{"id":8952,"date":"2014-10-06T02:48:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T06:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8952"},"modified":"2021-10-02T17:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T21:31:15","slug":"satellite-lamps-project-highlights-the-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8952","title":{"rendered":"‘Satellite Lamps’ project highlights the GPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The Global Positioning System<\/a> or GPS has become like weather imaging and Direct-to-Home TV – another space application that is pervasive in our lives\u00a0and yet taken totally for granted. Most of the public now uses GPS routinely on cell phones but is\u00a0not aware that GPS\u00a0is enabled\u00a0by a constellation of satellites. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Satellite Lamps<\/a>\u00a0art\/education project by designers Einar Sneve Martinussen, J\u00f8rn Knutsen, and Timo Arnall that aims to “illuminate” how the otherwise\u00a0invisible\u00a0GPS is actually a dynamic, variable, and active system. Their approach involves\u00a0a set of lamps whose brightness depends on the strength of GPS signals detected by a receiver attached to each\u00a0lamp.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the satellites go in and out of view of the receivers, the lamp’s glow will vary. This is particularly so in cities where tall structures limit direct views of the sky.<\/p>\n

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The project is outlined\u00a0at\u00a0Kairos 19.1: Martinussen et al, Satellite Lamps \u2013 Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

In Satellite Lamps, practices and languages of design are put to use to explain and situate the phenomena of GPS. We use photography, filmmaking and fieldwork, electronics and product design, as well as design observations on culture and technology to explore some of the ways in which GPS can be communicated and understood.<\/em><\/p>\n

This short film also describes the project:<\/p>\n