Live Image Processing Midterm

2005-03-01T20:15:00.000-08:00

My final project in this class will combine with my thesis.

Since I am very interested in sustainability, I began last semester working on a recumbent exercise bicycle that would be able to recharge a battery and therefore power things off of human power. It started as a Sustainable Energy project, and will now turn into my final for this class. I'm not sure of the exact interface but will post as much as I can here to illucidate the idea.

The basic thing that I wanted to do originally was to create a bike that would recharge a battery and could be a powering station. At this point, the idea has changed a little. I would instead like to create a bike that would power a visual display that could run a max patch, making the piece immersive and interactive. I am not sure exactly what the visuals would be, but most likely they could be something that would involve education about sustainability, or perhaps just visuals of how well the user is recharging the battery. (maybe this would be something that i could calculate thru max?)

so below, is my original idea from my sustainability class:

and here is an overhead of how four bicycles might be set up in a round room display, facing outward, so that when 4 bikes were pedaled simultaneously, they could create a nearly 360 degree view of one continuous image. (could this also be set up in max? so the videos could properly adjust speed, etc?):

so, the idea ultimately is that the video display would be powered by the bike, and max would power what was being shown on the display.

Teresita Cochran ITP Thesis 2005

Live Image Processing Midterm