Wireless Fidelity

Béatrice Lartigue, Lab212

ISDAT, Toulouse, FRA

Master Design

WiFi, "Wireless Fidelity" refers to a set of communication protocols used for wireless data transmission within a computer network.

"Wireless communication is thus invading our functional space. Some people speak of an ambient network, like the ambient air, in which we are immersed." Encyclopædia Universalis

This workshop aims to: . Question the uses and properties of communication protocols - such as WiFi . Question the materiality of non-visible phenomena as an artistic potential.

Through the discovery and experimentation of programming environments and languages - such as Arduino: . Introduction to electronics (concept, board, electronics, programming language, libraries, online resources...) . Realization of a prototype of real-time in-situ WiFi network tracking.

The final objective is: . The conceptualisation and materialisation in space of the captured data (via the functional prototype, or open source databases), through the achievement of a tangible device (paper model, sound, light...).

Arduino MKR WiFi 1010, OLED display, Li-Po battery, Lego, fog machine, motors...

Dominique Leray, Atelier Machina, ISDAT

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