IoT (Internet of Things) technology is being broken down to basics by focusing on binary code—the language of “1” and “0” that forms the foundation of computing.

• Project Overview:  Every time someone touches a sensor, it sends either a “0” or a “1” to a nearby screen.
• Why Capacitive Sensors?
  Passive infrared (PIR) sensors couldn’t detect motion through the glass, while Doppler radar sensors were too sensitive for close-range detection. Capacitive touch sensors ultimately proved ideal, reliably registering each touch.
• How It Works
  The sensors are connected to a Raspberry Pi, a compact computer. The sensors were programmed using Python, a language often chosen for IoT projects for its simplicity and versatility. The Raspberry Pi wirelessly connects to the internet, allowing real-time online updates each time the sensors are touched.
• Visuals Inspired by Key Punch Cards
  The visuals draw inspiration from early key punch cards. Developed in the late 19th century and widely used throughout the 20th century, these punch cards  represented “there” or “not there,” displaying information in a physical representation of “1” and “0”, an early example of binary computing.

Scanning the QR code ablove will direct you to a webpage that shows real-time counts of sensor touches, demonstrating how IoT technology can collect and share data instantly.

Dream River brings their music and drums to the scene, they’ve dressed the Warehouse stage for Science Week!

Step into Resonant—an immersive audio-visual installation by Séad Collective—and be drawn into a world shaped by sound.

This installation invites you to feel, rather than hear the impact of sound on the mind and body.

As the journey begins, you are wrapped in the raw edges of noise, within the quiet stone space, you are surrounded by audio that reveals the weight and resonance of noise, hinting at the tension it brings to our daily lives.

As shadows flicker, and projected images weave across the stone walls, layers of spoken word and noise intensify the tension—a sensory reminder of how the sounds all around affects us, a subtle weight hinting at the impact on our daily lives.

As the tension fades, a wave of harmonic tones emerges, enveloping you in deep, resonant frequencies. This unexpected shift invites a sense of release and reflection, blurring the lines between noise and healing, as it transforms the space into something that feels almost sacred.

As Resonant unfolds, Séad Collective invites you into a contemplative state, it is our hope that this piece will linger long after the final notes fade, inviting reflections on the dual nature of sound—its ability to both damage and to heal.

This installation seeks to open a dialogue on our everyday soundscape and, in its closing, invites you to reconnect with the restorative power that sound can hold.

Artist Matthew Kelly created the charcter Otie and developed a comic strip series in collaboration with Smart Balbriggan.  The series includes 5 stories about the history, evolution and current day impacts emaanating from the Internet of Things (IoT).

The series will be launched in the Our Balbrigggan Hub on Thurs Nov 14th and will be displayed in The Lark throughout How It’s Made Nov 14th to 16th.