Dear Museum Computer co-Networkers, Build your own data-driven physical objects using Google, Twitter, Arduino, whatever!
For those of you who attended the marvellous Slack day at MCN2012, organised by the equally marvellous trio of Rich Barrett-Small, Ed Rodley and Miriam Langer, you may have seen me demo my rather grotesque proof-of-concept prototype Twitr_janus - a web-controlled data-driven puppet head, powered by APIs and data feeds. I built it to demonstrate for real, some theoretical uses of freely accessible and/or open source stuff on the web. To save time continually re-explaining how it works, I have (finally) written the project up on Instructables. You can read in reasonable detail how this worked, and hopefully get ideas for how you could re-use any of the concepts. For example, pimping a Google spreadsheet and standard form, to produce a data feed for remote-controlling a physical objects - how neat is that?! Here's the link. I was flattered that Instructables featured it on their home page, and to celebrate, I am giving away the 3-month Instructables Pro Membership that I was rather generously awarded for my efforts. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-remote-control-sentient-web-puppet-b/ Although I can't be sure, I think the original spark for the inspiration came from one of the many great conversations with various creative minds within the MCN community, and so it's up for grabs for anyone on this MCN list, in case it inspires them to share the love :) To decide who gets it, I'll choose someone at random. The easiest way to do this is if you retweet the link I just sent and I'll pick someone at random To be in it to win it, retweet... https://twitter.com/rosemarybeetle/status/301052727843229696 I'll DM the winner the code! Enjoy! [ps - apologies if anyone receives this twice. It appeared not to go first time I sent] Andrew Lewis Digital Content Delivery Manager Digital Media Team Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington London SW7 2RL 020 7942 2373 a.lewis at vam.ac.uk www.vam.ac.uk linkd.in/andrewlewis @rosemarybeetle ( https://twitter.com/rosemarybeetle ) Light from the Middle East: New Photography Until 7 April 2013 at the V&A South Kensington This exhibition was made possible through the establishment of the Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum Admission free Modern British Childhood, 1948-2012 Until 14 April 2013 at V&A Museum of Childhood Admission free Keep in touch Sign up for V&A e-newsletters www.vam.ac.uk/signup Become a fan on Facebook.com/VictoriaandAlbertMuseum ( http://www.facebook.com/VictoriaandAlbertMuseum ) Follow us on Twitter.com/V_and_A ( http://www.twitter.com/V_and_A )
