I’ll be talking about and demonstrating my BeatSneaks at the Royal Ontario Museum’s Institute for Contemporary Culture next week as a part of their Digital Artist Show and Tell series. You should come! You’ll get to try on a pair and make some music with your feet. I’ll be showing off the original BeatSneaks as [...]
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Very nice BeatSneaks-like project from Didier Brun for Adidas: Sweet moves. Coincidentally, I actually constructed a very similar device last year, using many of the same tools: XBee radios, force-sensitive resistors, and Processing. Here are some pictures of that prototype: There’s some hardware debouncing on the module there, and then the XBees and Processing handle [...]
Jameson Young recently built himself a rad pair of BeatSneaks using my designs. He plans to make a system of pads that will go all over the body: “Think step dancing meets beatboxing. Amplified.” How exciting! I like them. Check it out: Jameson’s build reminded me of this project by Jason Hockman at McGill. It’s [...]
This one. Whoa! It’s a blurb about the BeatSneaks entitled “Dance to Your Own Melody” in the back in the Yellow Pages section. So famous right now. You should read it, it’s a very nice magazine full of colourful pictures.
Yay, new boards! The first iteration of the RoboDoor 9000, an RFID access control system I’m putting together. …and a slightly wonky BeatSneak prototype board. Thanks, China!