MQTT
online services
Homework :
✔️Using a MQTT broker, create a physical system the responds to an external trigger (for example, send a tweet when a cat is on the mat, or use a SMS message to set the brightness of an LED). Post this to the class blog.
✔️Find an example of an internet/networked artwork or service that you find inspiring. Write up a short note identifying how you believe it works. Use this as inspiration for your final project. Can you improve on this some way? How would you make it differently?
MQTT & Internet/Networked Artwork
For this week assignment, I was trying to create a guest notification. Each time if there is someone stepped on or walked over the specific floor area in front of your room, and the pressure sensor senses it, you will get a SMS message that telling you someone has passed by. I have started testing with a pressure sensor at this point.
An inspired artwork I found these days is the one I saw at Teknopolis 2019, which exhibited several groundbreaking multi-sensory installations. One of the most impressive artwork is the one that people could interact with the elements they drew on the paper. In order to start the interaction, people need to draw their own artwork by using black ink. After you are done with your drawing, you could leave your artwork under the camera for three seconds, and then you could start with playing around with the elements you drew by using your hand. The most intriguing part I found from this installation is actually the combination of visual effect and sound effect and how it successfully caught people attention among several artworks. For my final project idea, I haven’t had a concrete idea yet, but I would like to create a new device which could let people play around with their own work. It could be either combined with generative art or just physical interaction. The main purpose for creating this is that I’d like to make people feel the connection with network/ internet, and let them know they could actually interact with a device, not just feel the coldness from technology.