Images courtesy of Bright Eyes Kickstarter Page
To understand technology is to not only the rapidly changing world, but to understand ourselves and our abilities. If people could get over the initial intimidation of learning to program, new and innovative applications could expand even further. Inventor Daniel Hirschmann knows this very well and has embarked on a new project to help us all learn the fundamentals of programming and look fabulous at the same time with Bright Eyes DIY LED Glasses.
Bright Eyes is DIY technology kit that encourages people to learn programming with a pair of glasses which have 174 LEDs that you can program yourself in a variety of ways. The only limit is your imagination. These LEDs can play back graphics and videos off a micro SD card, or be controlled using any micro-controller platform.
All of the code is open source and freely available. With easy to understand tutorials, you can create standalone graphics, animations, or generative visuals. By adding sensors to the glasses, Bright Eyes can respond to music or connect them to your twitter account and share your tweets.
Video: The Bright Eyes Kit – Kickstarter
Daniel Hirschmann started Technology Can Save Us, the first haberdashery for technology and education. It helps to educate and enable people to be more creative and productive with the technology in our lives. DIY technology kits and hands-on workshops are readily available, which have very specific learning agendas.
Daniel Hirschmann is a South Africa born artist who uses technology, relationships and spontaneity to enable his artistic practice. His portfolio includes responsive sculpture, interactive spaces and generative prints which have been exhibited in shows around the world, most notably, the Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art in NY, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the V&A in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Nice, and the Resolution Gallery in Johannesburg. He built on his Fine Arts studies with a Masters at NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program where he specialised in physical computing and interactive sculpture. He has lectured at various highly respected institutions around the globe.
