reactive sparks: interactive led art responds to traffic

March 28th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

This interactive art display takes data it collects on passing traffic and displays moving images which react to vehicles as they drive by.

Designed by artist Markus Lerner for lighting company OSRAM, the installation samples traffic patterns and maps them onto seven colorful light towers side of the road, each containing over 110,000 individual LEDs.

The waves at the bottom of each panel represent the amount of traffic that has recently passed, while a “spark” that flashes across each screen whenever a new car passes by. The more cars that pass the sensors, the bigger the waves, and the faster the motion.

The installation is currently on display alongside Munich, Germany’s highly-congested Mittlerer Ring, a thoroughfare that conveniently happens to be right in front of OSRAM’s headquarters.

[via today in art]

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filed under:  interactive

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tags: displaygermanygraphhighwayledlightmunichosrampatternroadtrafficvehicle

March 28th, 2008 comments (2): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

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