Tuesday, 9 February 2010

paper radio info.



http://www.jessicacharlesworth.com/paper%20radio.htm
http://www.jessicacharlesworth.com/paper%20radio2.htm
Paper lately seems to have caught the fancy of artists, designers and crafters alike. The latest fusion of paper crafts and technology is a laser cut paper radio created by Matt Brown.

Equip with RFID chips, each paper radio is programmed with a preference for a particular musician or band. When placed over a speaker (embedded with an RFID reader I assume), the radios triggers the musician's or band's songs to play.

The concept, I believe, is to bring a certain set of tangibility to the now intangible world of digital music and internet radio.
It would be pretty cool though if they weren't all shaped like radios—I'd love to have a collection of charming paper trinkets, each assigned to a particular genre of music.
http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/rfid-paper-radio



7 comments:

  1. RFID Radio by Matt Brown More from Matt Brown, this time it’s laser cut paper radios with RFID tags. Designed for and by musicians, charities, brands and designers, when the paper-RFID radio is placed over a speaker with an RFID reader in it, it changes the radio station to what the artist has chosen. Bren

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  2. The system is composed of a speaker with an RFID reader and laser cut paper radios with RFID chips inside. The radios themselves are designed by musicians, charities, brands, and designers. When the paper radio is placed over the speaker it changes the radio station to what the artist has chosen. Other noises and interactions can be programmed in as well.Says Matt, "Alec Baldwin's radio for example could politely ask everyone to turn their lights off from time to time. People could have the paper radios around their house in different rooms. The Supremes radio might be a better living room station."

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