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From the 19th to 21th of April 2007 a BlueSense workshop was organised for the "Stedelijke Academie Oostende". In cooperation with Pieter Coussement an introduction was given in Max/MSP and BlueSense to interested artists.

For more info on our workshops go to this page. If you are interested in a workshop at your location please contact us. In this workshop we used a large number of BlueSense modules together with all sorts of used electronics.

Foto impression

The first evening started slowly with a 'theoretical' explanation of the usage of Max/MSP for one group and.....

...an explanation of the basics of electronics for a second group.

Windows (Cygwin) console for testing 'hardware' related problems.

How to wire all these modules??

Controlling a RGB colour LED.

Our inventory.

The greatest invention of the 20th century: tape.

Setting up a light sensor.

Controlling several fans.

A caterpillar tire system controlled with a tilt joystick.

Some participants didn't need any explanation,

CD-ROM drives

CD-ROM drives retrofitted. The idea was to control the opening and closing of the drives from Max/MSP.

Laserprinter

Controlling the movement of a laser printer.

Sculpture

A sculpture which thunders when movement is detected!

The light sensor has been placed ontop of a set of binoculars.