Sort-of-folio
Here's some stuff I've done
A non-professional portfolio-like collection of creative projects... call it what you will
by Nicolas Earnshaw
Who am I?
- Experience in Technical Writing, Digital Marketing and Data Management roles
- Masters degree in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media
- A fast and self-sufficient learner
- Life-long passion for technology and behavioural sciences
Objective: Use technology as a catalyst for group dynamics in a positive direction.
Academic projects
A few of the more interesting projects I worked on during my Master:
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Thesis:
"GestureAgents: An Agent-Based Framework for Concurrent Multi-Task Multi-User Interaction"
Using a Reactable and creating an app in Python we put a powerful new framework to the test by stressing it with simultaneous complex gestures.
Out of this thesis came a publication .
You can also read all about the interaction design of the app
"Drinkthesisers":
adding dimensions to the experience of drinking
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We rigged a glass and the table it sat on with sensors (weight, tilt, temperature, light, etc) to capture changes relevant to the experience of drinking and to map these in real-time to musical parameters.
"Neural network controlled pan-tilt camera"
Using neural networks (IQR) to process computer vision, we programmed a pan-tilt camera to adopt certain tracking behaviors.
"Kinect video controller"
We built an installation using a Microsoft Kinect to track user movement. A sequence of looping videos was outputted accordingly.
"Tangible sliding frame"
Using computer vision we tracked the movement of a physical picture-frame over a screen that played a video. A section of a different video was shown in the space inside this low-tech frame, following its movement in real time.
"Exploring brain activity during video-game play: An EEG study"
Experiments on both expert and non-expert players to assess brain activity while playing video-games.
Projects about Music + Tech
Here are some projects that have two things in common
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"Nico y el Ataque de los Morrones Asesinos"
I used a Leap Motion Controller, a Makey Makey, a Mogees contact microphone, an Arduino board, among other things, and ran it all with custom built Usine patches.
I carried out several performances with the help of the audience, in several venues including the Centro Cultural San Martín
"Muletallica"
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Building upon the musical interfaces from "Nico y el Ataque de los Morrones Asesinos", we used Mulesoft's software to integrate the music engine to intelligent lightbulbs. It impllied building RAML APIs, Mule flows & Python scripts.
The performance was featured at a stand in Mulesoft's "Connect" event, with over 1500 attendees.
"Leap-Guitar"
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This app is made for using a Leap Motion Controller to send MIDI data out. The sensor detects the head of a guitar as if it were a hand. The MIDI messages can be used in any audio processing program to alter effect parameters.
Featured in 4 articles in Leap Motion's official Blog and leap.quitebeyond.de
Bonus
Some creative more artistic projects
Flash Animations
"Hipolito el Hipocampo Hipocondriaco"
Music
"Dentistofobia" is an inmersive 3d-sound experience. I put a lot of effort into composition and digital sound synthesis to simulate the experience of visiting the dentist.
Other Programming Projects
Here you can find other projects I´ve worked on. They involve programming in Processing, Python and Pure Data