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Quantified-Self
Quantified-Self
Forour semesterproject with the topic „Quantified-Self“ (seehttp://quantifiedself.com/ for further informations),I planned to document a hole day in my life with a self-buildedcamera. Thegadget should not be controlled with a regular Trigger, but with thehelp from bodyfunctions like skinresistance (polygraph), apulsesensor, microphone and a timeintervall from 30 minutes.Whenever, for example, my heartbeat is faster than a setted value thecamera makes a picture.
Afterthree measured days, all of the produced images are copied into adynamic generated layout (via processing) and then printed out. Fromnow the viewer can follow on the timeline my hole day I had.
Becausethe gadget had no regular or manual control options, it was a veryuncommon uncontrollabilityfor me. In this way, I created a „full-time“ monitoring: It wasnot possible to censor some of the situations during the day (likesitting on the toilet).
Thetechnology taking over controll and decided about the imagerelevance!
Afterthree measured days, all of the produced images are copied into adynamic generated layout (via processing) and then printed out. Fromnow the viewer can follow on the timeline my hole day I had.
Becausethe gadget had no regular or manual control options, it was a veryuncommon uncontrollabilityfor me. In this way, I created a „full-time“ monitoring: It wasnot possible to censor some of the situations during the day (likesitting on the toilet).
Thetechnology taking over controll and decided about the imagerelevance!
1. The camera on my body
2. Detail view
3. Generate the layout with processing.
4. The final printed out timelines.
5. Unfolded
6. Details of the Timeline: The symbol above the picture tells the viewer which sensor triggered the camera. And the lines gives space for a personal note.
7. Some examples of images made with the gadget.
8. Used technology
