I love art installations that demonstrate a concept, but have a great narrative to it.
Thanks to Kyle, I bring Tagged, the RFID project. It is an art installation in Germany that demonstrates the technology of RFID. And according to wmmn:
The installation consists of a large shelf and tagged everyday objects in it. When one of the objects is placed in the central empty cubicle of the shelf, associated information (picture, movieclip, sound or music collages) are being displayed on the screen above.
All objects have been stolen by the same lady, who now proudly presents her “trophies”. Each object gives a hint about where how or why it has been stolen. Spending more time exploring the stories, one is able to draw conclusions about the thief’s personality and her criminal career.
I just find that fascinating. And RFID tags.
For my senior design project (the visually impaired mapping and navigation system) we thought very hard about using RFID tags on doors for giving some real-time feedback to the user as they traversed the path plotted by the (very clever) search algorithm we put together. Unfortunately we had to scrap that idea a couple weeks into the project because there was so much else to do (search systems, mapping system, map data, text-to-speech, context sensitive input system) that we wouldn\’t have time for it, but it\’s a natural extension of the project and one I\’d like to explore if I ever get a chance to revisit the project.
Thanks for the link!