Swarm Light is an $180k LED chandelier controlled by an iPhone
If you do watch the video, you can see that the whole thing is run by an iPhone. rAndom International created their own internal app for Apple's device to run their various installations, and the iPhone app can dim the lights, adjust them to ambient light conditions and switch through the various modes. Just another awesome use of the iPhone.
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This thing you see in the video on the next page (and in the picture above) is called the "Swarm Light." It's a series of little LEDs hung...
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"..App that was developed..." stop joking, the app is obviously TouchOSC
http://hexler.net
In Zurich (Switzerland) we have something very similar with ~25000 leds, it's RGB, and interactive (there's an installment in the main train station and you can literally "draw" on a touchscreen and whatever you draw will appear on this 5x5x1mt led thing.
http://www.nova.ethz.ch/index.php
Looks like the VIKI interface from I Robot.
At least thats the first thing I saw in it...
Wow. Can we expect to see this in a forthcoming Apple commercial: $180K chandelier. There's an app for that!
December 06 2010 at 10:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm interested in building such a piece but dont know where to start. Anyone have any suggestions?
December 06 2010 at 10:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI saw this in the gallery in London. It looks MUCH better in person. An incredible piece, and the price as high as it is didn't surprise me... if you've looked around a bit in the contemporary art market nothing will surprise you!
December 06 2010 at 9:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's actually being controlled by a 4th gen iPod Touch...obviously the app used to control it would work on an iPhone but the fact is that he is not using an iPhone
December 06 2010 at 8:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNeat concept, but two issues:
1. No RGB? seriously? Just imagine what a full color display could do.
2. How the hell is this $180,000? Obviously it's not going to be a mass produced thing, but still seems like a ridiculous price.
This is expensive because it is custom built. It would be cool if this were a commercial product for $180 instead of $180,000.
December 06 2010 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI agree in principal, but I look at that and $5000-&10000 seems more appropriate.
December 06 2010 at 7:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyreminds me of the 3D "viewer" they use in Bones.
Frankly it would look a lot better if it was more "sparkly" so that the LEDs varied in intensity but always glowed a bit, more like a swarm of fireflies on a quiet pond on a full moon/starry night. It would be a easy software update.
It's a great concept but it is poorly presented in a plain white museum. It would be better as "mood lighting" in a large dining room or meeting area... the blue leds
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