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Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

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Cool project. I was going to say, the end resulting light should be a pretty saturated spectrum, given that many RF sources just keep pumping out waves, and the those waves propagating and bouncing around. I think one fun application would be a light which represents your wi-fi strength around the house. Obviously in a smaller apartment that's really not a problem, but in larger houses it would be fun to see. Another…

Yes, in the parisian apt. where I filmed the RF landscape is wild But tuning in to the specific wifi channel you router use you could even use this piece as a signal strenght plotter!

That’s what I was thinking, the project should yield a few different useful tools. That was a great video.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

#53
post #34

Creator here, thanks for posting. And feel free to ask me anything!

Love your channel! Do you have any plans to eventually open source your projects? (Both in terms of hardware and software)

I'm personally especially interested in 'Latent Reflection'. I've tried to make something similar never got to a point where I was happy with the output the AI model gave me.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

#55
Cool project. Here's some OT: where do people learn to make these videos? Fast paced but calm narration with chill music and sped up action mixed with regular speed. It's a matter of consuming a lot of this content until the form clicks, or you need to go to influ-school?

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

#56
post #55

Cool project. Here's some OT: where do people learn to make these videos? Fast paced but calm narration with chill music and sped up action mixed with regular speed. It's a matter of consuming a lot of this content until the form clicks, or you need to go to influ-school?

Yo. You have to make videos. Then, seeing videos that you like, you secretly try to “steal” those ideas you articulated.

Just don’t tell anybody you’re a copy-cat.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

#57
post #34

Creator here, thanks for posting. And feel free to ask me anything!

Do you have a list you would be willing to share of trusted manufacturers & suppliers that you reference for different products or materials?

At least in the last video it seems like he used both PCBWay and JLCPCB for manufacturing

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

#59

I just watched all the other videos of their pieces, and all of them are absolutely amazing conceptual explorations of our relationship with technology. Really amazing stuff

The bit in the phone project where he cuts out the poem authors intro seems a bit scummy though, all that work he's making uncredited... then he finishes the video by showing him signing the piece. I guess it's a good commentary on how tech people value other peoples work.

Indeed, and the final result isn't particularly good as an art piece.

Re: I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

#60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a list you would be willing to share of trusted manufacturers & suppliers that you reference for different products or materials?

At least in the last video it seems like he used both PCBWay and JLCPCB for manufacturing

Yep! The choice of JLCPCB after having used PCBWay is what inspired the question.
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