Thursday, October 1, 2009

Make Synergies, Not Sums!




This is an example of adding two things together - concrete and LED lights - and coming out with the sum of those two things - concrete with embedded LED lights. What I really hoped this project would do, is create something new. What if the lights were not just some preprogrammed patterns, but more of a computer that could interact with the user? The lights could respond to conditions in the room or vicinity somehow, or to inputs from people actually touching the wall. The lights could be like keys on a keyboard - similar to those crosswalk signal buttons that are just a light without the button that one actually pushes down. I suppose that would involve a few more hidden parts and a bit more thinking, but I think the result would be more of a quotient than a boring sum.

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