NETLab Hub
NETLab Connect (New Ecology of Things Lab Connection) is a project to create free, open-source software and hardware tools for student and professional designers who want to create interactive objects and spaces. The project strives to open up new possibilities for design work that previously required deep technical skill or collaborations with engineers.
Autonomous Light Air Vessels
I designed and programmed the software brains of these robots, working closely with the artist, Jed Berk, to refine their behavior and design the overall performance. We designed the flock to interact with the audience and with each other in such a way as to transform a large architectural space with the minimum of material, energy, and intelligence. Each ALAV responded to proximity to people, to each other, and to its physical position with respect to the overall space. Visitors could call the ALAVs using a mobile phone. The ALAV that chose to field the call posed a set of questions to the caller, whose answers determined its subsequent behavior. [More...]