Convergence
Winter 2020
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Jung Hsu
Bi0film.net
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Natalia Rivera
Bi0film.net
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hayate kobayashi
Dividoorism
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Dain Park
Dividoorism
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Lucie Jo Knilli
how we meet again [?]
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Jens Tiemann
How we meet again [?]
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Tatiana Pakhmutova
The Price of Sharing
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Niklas Thran
Time Flies
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Zoe Spehr
time flies
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Dirk Erdmann
UNTIL
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Hibiki Ishijima
UNTIL
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Philippe Hansen
[not] to be continued
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Orlando Helfer Rabaça
[not] to be continued
Jung Hsu — Bi0film.net
Convergence — Winter 2020
Independent and distributed communication networks are at the core of self-organized communities. Based on the idea of biological peer-to-peer networks, which explore how microorganisms like bacteria communicate and collectively act, we have built a human biofilm-like connectivity enhancer.
Bi0film.net is an umbrella antenna. It hacks an everyday use umbrella, turning it into a parabolic WIFI antenna, to extend the signal range for a mobile phone to join a network. Besides covering, hiding, and protecting the user, Bi0film.net helps them communicate. Depending on the adaptation, the umbrella can act as an antenna for a repeater or as a complementary part of a cantenna.
Umbrellas became a symbol of resistance during Hong Kong protests, where the ideas of self-organization, distributed networks, and collaboration strengthened themselves with the “Be Water” narrative. This is an open-source project based on a call-to-action website, where those interested in joining the bacteria resistance can find the DIY instructions to build it.
Visit the project website: http://www.bi0film.net
In collaboration with Natalia Rivera
Based on the tutorial by Andrew Mcneil
Thanks to:
Juan Manuel Anzola - Scientific advice
Lulu Hsieh - Scientific advice
Carlos Acosta - Conceptual advice
Manuel Orellana - Technical advice
ZKL - Technical advice
Brian Chang - Model
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