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Human Conductivity

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Blog entry by Ambrea Kuhn, The Leonardo's Intern

Lately we have seen a lot of artistic endeavors involving interactions between humans and electronic circuitry. My favorite example involves using bodies to complete the circuits. Bare Conductive is a conductive paint that turns your skin into a conductive surface, allowing electricity to safely travel across your body. "Music Box" is a musical dance piece where the dancer interacts with walls to create sound as she dances.

In another instance, musical artist Calvin Harris created a human synthesizer using Bare Conductive paint. The synthesizer creates a programmed sound each time Calvin slaps the hands of the models.



The bright folks at the MIT Media Lab have created a multitude of interfaces for low-level human conductivity, and Leah Buechley created one of our favorites, "The Living Wall Project". The user controls lights and music by just touching certain sectors in the wall.

(Jump to 4:55 to see the "The Living Wall Project")

Another research group at the Media Lab has also experimented with Drawdio, which omits a tone that varies in frequency dependent on what is completing the circuit and how far the electricity is traveling.

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Labels: DIY, science, technology

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