Lets talk about evolution theory… from Matt Jarvis on Vimeo.

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Multitasking is a complex, albeit common, human activity where we try to keep tabs on processes, information and life its self. Yet according to Christine Rosen from The New Atlantis, there is neuroscience and anecdotal evidence that multitasking is a myth. We are continually shifting our primary conscience attention from one thing to another while exercising judgement on what needs our attention the most and monitoring all the background information. There is a mental state that was christened CPA (continual partial attention) by Linda Stone, a former Apple and Microsoft executive who says we are “constantly scanning for opportunities and staying on top of contacts, events, and activities in an effort to miss nothing” and warns “we have stretched our attention bandwidth to its upper limits. We think that if technology has a lot of bandwidth then we do, too.”

Although the affect of information overload, multitasking and our capacity to handle lots of information is under continual debate, the way we interact with data has been largely visually and/or auditory based. A haptic medium could be a route to beat unintended attention deficits created already by the latest gadgets and services. In this paper we present a haptic device in the rather new field of Human Interface Design for creative exploration.

Our approach

The introduction and the study of a haptic feedback medium suggests the existence of the medium itself. We built a loose platform which is constituted by hardware and software on which we can built different applications that are suggestive on the directions that the medium would take. So we built a haptic harness.

The Hapti Harness consists of an arrangement of straps made of elastic soft material aiming in to maximising the comfort. The basic set up incorporates a strap around the waist (“the belt”), an arrangement of a V shape strap hooked on the front side of the belt and running horizontally along the torso onto the back side of the belt. An extra strap is placed around the chest, and all the vibration units are attached on the straps using Velcro patches which allows for flexibility of placement.

The used hardware
- 22 vibrating motors 2.5~3.8 V@70mA, at 200 Hz.
- 2-axis magneto-resistive sensors compass module; HMC652
- 32 channel GPS module; LS20031
- 2 TLC5930 chips
- 1 arduino Flo
- 2 XBees 1mW Wire Antenna
- 1 UItrasonic sensor
- 2 infrared proximity sensors
- Polymer Lithium Ion Battery – 2000mAh
- 4 AA 1.5V batteries

At present, a simple API is all that is required to interact with the harness.  Current implementations such us the HAML (Haptic Application Markup Language) are indicating the path which needs to be taken for universal development to take place. It would be ideal if HAML was covering the Hapti-Harness setup, but as yet, it mainly deals with haptics as feedback devices mainly engaged in tele-presence field work or virtual reality 3D environments, with a fair degree of complexity. The Hapti-Harness project is a simpler system and could be included as a part of HAML in the future, as this could become the standard which goes on to allow universal adoption of haptics to all other future haptic technological systems.

Prototype testing

Hapti-Harness prototype testing from Matt Jarvis on Vimeo.

This project wouldn’t have been possible without the Arduino community (who have built such an accessible electronic prototyping platform), SparkFun (for getting most components in one place a wonderful documentation of hobby projects) Cycling74 (for the MAX/MSP 1software) and Apple (for nice, working computers). Thanks to Grumpy_Mike (for the electronics support), Mikal Hart (for the Ardunio NSS, Flash and TinyGPS libraries), Maarten Lamers (for support with the GPS).

Special thanks must go to the following people who have provided various assistance, help, advice and motivation: Veneta Andersen, Stijn Belle, Clara Blad, Ghislaine Boddington, Arthur Elsenaar, Stelios Giannoulis, Richard Hardstone, Firat Kara, Dunya Kirkali, Zane Kripe, Eero Mella-Aho, Zameer Razack, Simon Skinner, Heike Sperber, Linda Stone, Taconis Stolk, Lieven Van Velthoven.

We will soon release all the information open source on it’s own website. Watch this space

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Remix of Richard Bolam’s work.

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The Redentore is one of the Venetians’ most treasured festivities. In the three years between 1575 and 1577 the Serenissima was tormented by the plague: aided by the high density of the population, the disease spread through the city, causing terrible losses. Almost 50,000 died, which was more than a third of the city’s inhabitants. On July 13, 1577, the plague was declared definitively over and it was decided that the city’s liberation from the terrible disease should be celebrated every July. The special moment of the festivity takes place on Saturday night: with the unbeatable backdrop of Saint Mark’s Basin. At sunset the well illuminated boats, decorated with boughs and coloured balloons, begin congregating in Saint Mark’s Basin and the Giudecca Canal. In the boats people eat traditional food, waiting for the firework display, which begins at 11.30pm and lasts until after midnight. The weekend ends with a gondola regatta. — In this video I invite the viewer to consider the plague alongside today’s current health concerns.

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My Mum came to see me in Holland, it’s been over 20 years since she got on a bike… it’s like role-reversal!

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Birthdays come once a year and they should be enjoyed. I hope you enjoy too

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The Redentore is one of the Venetians’ most treasured festivities. In the three years between 1575 and 1577 the Serenissima was tormented by the plague: aided by the high density of the population, the disease spread through the city, causing terrible losses. Almost 50,000 died, which was more than a third of the city’s inhabitants.

On July 13, 1577, the plague was declared definitively over and it was decided that the city’s liberation from the terrible disease should be celebrated every July.

The special moment of the festivity takes place on Saturday night: with the unbeatable backdrop of Saint Mark’s Basin.

At sunset the well illuminated boats, decorated with boughs and coloured balloons, begin congregating in Saint Mark’s Basin and the Giudecca Canal. In the boats people eat traditional food, waiting for the firework display, which begins at 11.30pm and lasts until after midnight.

The weekend ends with a gondola regatta.
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In this video I invite the viewer to consider the plague alongside today’s current health concerns.

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Sometimes less is more. I made a selection of 10 different minimalist visualizers for iTunes. You can get them from my website – http://www.mattjarvis.co.uk/

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YouTube – Extreme Sheep LED Art.

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Go on! Enter the Twitterverse!

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http://www.moodymap.net
This is an experiment to see if we can gather the feeling of different areas in the world. Play along by going to the site or downloading the Android application for your Google Android phone.

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http://www.moodmap.net

This is an experiment to see if we can gather the feeling of different areas in the world. Play along by going to the site or downloading the Android application for your Google Android phone.

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Try it!

http://www.mattjarvis.co.uk/mms/Web/

Source code available on request.

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