[Konst+Vetenskap] Flashing, lights!

Ovan, Cell Phone Disco, ett verk av Ursula Lavrencic och Auke Touwslager som består av lysdioder som är känsliga för elektromagnetisk strålning och som således kan visualisera strålningen från en mobiltelefon.

These flashing cells consist of a sensor that detects electromagnetic (EM) radiation in the spectrum of GSM cellular network, a LED and a battery. When the sensor detects EM waves it sets off the LED to flash for a couple of seconds. We took this of-the-shelf technology and slightly altered it in order to achieve a good level of sensitivity. By its multiplication we generated a surface that makes a property of the environment, usually hidden from our senses, perceptible.