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Inspired by Multiverse, a massive installation by American artist Leo Villareal that features approximately 41,000 LED nodes that run through a 200-foot-long tunnel in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..

As passerbyers move between the East and West buildings on an airport style people mover, the zillions of lights flicker on and off over head creating rhythmic patterns and abstract configurations. The custom designed software also has an element of chance built into it, so it’s unlikely that anyone will see the same routine twice. The project is Villareal’s largest and most ambitious work to date and will be on display through 2009.

Villareal “Multiverse” National Gallery of Art, Washington DC from Walter Patrick Smith, AIA on Vimeo.

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TheANEMIX is a new lighting system that creates unique 3D effects in space.
It´s a panel composed by a luminescent and a reflective layer, which can be modified to create a wide range of visual effects.
The designers chose OSRAM LED technology to be the light source of this system, as it´s efficient, small and with a very low cost of manteinance. The glass-aluminium technology was developed by GLASSTECH, a specialized glazed Chilean company.
This modular system can also be customized. The tecnology used to make the shapes matrix and modular dimensions allows anyone to design their own Anemix. In this way and depending on the format and dimension, it can be used as object, as a comunication or mood light surface or as an architectural element.
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The display pushes up the top row of lights and they float back down in a real equalizer effect, finally all the lights fall down off the face of the watch to leave only two lights to indicate the time for 5 seconds, then the two lights also trail off.

The watch uses very little power for the amount of lights and is far more efficient than traditional LED watches. Note this is not an LED watch. It is an Advanced LCD using only 1 LED to light the entire watch using new technology. This is why the power consumption is low.

The Mirrored face and numbers are very eye catching. When light reflects off it you are sure to get noticed. The design was done to accommodate all sizes of wrists both big and small.
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“This project started as an art installation in 2004 while I was as a visiting scholar at UCLA,” Bonadeo explained me when i asked him if he had heard of Vital Signs, a similar project envisioned by nArchitects. “A year later I received a grant from Telefonica Foundation to develop this project. During 2005 I saw the posting from nArchitects in an architecture weblog, I contacted them but they told me that was only a project and they never developped it.”
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Senspectra by Vincent Leclerc, Amanda Parkes and Professor Hiroshi Ishii from Tangible Media Group is a computationally augmented physical modeling toolkit designed for sensing and visualization of structural strain. The system functions as a distributed sensor network consisting of nodes, embedded with computational capabilities and a full spectrum LED, which communicate to neighbor nodes to determine a network topology through a system of flexible joints. Each joint, while serving as a data and power bus between nodes, also integrates an omnidirectional bend sensing mechanism, which uses a simple optical occlusion technique to sense and communicate mechanical strain between neighboring nodes. Using Senspectra, a user incrementally assembles and refines a physical 3D model of discrete elements with a real-time visualization of structural strain.

While the Senspectra infrastructure provides a flexible modular sensor network platform, its primary application derives from the need to couple physical modeling techniques utilized in the architecture and industrial design disciplines with systems for structural engineering analysis, offering an intuitive approach for physical real-time finite element analysis. Utilizing direct manipulation augmented with visual feedback, the system gives users valuable insights on the global behavior of a constructed system defined as a network of discrete elements.
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The BRC is the world’s largest 3-dimensional full color dynamiclight sculpture. It is an array of lights 40 feet in diameter and 10 feet high. It consists of 28 spokes, each of which is 24
lights wide by 9 lights high. Each light is independently controllable to display any color and brightness level and the entire display can be updated 50 times per second. There are 6048 total lights (28 * 24 * 9) made of 18,144 LEDs. The BRC was funded by a Burning Man Art Grant.

The physical structure that holds up the lights consists of two pieces, a central mast, and a circular wall of poles. The lights are strung horizontally and from the central mast to the outer posts:

The central mast is a 10 foot 4×4 inch wood pole standing vertically in the center. It is supported by 1/8″ steel cables that run from the top of the mast to the top of each outer pole.

The poles around the circumference are 1-3/8″ diameter pipe and 10 feet high. They are pre-assembled into 14 “squares” along with some 3/4″ EMT pipe to keep the squares together The squares are held to the ground in each corner by rebar stakes. The tops of the squares are pulled tight and held down with rope and rebar stakes.

The light string wires are attached to the poles at 10 inch height intervals using plastic wire ties and paper clips. The bottom string of lights starts about 3 feet off the ground.

A small viewing tower was located to one side of the sculpture. It was built from some scaffolding two tiers high (10 ft), allowing people to view the sculpture from an eye level of around 15 feet high.
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Does anybody remember great 3D display cube that we talk about 3 month ago? If not let us remember:

Each 3D Display Cube is a true spatial display unit that utilizes 1000 individually controllable LEDs to create 3D forms and animations. Whether used for retail or public display, signage applications, home display, or advertising, the 3D Cube captivates viewers with it’s orignal use of LED technology.

The Display Cube was created as a reaction to the limitations of current display technologies. Televisions and monitors can only 2d information because their display surface is flat. The 3D Cube uses a spatial array of LEDs that each act as a spatial pixel, allowing it to create true spatial forms and animations.

The 3D Cube’s technology is backed by 1 issued utility patent and 2 pending utility patents. Upon purchase, buyer may select up to five 1 minute animations to be preloaded into the Cube to allow for immediate use upon delivery. A serial cable is also included allow users to design and upload their own animations and content to the Cube.

Now, you are able to purchase your own for the 3000 $. It’s a little expensive but I think that it worth every cent.

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The “Electrotechnische Vereeniging”, the association for students of electrical engineering from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), will reveal the world’s largest 3D-display Sunday 23rd of April. The display measures 8 metres in width, 4 metres in height and 2 metres in depth and consists of a matrix of 8.000 LEDs with table tennis balls around them. This stunt is being organised because of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the “Electrotechnische Vereeniging” (ETV). The display will be revealed on Sunday at 9.00 pm local time on the ‘Markt’ in Delft.

It will be possible to send text messages to the MatriXX during the times it is operating. Send your sms/text to +31 (0) 6 24 171 797 . It will be displayed during the next sms display time slot. Threats, rude language etc will be filtered.
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