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responsible parties: Mike Weller

definition:

we interpret ourselves through the framework of current technology, the technology represented by the utilitarian objects we interact with in our daily lives

using objects from three distinct technological generations, create a representation of a person in the process of technological transition

desription:

a sheet metal kerberos at the digital gates

you feed it your junk mail and it emails a picture of it to you before shredding it

a handy board listens for a breakbeam in front of the shredder to be broken

when the beam is broken, the handy board sends a signal to an apple script on the computer to snap a picture with a webcam and email it to your account

after pausing to allow the apple script to run, the handy board turns on the shredder

the handyboard then listens for the letter to clear the breakbeam, and when it does the handyboard pauses to allow the letter to fully clear the shredder and then turns the shredder off

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last updated 5.3.2002 by Mike Weller