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OOOHack 24

Eroboros

Lexy, Yoyo, Jenna, Bryn, Taylor, Ava, Jude, Zev

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Literature Review

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A Modular Synthesizer for Sex

  • Feedback built-in
  • Non-representational
  • Flexible mapping of inputs to outputs
  • Potential for modulation and mixing

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…why?

  • Null hypothesis is at least worth testing
  • Decoupling sex from trauma / stigma
  • Inherent privacy through obfuscation
  • Transcendence of the human experience and constraint of ego

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Architecture Diagram

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What currently works

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INPUTS (Arduino)

  • Adafruit Bluefruit platform
  • Pulse sensor amped
  • onboard microphone
  • samples data and transmits via serial (currently wired, but bluetooth also an option)
  • snazzy lights

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INPUTS (Wearable Design)

heartbeat

sensor

palm

microphone

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INPUTS (Wearable Design)

Pattern pieces

Circuitry

Wearable

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OUTPUTS (Browser visuals)

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OUTPUTS (Mechanosensory)

  • buttplug.io
  • relay control

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Hooking up

  • serial data to OSC
  • UDP publish/subscribe

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Summary