Wablog
Jean-Louis Frechin (French, born 1962)
and Uros Petrevski (Serbian, born 1981)
of NoDesign (France, est. 2001)
2008
ABS, Lycra, Arduino board, camera,
proximity sensors, and Java and C++
software
15 11/16 x 2 7/8 x 1 5/16"
(40 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm)
The Wablog is a device made up of
a small speaker set between two primitive
screens that is attached to a computer
and functions as a real-time avatar.
Users can communicate with each other
through movements and signs; signal
or perceive physical presence; and be
notified of activity on online networks
such as Twitter. Wablog’s communication
system recalls the dynamics of submarine
sonar, of machines constantly
signaling their position to each other,
using animations recalling early video
games; in a similar way one Wablog
pings another, and the answer floats
back, like an echo. Wablog arose from
its designers’ exploration of what they
call “indirect, blurry, and calm low tech”
communication objects; it demonstrates
that the instant connectivity and constant
communication we now experience
can be manifested in quiet ways.
Category: Double Entendre
Tags: Interfaces / Communications / Networks
