#technarium

We ordered a Prusa MK3S printer with multi-material upgrade recently, because the first Prusa was constantly busy. We make quite a lot of prototypes and small production runs, so different nozzle sizes were also needed. Here’s the printer and some plastics, pre-unboxing:

Simonas immediately started assembling it:

First prints:

Both Prusas at work in the 3D printing room:

IDEA: Turn 4G network browsing into musical sounds   WHAT: A dedicated algorithm was created to turn one second of browsing on the 4G network into one second of music. The number of connections to the network in different regions of Lithuania controls the volume of the notes being played and their rhythmic distribution, while the amount of data transferred during those sessions determines the notes' pitches.

The walk-in kinetic sound installation consists of 77 segments distributed throughout the exhibition space. Each segment consists of a metal bar, a sound activator, a sound damper, a resonator, and mechatronics. The distribution of the segments in space forms 4 narrow and 11 wide directions of movement. The number of segments and their positions were in part determined by the spatial and acoustic characteristics of the exhibition space. The sound range of the installation consists of 4 notes in 4 octaves where a specific note is assigned to the North, the South, the East and West of Lithuania. WHY: Inviting one to experience how data generated through a person's reality and behavioural patterns can be revived from the digital world and returned to the real one by being transformed into generative music. 

"Statistics reduces the studied object into a few, several or a dozen features. This is a paradoxical trait of statistics – investigating the variability of an object it actually produces immutable characteristics, monitoring the differences, it observes repetitions. The average, however, is not reality, but rather a color that is the result of mixed different tints. The height or weight gets summed, but the noise, the smell or shadows are lost. Statistics draw the map of reality, making it two-dimensional. The effect of music is directly contrary."  -- Andrius Šarapovas

BY: Andrius Šarapovas, Technarium. commissioned by Tele2. Video by: Some Films

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Dalyvauti pirmajame Technariumo rezidencijų projekte paraiškas pateikė 11 dalyvių. Iš jų buvo atrinkti 6, aptartos kuriamų projektų perspektyvos ir galimi techniniai sprendimai. Keturi dalyviai toliau aktyviai dalyvavo projekte, bendradarbiaudami su 5 įvairių sričių technarikais.

Gruodžio 18 dieną keturi meno kūrėjai pristatė savo nuveiktus darbus rezidencijos Technariume metu. Glaustas kurtų projektų apibendrinimas:

– Marija Griniuk  kūrė interaktyvų performansų kostiumą, naudodama atstumo sensorius iš elektronikos laboratorijos bei siuvimo įrangą. Sukurtas šviečiantis, į kitų žmonių atstumą reaguojantis kostiumas buvo gyvai pademonstruotas renginio metu:

– Jurgita Juodytė rezidencijos metu projektavo dvi turimas idėjas video instaliacijoms: valdomo judesio projektorių, kuris statišką videoperformanso vaizdą pakeistų dinamišku, leistų valdyti performanso emocinį foną. Antrasis jos projektas – ore judančių projektorių sistema, demonstruojanti keturis skirtingus vaizdus instaliacijoje.

Rezidencijos metu buvo sukurtas techninis abiejų instaliacijų projektas, sudaryta jų sąmata, aptarti techniniai sprendimai ir galimos kliūtys.

– Solveiga Gutautė kūrė pulso greičiu valdomos audio/video instaliacijos prototipą: jei žmogaus pulsas greitėja, grojamas/rodomas miesto įrašas, jei pulsas rimsta – grojami įrašai iš pajūrio. Prototipo programinis kodas patalpintas čia: https://github.com/Technariumas/PulsePlayer

Instaliaciją išbandyti galėjo pristatymo renginio dalyviai, ketinama ją pristatyti meno mugės „Art Vilnius 2019“ metu.

– Donatas Linkus  kūrė parodos-instaliacijos dirbtinio intelekto tema prototipą: parodos metu sinchronizuotai turėtų judėti šimtai ant sienos esančių musių, o neuroninių tinklų kontroliuojama grafinė instaliacija – bendrauti su žiūrovu. Projektas polemizuoja apie žmogaus santykį su dirbtinio, visiškai kitokio intelekto idėja, kviečia išsiaiškinti, ką reiškia nebūti ar būti žmogumi. Projekto metu buvo sukurtas ir pademonstruotas elektroakustinis musių valdymo sprendimas bei apmokytas naudojamo neuroninio tinklo prototipas.

Plywood, acrylic, canned seafood, the maker weapon of choice. A birthday gift to dinama.

Gretė writes:

Because snowflakes are very fragile and melt fast, it is necessary to work outdoors. The microscope, glass, camera, even fingers -- everything that comes near the crystals -- has to be cold. Taking pictures outdoors is difficult because of lighting, so it is necessary to wait for a moment when there is enough light, it is snowing and the snowflakes form beautiful crystals.

The first time I took the pictures at Technarium, snow fell in clumpy grains instead of crystals:

Two days ago, though, the crystals were perfect! x40 magnification in all pictures.

Everyone is welcome: scientists, artists, engineers, students or just anyone curious about science & hacking. The two-day event is entirely free to attend -- bring your curiosity with you!

We’ve got a retrocomputing table (thanks to Mark Splinter and Povilas) with a BBC Micro, used both by incredulous kids (”is it Python?”) and nostalgic adults.

Unfortunately, it caught fire out of nowhere! giena32 managed to catch this in camera:

We did the expected thing and took it apart:

Th culprit was a high-voltage capacitor:

miceuz found a replacement, all is well again. FIre means it’s working:

Please sign up if you’re intending to participate! We won’t turn you away at the door obviously, but we’d like to know how many chairs and how much food do we need.

Here’s the plan:

Saturday: 11:00 door opens 11:30 pitches and team formation, excursion through Technarium 15:30 lunch

Sunday:

11:00 metal/wood workshops re-open

15:30 lunch

19:00 demos and awards