Sound Barrier January 24, 2007
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I seem to have hit a barrier with my project I just don’t know where to begin writting my new patch I have collected some of my samples together and arranged the technology.
I know what I want to achieve I just can’t seem to figure out how to organise the data from the LDRs. I will take it to Dan to show what i have got and see if he can help me talk through this barrier I have created for myself.
Project Inspiration January 24, 2007
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I was looking back at some of my intial research and it lead me to some interesting articles documenting the following projects
Sceintient beings – Jenny Tillotson
Clothing which emits scent according to the persons mood.
Scentimantal Space utalised her emotional clothing, the user would wear an item from her collection which reacts with wellpaper in the surrounding space producing sounds, amoras, colour and touch.
Aroma Jets – Pinoke
A device worn by gamers to enhance their game playing experiences by emitting smells that correspond with the action.
K Opti Produced Koari a system that allows users to smell products on the internet, Telewest have also been working on a scent dome technology allowing users to smell their emails.
Scents Of Space – Usman Haque
3D placement of smell to create scent collages using fans and diffusion screens
AIR – Hilda Kozari
This installation consists of 3 bubbles each containing a perfume which was specially created by a perfumer to represent her olfactory experience of three cities (Paris, Helsinki & Budapest.)
The university of Southern California have developed a system for the army where smells can be used to give commands and increase stealth.
Sony Ericsson S0703i Mobile Scent January 23, 2007
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Japan gets way more than its fair share or weird gadgets and gizmos and if they aren’t designed to keep your warm the seem to be centered on smell. Sony Ericsson is introducing a new phone in Japan only called the S0703i that has a scent slot. The phone will have 11 avaliable scents though they havent said what they will be yet.
Sound – Symbols & Samples January 18, 2007
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After my discusion with Dan here is the next progression of my sound piece:
I am going to re arrange my sensors onto the square platform, then program max msp so that when certain patterns are made certain samples are triggered and the computer can respond with samples that are complimentry to it.
For Next Thursday I need to do the following:
- Re arrange the sensors
- Program the Max patch
- Create my sample
Something I really have to steer clear of is assigning notes to the sensors as that has the potential to ruin the whole project. This has to sound amazing as well as look amazing.
The Scent of Angels January 16, 2007
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I had the most amazing day of meetings today, a lot of really strange things happen that were just to random to be coincidence.
1st I had my usual 10 with Mike and we discussed my projects and what I needed to do to get to the next stage before our next meeting. However there was still this very mechanical literal sense to the project that just didn’t feel right. Mike then introduced me to Michael Punt who has studied angels along with Martha my dissertation tutor from the 1st term. I arranged a meeting with them for later that day to discuss my idea further. I then thought back to an article that had sparked my initial interest in the field of scent, the odour of sanctity which I read when I began my dissertation.
During my meeting with Martha and Micheal Punt we were discussing some amazing ideas and developements for my project.
The most important thing for this project to work with the subtly I require is to hide the technology involved.
1) The angels only appear when you call on them, so some people believe. Therefore I could hide the technology and have the people text the angel and have the prayers displayed on a screen. When the text is received by the hidden phone then the scent emitter would trigger.
2)Have an abstract painting of an angel like the ones martha showed me which display lights and auras which are angels captured on film rather than the traditional angel with wings. There could be a pressure plate on the floor so as people stand in the presence of this image the scent is released.
3)This was an amazing idea involving GPS & natural scent, I would go round the city tracking the angels of Plymouth and recording the co-ordinates, times and weather they appeared in and map it on a 3D map of Plymouth. I could even produce an audio or visual representation that people could use to go to these places themselves.
4)The final idea is another way of visualising my idea. People have claimed to be able to smell the Aurora Borealis (Northern lights) and it is another natural phenomenon involving unseen source so it could be a good representation of my angel.
I talked to Patricia from the perfumery course but unfortunately it only runs as a distance learning thing but she did email me a lot of information and has invited me to a workshop masterclass on the 19th March which would be amazing to go to and help to add another level to my understanding of scent.
I am picking up more material from Martha tomorrow so I can develop my ideas further.
Project Progress January 14, 2007
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After my meeting with Mike on Tuesday I have been looking at text and doing word replacement to help with broading my project. I have also gathered my resources together to allow me to produce the mobile phone scent experiment which will be the starting block of my project. I hope to go to the electronics lab this tuesday and talk it through with the guys up there. I will post up the results of that meeting next tuesday
Sound Term 2 idea January 14, 2007
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Well building on my light piano idea I am going to use the sensor I made for that and arrange them on a surface (yet to be determined). Assign each one to a note allow the user to make shapes on the surface to produce music motifs then arrange those shapes into a musical score. This would solve my battery and testing issues without totally abandoning my original idea. Another idea I had based around this would be to use the sensors placed on the surface and with the used of a light source over the surface producing different musiccall effect depending on the amount of sensors and localtion of the affected sensors. These are the ideas I have been considering over the holiday peroid I know just have to discuss them with Dan to make sure I am heading in the right direction.
January progress so far…. January 5, 2007
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I have just about survived the holiday with minimal internet access, and hav managed to do a surprising amount of work. I am particularly excited about filming my 4D this Sunday, my brother and I have been working on a film project over the holidays and it seems to have furthered my passion for film making. I have made sure all my costumes are the right size and made all my amends and packed them up already to take them back to Plymouth. I have been looking into different peripherals i could use for my sound project so I can do some decent testing of my idea without hemeraging cash for batteries. My project idea is going well I just have to talk to Dan and the guys in the electronics lab about the possibilties of making the thing (I do have a simple back up plan if this proves to not be possible) The dissertation is going well I am making great progress i have collected all my information and have nearly completed the sample chapter ready for its deadline. As crazy as it sounds I am really looking forwards this term where all my ideas from the first term are finally becomning reality!
Project Breakthrough January 5, 2007
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I had a sudden burst of inspiration when my mum showed me a novelty reindeer hat for her phone that someone at work gave her. It is triggered by sending or receiving a mobile signal therefore technically I should be able to utalise this circuit board and some how fuse it with the electronics from a trigger airfreshner.. “technically!” lol
I don’t know what the practiacllities are yet so I’m going to show Mike my Project Tutor my ideas this week and see what he thinks.
