Miscellaneous

by Fahed Riachi - fadlab 2014

For those of you who would like to build their own oiO, I've designed it to be affordable and easy to build. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to build it:
"OiO - a desk lamp that has a soul"

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You can restore most bulbs to their default settings with this simple trick.

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This is a lighting robot that can interact with people, I try to make the interaction more natural, closer to people accustomed manner. In order to be more like an animal, I follow the idea of the characters animation in the films, A mass-spring-damper system is used to simulate the characteristic of animation. A Leap Motion sensors is use to get the position and gestures data of a hand. The programming tool is processing 2.0.

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This is the floor lamp that automatically adjusts its brightness to ensure a perfect level of light any time of day. Developed by Hammacher Schlemmer, the lamp has a built-in light sensor that continually monitors ambient light levels and automatically adjusts the brightness to ensure ideal light levels for reading or watching television. The lamp’s LED bulb produces crisp, white illumination without the distortion and glare inherent with incandescent bulbs.

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Light bulbs are one of the easiest places to start adding connectivity to your home, so we decided to try out two of the best options. Here’s what you can do with Philips Hue and C by GE, and why you might want one system over the other.

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Smart lights can be a huge convenience for your home — or they can be a huge headache, if you buy the wrong ones. We tested the biggest names out there to find the best one.

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Adam Ben-Dror | ben-dror.com | @adambendror
Shanshan Zhou | behance.net/sszhou

Pinokio is an exploration into the expressive and behavioural potentials of robotic computing. Customized computer code and electronic circuit design imbues Pinokio with the ability to be aware of its environment, especially people, and to expresses a dynamic range of behaviour. As it negotiates its world, we the human audience can see that Lamp shares many traits possessed by animals, generating a range of emotional sympathies. In the end we may ask: Is Pinokio only a lamp? – a useful machine? Perhaps we should put the book aside and meet a new friend.
Processing, Arduino, and OpenCV.

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A fully 3D printable GlaDOS lamp from the portal games.

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Lumigent is a robotic smart desk lamp with camera and Wi-Fi.
When you talk to her "Hi, Lumi", she automatically transforms herself into appropriate positions determined by the voice she hears.
https://lumigent.cerevo.com

She will also automatically adjust to preset brightness. A camera is mounted at the tip of her and with that she can take pictures of documents on the desk and record motions of you in front of her.

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