wifi
Invisible Network – A ‘social network’ for the machines
'Invisible Network' is a portable device that makes communication between machines perceptible and tangible. This device acts as a mediator between the user and the machines that surround him. Through its screen, it indicates the relations that it...
Fallback – Alternative platform for real-time news during Internet shutdowns
Created by Khulood Alawadi, Yi-fan Hsieh, Bahareh Saboktakin and Qifan Zhao at the RCA (Design Engineering, Future Interaction, 2019), 'Fallback' is an alternative platform for providing access to real-time news during times of Internet shutdown.
WiFi Impressionist – City as an electromagnetic landscape
Created by Richard Vijgen, 'WiFi Impressionist' is a field installation inspired by the cityscapes of William Turner that imagines the city as an electromagnetic landscape.
Floral Automaton – Digital growth with physical adaptation
Created by Thomas Grogan, Floral Automaton is a sculptural device that grows flowers digitally. Using various sensors taken from Smart Cities technologies, it reacts and adapts itself to its environment in real time.
Linger – Device to create and broadcast a virtual crowd
Created by Jasper van Loenen, Linger is a small, portable device that allows you to create and blend into a virtual crowd by storing the specific WiFi signals from everyone that comes near you, and rebroadcasting their signals infinitely when they...
L Train Notwork [Events]
L Train Notwork is a public art project organised by the WeMakeCoolShit collective. It is also the first ever mobile pirate WiFi Intranet on the NYC Subway created to encourage strangers to talk to each other via live chat room/dating site curated...