on wednesdays, every two weeks 18:00 h
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Georg Trogemann, Christian Faubel, Clemens Kujawski
Mittwochs, 16 – 18 Uhr
Filzengraben 8 – 10, Lab3
We will explore the term ‘net’ on the basis of current electronic communication technologies. How is the nature of electromagnetic waves used to imprint information and thereby realize the rapidly growing interconnetion of everyday things?
But the technologies of wireless communication are not at the center of the seminar. We are asking about the general principles of networking. In system theory for example networks are loosely coupled autonomous objects that only by mutual dependencies and permanent communication build an entity that we call network. We use and program (on arduino basis) a set of mechanical spiders to examine the basic terminology of networks.
(image: cobweb constructed by spiders under the influence of different drugs like LSD, ecstasy, caffeine, marihuana)
coupled dynamical systems
Implementation of a simple dynamical system, for playing around with parameters
Material for the seminar networks/netze
Neural oscillators are interesting because they allow to create rhythmic behavior in a very elegant way. They can be realized with just two mathematical equations that describe the behavior of two mutually coupled systems in time.
Let There Be Light and Sound
The Windows Clock is a machine that animates for a couple of minutes at each whole hour the motorwindows at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. The noise of the motors is captured with pickups and routed to outside installed speakers.
Wednesday, December 19th, 6 p.m.
stainless steel, steel, aluminium, teflon, silicone band, acrylic glass, silicone tube, paper, salt solution, neodymium magnets, light bulb, motors, power supply