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URBANforest |
| For some minds, the forest is a landscape of enjoyment or pleasure, a place that triggers emotions never found in our stressful urban environment. What’s the magic? Is it the blend of sounds just above audible levels, mixed with the surprise element of sounds that could send a shiver done our spines or instantly wake us from the hibernation mode of our minds? Is it the smell of the fresh air, the flowery fields, the stale smell of the bark of a decaying tree, or the year old grass of the meadows gently letting its dewy nightgown fall? It might be all of these; it might be none of them. The most probable conclusion is that it is up to the investigator, the observer, the life living the environment. |
| 20060310 Markus Appelbäck |
Iteration |
| Drawing from our experiences from the first five prototypes we are now in a face of redesigning the URBANforest. We hope for some exhibition this spring or early summer. First and foremost the trees are now USB-connected (How many trees do you know of that has this capability), which we hope will extend battery charging posibilities and enhance communication. See the sketches and photos under documentation. |
| 20060201 Markus Appelbäck |
New pictures |
| Pictures from the exhibition and construction is now avaliable under "documentation" |
| 20060109 Håkan Carlsson |
Pictures of exhibition |
| The documentation of the exhibition at K3 are on their way, expect them under "documentation" soon. |
| 20051229 Håkan Carlsson |
Exhibition |
| You are here by invited to the exhibition at K3, Malmö Högskola (Beijerskajen 8) on the 19th of december. If you don´t show up then you have two more days to experience the forest. Welcome! |
| 20051216 Håkan Carlsson |
we are making the forest complete |
| We are making URBANforest complete. During this last week the forest will be complete, even though we most certainly will be working like crazy fixing all the material and electronics. Pictures of the process coming soon. |
| 20051216 Håkan Carlsson |
More prototyping |
| More prototyping, this time with a touch sensor and some condutive tape placed on the back of some rubber we found. Worked like a charm! We´«e nearly there... |
| 20051111 Håkan Carlsson |
Prototyping |
| First tryouts of connecting the Arduino-board, conductive plastic(a.k.a. ESD-bag) and Pure Data to play a piano tune. |
| 20051028 Håkan Carlsson |
Video prototype |
| new: videoprototype made in flash. contents: a mock-up made of scrap material, Staffan, linus, Eddy and some sounds showing the functionality of the URBANforest. Filed under "DOCUMENTATION". |
| 20051021 Håkan Carlsson |
Launching Projectsite |
| 20051021 Håkan Carlsson |