Digital Ecologies: Parasite
Tool: Particle Photon, P5js, Adobe XD
Brief: "Create small electronic organisms that sense their environment, react to it, collect data, and share it over a wireless network to form an electronic ecology."
Digital Ecologies: Parasite is an exploratory project using Photon, a wireless microcontroller, to test how bio-data can be used for remote interaction. I was particularly interested in whether pulse detection—as a reflection of emotions—could be incorporated into this digital ecosystem. To experiment with this idea, I attempted physical computing to measure my pulse and send the data to a connected system. The goal was to see if real-time biometric data could create meaningful exchanges with a remote participant and contribute to a shared electronic ecology.
Digital Ecologies: Parasite is an exploratory project using Photon, a wireless microcontroller, to test how bio-data can be used for remote interaction. I was particularly interested in whether pulse detection—as a reflection of emotions—could be incorporated into this digital ecosystem. To experiment with this idea, I attempted physical computing to measure my pulse and send the data to a connected system. The goal was to see if real-time biometric data could create meaningful exchanges with a remote participant and contribute to a shared electronic ecology.
Our final outcome was a web page where users' variable data interact in real time. Graphic elements move dynamically based on each participant’s data, emphasizing the interconnected nature of the system. We named it "Parasite" to highlight how each data point relies on another, creating a symbiotic digital relationship.
Final webpage Link ︎︎︎
Final webpage Link ︎︎︎