smartphone – Artificial Intelligence

Inside Paris

Gregor Tatschl — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:41:13 +0000

Alina Giesler (DE)

Inside Paris is an iOS travel application that allows you to experience Paris like a local. The focus is on three districts each with a distinct personality: the artsy Montmartre, the hip area around the Canal Saint Martin and the stylish Marais. With Inside Paris unique places, special moments and conversations with locals create an unforgettable experience of the city.

Programming by Oliver Pieper

#MyRobot: ROBOTIFICATION NOW!

Gregor Tatschl — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:44:38 +0000

Experience Workshop, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (AT)

Experience Workshop devotes its full program to children’s views on the robotification of society. Participating children can design, build and program the robot they need the most. By the end of the day we might have robots that go to school, do the homework and pass the exams. We might have robots that can cook, dance and sing, collect all the waste in the oceans, eliminate hunger and bring peace on Earth; or just take out the dog twice a day. We will think about and discuss how all these different robots can live together, and how we can all live together with these different robots?

Participants can work with the Experience Workshop’s 4Dframe and ReBOT kit, which makes it possible to tinker together robots out of straws or empty boxes and bottles, which can be controlled wirelessly by a mobile phone. For all of this you do not need anything but a pair of scissors, duct tape and some recyclable materials. GeoGebra apps provided by the Johannes Kepler University will be available for perfecting designs and calculating different properties.

During the program, Experience Workshop is documenting and displaying all the stories told by the brainy builders about the robot they need the most.

SoniControl

Gregor Tatschl — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:44:41 +0000

Peter Kopciak (AT), Kevin Pirner (AT), Alexis Ringot (FR), Florian Taurer (AT), Matthias Zeppelzauer (AT)

Acoustic tracking information is increasingly used to exchange information between mobile devices and to track users and their behavior. Beyond this, acoustic tracking makes it possible to track users across several devices. The exchange of tracking information is performed in the ultrasound band, which is inaudible for humans. The user is thus usually not aware of this data exchange. Since more and more users activate their microphones permanently to enable speech inputs, ultrasound tracking can happen at any time.

The goal of the SoniControl project is the development of a novel technology for the recognition and masking of acoustic tracking information as well as the development of a mobile application that provides this technology to end-users to protect their privacy. An ultrasonic firewall is developed that recognizes acoustic tracking information and notifies the user about it. Thereby, the user’s attention is drawn to this technology. Furthermore, the SoniControl technology makes it possible to block undesired acoustic tracking information to preserve the privacy of the user.

Credits

Supporters: St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Netidee Open Innovations, Internet Privatstiftung Austria (IPA)

Tinkerbots

Gregor Tatschl — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:46:48 +0000

Tinkerbots Kinematics GmbH (DE)

Tinkerbots is a unique construction kit that makes it simple for kids of all ages to build and operate countless different robots. The kit consists of active modules and passive components.

The Powerbrain is the central control element, the heart and mind of this construction kit. Movement modules make it possible to implement various forms of locomotion—driving, tipping, spinning or gripping. The movement modules are driven by servomotors; the energy is delivered by the Powerbrain’s battery. Sensor modules react to light sources and objects in the installation space. Tiny passive components called Cubies let you custom-design your robot.

All elements are easily interconnected without the use of cables, so kids as young as six can build mobile, interactive robots and get a playful introduction to mechanics, sensors and energy.

Tagtool Launch Event

Gregor Tatschl — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:36:28 +0000

OMAi (AT)

OMAi is very happy to invite you to the launch event for the new Tagtool app! It takes place on the opening day of Ars Electronica Festival on Thursday September 7th, 6pm at Central in Linz, and entry is free. The Tagtool creators will introduce the new app, demonstrate the exciting new features and talk about future plans.

After the event, you can join us at the official opening party of Ars Electronica festival at POSTCITY Linz. There, our team will be part of CREATE YOUR WORLD for five days, until September 11th. We invite Tagtoolers or anyone interested in new forms of artistic expression to join us at our booth, which will feature a large collaborative Tagtool installation, a micromapping playground and lots of opportunities for creative exchange.

Kissenger

Gregor Tatschl — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 07:00:22 +0000

Adrian David Cheok (AU), Emma Yann Zhang (SG)

Kissenger is a haptic device for mobile phones designed for people to better express intimacy and emotion over the Internet through kissing. It aims to fill in the missing dimension of touch in traditional digital communication, which largely focuses on verbal and audio information.

The device transmits the touch sensations of kissing by measuring the lip pressure of the users and replicating this pressure through the movements of linear actuators. It has a lip-like sensing interface made of a soft and flexible rubber material that the user interacts with. An array of force sensors and linear actuators measures and generates real-time force feedback at various points on the user’s lips. The device is connected to a mobile phone, so that you can have a video call with your loved ones while using the device to send them a kiss.

With Kissenger, people can communicate deep emotions, and maintain physical intimacy and close relationships from any part of the world through the Internet.

Credits

City University of London and Imagineering Institute