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The technical setup consists of two LEDs driven by a microcontroller and sensed via a light-dependent resistor. A small computer (laptop or small form factor PC) runs both Max and a video conference software to display "the other". The Max patch and the "other" are displayed on a screen or video projector. The Max patch tries to synchronize the respective blinking pattern by leveraging the well studied behaviour of fireflies. A microphone on the floor picks up ambient sound. If this audio level exceeds a given a threshold the blinking of one LEDs is triggers / reset to introduce disturbance in the process. The installation may be presented with both parts in the same room or one part off-site somewhere else. | The technical setup consists of two LEDs driven by a microcontroller and sensed via a light-dependent resistor. A small computer (laptop or small form factor PC) runs both Max and a video conference software to display "the other". The Max patch and the "other" are displayed on a screen or video projector. The Max patch tries to synchronize the respective blinking pattern by leveraging the well studied behaviour of fireflies. A microphone on the floor picks up ambient sound. If this audio level exceeds a given a threshold the blinking of one LEDs is triggers / reset to introduce disturbance in the process. The installation may be presented with both parts in the same room or one part off-site somewhere else. | ||
== implementation notes == | |||
The firefly model turned out to be insufficient for the current setup due to the small number of agents. The interaction has been remodeled from first principles based on two harmonic oscillators and the Kuramoto–Daido model for phase locking. | |||
== references == | == references == | ||
* [https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783540071747 Kuramoto, Yoshiki (1975). H. Araki (ed.). Lecture Notes in Physics, International Symposium on Mathematical Problems in Theoretical Physics. 39. Springer-Verlag, New York. p. 420.)] | |||
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2808377 Buck, John. (1988). Synchronous Rhythmic Flashing of Fireflies. The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 1988, 265 - 286.] | * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2808377 Buck, John. (1988). Synchronous Rhythmic Flashing of Fireflies. The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 1988, 265 - 286.] | ||
* [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/414564 Carlson, A.D. & Copeland, J. (1985). Flash Communication in Fireflies. The Quarterly Review of Biology, December 1985, 415 - 433.] | * [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/414564 Carlson, A.D. & Copeland, J. (1985). Flash Communication in Fireflies. The Quarterly Review of Biology, December 1985, 415 - 433.] | ||