg"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/347/22822-400-310.jpg" height="310" width="400" alt="" title="coffee-close.jpg" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - coffee-close.jpg - Mediamatic.net" href="/22822/en/coffee-close-jpg">coffee-close.jpg</a> Tim is expecting to be finished tonight with the hardware in his Connection Cushion. There are already some things vibrating, sound can be recorded with a hacked Albert Heijn bonus microphone (he got it half price off!). <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22898/en/ah-bonus-mic"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/688/22898-360-270.jpg" height="270" width="360" alt="" title="AH bonus mic" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - AH bonus mic - Mediamatic.net" href="/22898/en/ah-bonus-mic">AH bonus mic</a> Nadya and Tim connecting... <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22899/en/nadya-and-tim-connecting"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/459/22899-360-270.jpg" height="270" width="360" alt="" title="Nadya and Tim connecting" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Nadya and Tim connecting - Mediamatic.net" href="/22899/en/nadya-and-tim-connecting">Nadya and Tim connecting</a> The firmware for the Connection Cushion and Racket Reader are constructed by Melanie and Johannes. They are connecting RFID readers with arduino’s for mobile readers. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22895/en/johannes-solders"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/872/22895-270-360.jpg" height="360" width="270" alt="" title="Johannes solders" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Johannes solders - Mediamatic.net" href="/22895/en/johannes-solders">Johannes solders</a> Tonight at 2.00 hours there were still some teams working on their projects. Tomorrow the projects will be fine-tuned at our new location at Zuiveringshal Oost, also at the Westergasfabriek. Esther Weltevrede http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22711 ARTICLE 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22925 2009-10-17T04:05:46+02:00 Construction time #2 Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp @ Picnic 07

Another day of hard work at the hackers camp. All teams are working to get everything ready on time. Some projects are nearly finished and only need some fine-tuning or final assembling. The Westergaspabriek area is getting much more crowded. We are now at our new location in Zuiveringshal Oost.

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-17347-en.html">Jim</a> is working on the badges for <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22590-en.html">Badger</a>. “Badger” is a word play on badges as in buttons, and badge, the mysterious animal. The idea behind Badger is each visitor gets an animal button. The button identifies you as one of the twelve animal types based on the keywords you filled in your profile. The aim is to increase socialization among visitors. You might like to talk to someone similar to you, but you might also like someone with another animal badge. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22933/en/badgers-badges"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/444/22933-266-400.jpg" height="400" width="266" alt="" title="Badgers badges" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Badgers badges - Mediamatic.net" href="/22933/en/badgers-badges">Badgers badges</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-21174-en.html">Mark</a> is working on the code for this project. He has made sure the RFID tagged badges can be read, connect to PICNIC database, generate an animal according to predefined keywords and print it out. The software is completely ready. Only the display of the project on PICNIC needs some work. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22934/en/badger-works"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/299/22934-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="badger works!" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - badger works! - Mediamatic.net" href="/22934/en/badger-works">badger works!</a> The <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-22742-en.html">RFID Racket Reader</a> is finished. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-21170-en.html">Mark</a> has been working on some hacker experiments to get the best RFID racket reader sound. This alarm clock experiment didn’t make it to the end product. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22931/en/rfid-reader-alarm-clock"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/373/22931-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="RFID reader alarm clock" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - RFID reader alarm clock - Mediamatic.net" href="/22931/en/rfid-reader-alarm-clock">RFID reader alarm clock</a> The buzzer defeats the alarm clock! It’s louder and more obtrusive. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/22932/en/rfid-racket-reader"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/200/22932-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="RFID Racket Reader" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - RFID Racket Reader - Mediamatic.net" href="/22932/en/rfid-racket-reader">RFID Racket Reader</a> Esther Weltevrede http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22711 ARTICLE 1 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 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22979 2007-09-28T17:35:24+02:00 Power naps Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp @ Picnic 07

Sun is rising. It's 7 AM in the morning and we stayed the night over with nine hackers. Most of us gave up sleep one hour ago and decided to work through the night. We hope to realize at least five or six of the projects by morning. Some of us take a quick power nap. To get an impression how hackers live at night, there are some more pictures after the jump...

Esther Weltevrede http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22711 ARTICLE 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/23143 2007-10-02T10:21:49+02:00 PICNIC 07 owned by hackers Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp @ Picnic 07

Working long hours with hardly any sleep paid off really well. The projects lived up to the camp’s aim of creating fun and easy to use social RFID applications beyond expectations. During PICNIC the projects were very well received by the visitors, speakers and media and attracted a lot of attention.

All projects with the exception of the Connection Cushion were finished on time. If we would have had one or two more extra days it could have been done, but within the time span of four days it was unfortunately not feasible. The other projects were up and running at the beginning of PICNIC on Wednesday. Most of the projects had some updates and needed some trouble shooting during the event, but there were no big problems. Having that many projects up and running in a period of four days made everyone very happy and was more than expected beforehand. The group selected by Mediamatic turned out to be productive and very well balanced in expertise. Long hardworking hours were made and we had a lot of fun in the process. All participants had their own projects they were working on, but they helped out at other projects where possible. To end this report of a very successful hackers camp, a youtube movie taken at <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/person-5756-en.html">Pablos Holman’s</a> talk about <a href="http://www.picnicnetwork.org/artefact-13216-en.html">Implementing Science Fiction</a>. Pablos was so kind to include the projects in his talk on the main stage: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OCjiZlkM7o0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OCjiZlkM7o0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Esther Weltevrede http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22711 ARTICLE 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22745 2012-01-12T10:33:02+01:00 iTea Cosy tea-table column with "facts" about you.

There's nothing more interesting than hearing juicy gossip about other people. But did you know there is tons of "intelligence" on the internet about you? Using the iTea installation is like visiting Aunty Betsy: plenty of first class gossip... However, this time the gossip is about you. And it's all on the net, so it must be true, right?

<h3>How does it work?</h3> Drop your ikTag in the old porcelain teacup. The system will start searching the social network for information about you. It will conduct a Google search, and even use information found on social networks like Flickr, Hyves, Facebook and Hotmail. You'll be surprised as to how much it can find about you online. The information will appear as ripples on the table and move outwards. Be aware of your online image! <h3>Why?</h3> You might be surprised to find out how much there is to know about yourself. This innocent looking teacup will reveal so much, it's downright scary. A voyeuristic feeling will creep over you and everyone else at the tea table when you see the "facts" of your life spill out over the table. Yes, you will deny some of the things the teacup says. But will people believe you? It's your word against the Internets. In this voyeur-friendly world we want to make people aware of how open ones life actually is. RFID tags are invading our life rapidly, making it incredibly easy to access, collect and distribute (private) information about people. Watch the concept demo at: <a href="http://www.donblaauw.nl/blog/index.htm">www.donblaauw.nl/blog/index.htm</a> (Don't forget to scroll down.) <object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/85GgrUtm3Kw&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/85GgrUtm3Kw&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> <object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mpRj6Pb3MOE&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mpRj6Pb3MOE&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> This project was conceived and developed by Don Blaauw (design), Erik Borra (programming), David Kousemaker (design), Dirk van Oosterbosch (programming), Vlad Trifa (programming), and Esther Weltevrede (design). Dirk van Oosterbosch http://www.mediamatic.net/id/3347 Erik Borra http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22238 Erik Borra http://archive.picnicnetwork.org/id/15271 No More Mondays http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22232 David Kousemaker http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17127 Vlad Trifa http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22146 ARTEFACT projectidea 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22730 2009-12-16T15:10:10+01:00 Photos & connections Take a photo, make a connection...

A photo booth that encourages people to take photos of themselves with others. By touching tags to a number of interaction points (perhaps 3 or 4) a photo is taken, a connection is made, and profile pictures are added to the picnic website. Writeup here: <a href="http://www.nearfield.org/2008/08/picnic-rfid-photo-booth">www.nearfield.org/2008/08/picnic-rfid-photo-booth</a>

<h3>Outside Instructions</h3> - Invite your friends (the more the merrier) - Adjust your hair - Wave your tags / badges on the red spot - Smile <h3>Inside Instructions</h3> - Place all your tags / badges here <h3>Flickr</h3> We want to send the photos to a Flickr username and pool, tagged with people's names so that we can use Flickr as a image-repository, create visualisations, slideshows etc. <h3>Open questions</h3> What kind of camera? A digital stills camera would be good, perhaps using capture: <a href="http://capture.sourceforge.net/">capture.sourceforge.net/</a> If we need to use a webcam something like this: <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/eyejot-20/detail/B000O0M5EA">astore.amazon.com/eyejot-20/detail/B000O0M5EA</a> What does the soft-box look like? Location? Lighting? Ring-flash Programming - RFID:API Using the fablab to cut vinyl letters/icons on Wednesday? <h3>Technical stuff</h3> Two Macbooks Two screens Two to four RFID readers USB cables Hub? Webcam: Creative Live! Cam Optia AF From Creative Labs: <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/eyejot-20/detail/B000O0M5EA">astore.amazon.com/eyejot-20/detail/B000O0M5EA</a> <h3>Physical stuff needed</h3> MDF sheets 12mm 2x4 structure and brackets Fake grass or upholstery Torx screws Torx bit Drill-set Circular saw? Powerful drill Sparkel Sandpaper Paint Rollers Staple-gun Rope-light or fluorescent lights or bulbs+ fittings or switch and relay Mirror Timo Dan Arnall http://www.mediamatic.net/id/10379 Einar Sneve Martinussen http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22234 Jørn Knutsen http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22235 Anne Helmond http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22262 ARTEFACT projectidea 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22590 2009-10-17T04:05:25+02:00 Badger Meta–info based Clan forming

What is your sign? Based on the keywords you added to your profile we'll determine which sign you belong to. Swipe your RFID tag to find out and you will receive stickers with your sign printed on them. You can also create your own button to wear. Search the crowd for individuals with the same sign and have a chat!

PROJECT LATEST to-do 0. confirm paper size, badge material and creator 1. groups & icons 2. software 3. templates (monday morning) logistics 1. arrange the printer (monday morning) - with a5 paper 2. arrange the sticker sheets (normal paper monday morning) 3. arrange badge material (tuesday) 4. arrange badge creator (monday afternoon) badge supplies; <a href="http://buttonmaschinen.de/index_e.htm">buttonmaschinen.de/index_e.htm</a> €75 (+vat) /1000 2.5 cm badge + P+P from DEUTSCHLAND ---------[day two - conclusions]------------------------------------------------------------ Decided to make 'signs' - thebadges- based on the grouping of Keywords from the PICNIC network keywords from PICNIC > to keygroups > signs <ol> <li>Signs #</li> </ol> 1. ant (worker) 2. flamingo (graceful, flocking) 3. bee (networker) 4. peacock (pretty) 5. rhinoceros (strong, short-sighted) 6. monkey (funny, cheeky) 7. eagle (birds view, bird of prey) 8. salmon (swimming into the flow) 9. bear (cuddly, dangerous) 10. dolphin (nice, smart) 11. fox (sneaky, sexy) 12. penguin (suit, open source) ---------[day two - beginning]-------------------------------------------------------------- There's an opening discussion about Usability and User Expereince for all projects, and when it comes to the idea of Badge collection, somethings are teased out about the intial idea - that it should be more about wearing badges as a way of grouping, displaying a tribe/following etc and therefore the MagicMirror idea doesnt really do that because it is more of a personal interaction. So suggest to go back to the physical object - print out badges! or stickers, or both. General questions about participation/reward, engagement/interest for the projects. Social Networking aspects ----------[day one]------------------------------------------------------------------------ The project was brought up and discussed; could be worth a try, it becomes more the magic mirror idea: the badges are virtual displayed on the body, the icons/images are related to content groups on the PICNIC Network. Jim is working on making a first prototype in MaxMSP JITTER to show the idea for the next day. After second discussion and groupings, Mark and Audery join the group - hooray. Now we talk more about how to make the social aspect stronger, how to retrieve the images from the network and generally how to enhance the use experience. The visualisation aspect of the mirror and display is worked on by Jim The graphic design for bagdes is sketched by Audrey ----------[initial thoughts]--------------------------------------------------------------- I wonder that these clear LF rfid tags makes an ideal badge in itself, look even as a fashion accessory, broach, earring etc. But this hack is using HF tags right?though metal badges don't work with RFID tags so we consider going virtual... Virtual collection: Using the tags to get the ID of the visitor. Have a magic mirror display. When the visitor looks into it - can see themselves reflected with the badges attached to their shirt in the image. What the badges are, what they look like - it could be depending on several categories. Perhaps they have to wear a special marker badge for video tracking? A few options we are considering: -the participants wears a special badge which can be recognised by the software, upon which the virtual badge is displayed. -the sofware approximates the position of the person's chest, upon which the virtual badge is displayed. the badges themselves - what do they show? -how many contacts do people have? (badges according to #) -project badges, what projects/installations have people visited? -friend badges, showing photos of the participant's friends or 'contacts'. -network barrometer badges, showing how many 'contacts' the person has. What we need: - RFID reader (let's say two) - Video camera to be hooked up to machine - Machine (Mac) - Screen (LCD, huuuuuugggge!) - Video software, Jim has MaxMSP, there's a trial we can run on the machine. - Hardware (of the non-technical kind) to make a booth/display Jim Wood http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17347 Mark Wubben http://www.mediamatic.net/id/21174 ideacritik http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22753 ARTEFACT projectidea 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/22742 2007-09-25T09:48:12+02:00 RFID racket reader how many tags do you carry?

We're transferring old tennisrackets into RFID-readers with the purpose to make you aware you probably already are wearing RFID-tags with you.

This will involve an Arduino which will give the right commands to the RFID reader. When the setup finds a tag, it will do some action, probably make a sound, blink a led, or ... both! *requirements: -hardware -three tennis rackets (already taken care of) -three RFID readers (also already taken care of) -three Arduinos (depends still, but we better have them ;-)) -three battery holders (already taken care of) -everything for the icing on the cake once the setup works as expected, think: light, noise etcetera, shouldn't be too hard ;-) -software -possibility one: flash the RFID-reader so it'll boot in a 'seek tag' mode -possibility two: hook up an arduino which will feed the 'seek tag' command through a serial connection. related: write up including youtube-videos overhere: <a href="http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/814/rfid-racket-reader">geektechnique.org/projectlab/814/rfid-racket-reader</a> ^_^ Mark Hoekstra http://www.mediamatic.net/id/21170 ARTEFACT projectidea 1