Brooklyn Research worked with artist Ivana Bašić on two of her pieces, A thousand years ago ten seconds of breath were 40 grams of dust #1 and #2, for her show Through the Hum of Black Velvet Sleep. Both sculptures were nearly identical. Based on the designs of the artist, Brooklyn Research designed the electrical [...]
Brooklyn Research worked with artist Jamian Juliano-Villani to modify a 1955 J-L Seeburg jukebox to play custom audio prepared for her piece Same Time Next Year (Part One). The custom audio would only play when a user selected one of five selections on the selector panel. If a user made a selection but it wasn't [...]
Brooklyn Research worked with Brooklyn Model Works to help design and fabricate an automated selfie stick for the television show UnReal on Lifetime. The automated selfie stick allowed users to control the distance of the phone/camera to the user. High powered LED lights were installed that users could control by the push of a button. [...]
Brooklyn Research designed and programmed the lights for Mika Tajima's temporary outdoor sculpture for Sculpture Center. The color of the lights change throughout the day to reflect the rate of change of gold valuation via a real time data feed. The lights are set against the backdrop of Midtown Manhattan and are accompanied by a [...]
https://player.vimeo.com/video/167827924 Brooklyn Research collaborated with Urban Matter in developing an interactive sound and light tree for the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The Sound Tree has nine branches/fins installed that are lined with diffused LED lighting and animated through an color sequence when not activated. Once a user enters the [...]
In conjunction with Local Projects, Brooklyn Research worked on an exhibit for the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. For this project, Brooklyn Research engineered and fabricated the physical and electronic component of the Creature Creation station that is a part of the Tech Museum's BioDesign studio exhibit. At this station, new creatures can [...]
A physical soundboard that plays sounds at the push of a button. This soundboard is networked to a webpage where users can upload and select the sound files they want assigned to each button so users can have the perfect custom sound effect for any occasion. Google Creative Lab requested this as indispensable addition to [...]
Artist Glen Fogel wanted to create an installation synchronizing lights, sounds, and video together as part of an immersive personal experience. Brooklyn Research aided this by creating the control system and custom video, light, and sound synchronization system as well as design and fabrication of the custom lighting elements.
A modified vuvuzela that knows when the vuvuzela is being played and then emits an infrared signal spoofing a television remote control changing the channel to one. Brooklyn Research designed, fabricated, and programmed a small scale run of hundreds of these modified vuvuzelas based on a concept and design by TBWA\Chiat\Day for the beIN sports channel.
A LED locker wall system for the US Open allowing people to check in their portable devices to charge in a lockers. Each locker was a pixel for an 8-bit like display with various visual modes. These panels were designed, fabricated and programmed by Brooklyn Research for the Chase US Open 2016 kiosk done by [...]
