Musical Room WAS "[sdiy] slightly OT : DIY robotics"

[Jaco Sloof NewbieSynthBuilder]

Hi JB, John & rest of DIY'ers, i thought i'd join in on the
roboticsthread, i've been in this scene of interest for some time
now... 

Possibilities would ofcourse be LDR's in a room with large
windows with incoming sunlight...

Maybe some kind of module that adapts to the sunlight intensity, but
when a person moves by (e.a. shadow over LDR) the module becomes
alive and produces "chime-like" effects? (basic 'optic' theremin?)
or pressure pads on the floor, like an oversized piano heheh...

Relating to Robotics there's just ONE link i have to point to:

www.beam-online.com

basic critters that react to tactile (on/off) sensory, or analog 
LDR, NTC, low current, magnetism, induction, sound, ANYTHING
really...

it introduces Neural Network copyrighted by Mark Tilden, THE a-life
bigboss... this consists of a series of transistors (e.a. analog)
that when activated by an action, react in a natural kind of way,
without forehand programming somewhat...

just do a google search on 'BEAM robotics', and you find your stuff
JB!

;-Z.Z..z.z..z...z.... (goes to bed now)

(sorry harry 4 stealing the smiley idea, better steal good then copy
bad...)


Greetings, Jaco Sloof (The Netherlands)

--- John L Marshall <john.l.marshall at gte.net> wrote:
> A fellow instructor is an officer of the Seattle Robotics Society.
> I will
> see if he has any pointers.
> 
> There is a great book "Bio-Music" by Manford L Eaton.
> 
> Back in the 60-70's multimedia environments were created by
> artists; Tudor,
> Cage, Saltsman, Leedy, and so on.
> 
> I designed a multimedia environment that was based upon several
> mobiles. The
> mobiles were wireless microphones each with a resonating pipe. The
> pipes
> were suspended from the ceiling by wire and were allowed to freely
> rotate by
> the air currents in the large room. Scattered throughout the sides
> of the
> room were speakers that completed the loop. Between the microphones
> and
> speakers was an assortment of electronics; filters, ring
> modulators,
> limiters, switches. Fun.
> 
> I like the idea of "stations" that visitors can interact with. The
> stations
> can have drums, toys, etc. but each has a transducer that actuates
> the
> "hidden electronics" with surprise results.
> 
> Check out http://www.omega.com/ for all types of transducers.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jbv <jbv.silences at wanadoo.fr>
> To: SynthDIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 2:57 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] slightly OT : DIY robotics
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As I recently found myself a passion for robotics,
> > I spent the week end scouring the web for companies
> > selling cheap robotics kits.
> > Among others, I found this one :
> > http://www.hvwtech.com/catalog.htm#robotics
> >
> > Ans as I was browsing sites & catalogs & datasheets,
> > I was wondering :
> >
> > - does anybody have any experience with such kits ?
> >
> > - why not use such small robots interactions (in group
> > behaviors for instance) to trigger / process musical
> > patterns / sequences in realtime ?
> >
> > - these catalogs feature several parts such as motors &
> > sensors, and I was wondering if anyone has ever thought
> > of getting inspiration from these robotics design for designing
> > new interfaces for electronic instruments...
> > I mean : we all know the (rather cliched) concept of robots
> > playing instruments like humans, or electronic instruments
> > using biological parameters (EEG, muscles activity...) to
> > trigger / generate MIDI...
> > But is there a more sophisticated approach, like using various
> > sensors to build a sort of feedback loop between sound / music
> > generation and environmental parameters perception...
> >
> > Well, this is very rough brainstorming so far, and I've no idea
> > where this is going (or if it's going anywhere)...
> > Any idea, suggestion, experience, pointers to some litterature ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > JB
> >
> >
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! 
http://auctions.yahoo.com