The Earthwalk
an intuitive new way to control Google Earth
This installation allows the user to navigate the earth’s surface using five footpads. The arrows represent the cardinal points as heading directions. Activation of one of the pads simultaneously with the center pad will speed up the pace of navigation. Simultaneous activation of the pads marked with plus or minus will result in zooming in and out respectively.
The project was carried out within the framework of the Arduino Workshop at the Design College HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd November 2006, under the supervision of Massimo Banzi, one of the inventors of Arduino.
Year: 2006
Tags: installation, tangible user interface
Partners:
Exhibitions:
Juvenalia 2008 - Innovaciõn y Tecnologia / Madrid (Spain)
»Campus Futuro« at the Campus Party 2009 / São Paulo (Brasil)
»Campus Futuro« at the Campus Party 2008 / Valencia (Spain)
Event for the introduction of Google Maps Czech / Prague (Czech Republic)
Enter3 - 3. Interantional Festival for Art, Science and Technology / Prague (Czech Republic)
TransISTor 2007 - training initiative by ciant / Prague (Czech Republic)
Designmai Berlin 2007 / Berlin (Germany)
Publications:
»Arduino - die kleine Schwester von Processing« in the german design magazine PAGE
Various mentions on russian, czech, spanish and brasil television