Software art is broadly pretty much what I do and by Physical Computing I mean anything that is not standard computer in/out that negotiates with the world. These pages show some of my research and works as well as snippets of code and bits of hardware that I have found useful.
I work a lot with image analysis or computer vision and I usually capture my imagery with timelapse using standard cameras and mobile phones which have been transformed. I got interested in timelapse because of my work researching climate change. Because I am interested in climate change I am interested in change over time and because of this I am interested in time generally and how time is measured and observed.
The software or coding platforms I work in are mostly Java, Python and Processing and Flash. But figuring out how to talk to objects and figuring plugins and api's usually takes up a fair amount of my time.
I am currently developing tools for mobile devices mostly for the Symbian platform using the excellent Python (psy60)scripting language, it gives me access to all the things I want including camera and GPS, todays smart phones are really for the first time getting smart.
In physical computing I do most of my experimenting with the arduino platform, but am also keen on interfacing in other ways with other things and have been recently working with tiRGBLED to get some colour in my life. I am also working on blue tooth devices and I want to connect things together to create little networked webs whose whole is more impressive than the parts.
I work at Goldsmiths University Design Department, University of London, so my research often follows what the students are up to. We are currently interested in new web based API's such as the one for flickr/yahoo, google maps and also mobile devices including the I-Phone.
I also work in 3D and I use Rhino and Maya to create physical objects and digital animations, I have been experimenting with RhinoScripting and a little bit of MEL and would like to create some data driven 3D objects and interactive virtual environments.