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Maker Faire Austin 2007
Fantastic Piano
Water, pumps, glitter and lights react as you conduct your own 'water orchestra'. Sensors detect your movements and translate them into a mystic and beautiful piece of music that you can manipulate through your motion and proximity to the instrument.
Web site: http://itp.nyu.edu/%7Ecrh272/fantasticpiano/
Tags: Interactive Art, Physical Computing, Musical Instrument, Water Globe, Sensors and Motors
About the Maker(s)
Cho Rong Hwang
Laurel Boylen
Shin-Yi Huang
Soyoung Park [
NYU ITP
Soyoung Park uses technology such as sensors and microcontrollers to "make dreams come true." Her focus has been on designing interactive magical atmospheres. Her motto is Walt Disney's quote, "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born in Seoul, South Korea and studied Ceramic Art, but now lives and studies in New York, where she is a student in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program within Tisch School of the Arts.
Maker Faire is sponsored by:
10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
Avoid the lines: buy tickets in advance!
Tickets available online or at the Austin Children's Museum
