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Adaptive Spaces

In September 2004 I took up a part-time Masters in Digital Art & Technology, and this week I submitted my final project and thesis.

The project is location-aware audio software that allows you to make field recordings while out walking, and simultaneously playback the recordings made by other people in the same area.

The thesis is titled — wait for it — Adaptive Spaces: Technological Augmentation of the post-Situationist Urban Experience. Actually I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, as I at least managed to work through some of the many random-but-somehow-related thoughts I’ve been having about this area over the last couple of years. If you are one of the few people who gets around to reading it, I would love to hear from you.

You can get the source code of the project and a PDF copy of the thesis at this page: Adaptive Spaces.

Stick a fork in me, I’m done.

4 comments

  1. Looks very interesting.

    What kit is needed?

    Posted by Robin Blandford, October 15th, 2007 at 12:28 am

  2. A GPS unit connected to a laptop, and headphones. For my implementation I added some extra bells and whistles (a radio mic and a Powermate to control the audio), but they’re not really necessary. More info on requirements here.

    Posted by emmetc, October 15th, 2007 at 12:44 pm

  3. Well done man, congrats! So tell me whens the ’80s fancy dress party?! :)

    Posted by Diarmaid, October 15th, 2007 at 3:40 pm

  4. good work boss! congrats!
    i downloaded the document and will be lookin over it when the workload gets tooooo muchoooooo.

    Posted by cnnr, October 25th, 2007 at 9:30 pm

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