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Beautiful Visuals Created Using the Processing Programming Language [Animation]
Gizmodo — ... Processing is an open source programming language designed for visual artists, "created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool." Originally developed at the MIT Media Lab, it's a free alternative to fancy, expensive, proprietary software tools. And man, can you make some cool stuff with it. This video, created by Glenn Marshall using Processing, is called Metamophosis. Featuring music by the incomparable Boards of Canada, it's ...

Coding a Game of Life sequencer in Processing
MAKE Magazine — Game Of Life Sequencer in Processing from wesen on Vimeo. In this informative example of 'code-maker zen', Wesen (of Ruin & Wesen) shows us how to code a MIDI sequencer based on Conway's Game of Life in Processing. He uses some custom code to interface with MIDI - available as a free download here. [via Create Digital Music] And if you're not so much into the coding side, you could always give Failrate's flash-based Game of Life sequencer a go here ...

“Metamorphosis” et “Music is Math” par Glenn Marshall
w3sh magazine — “Metamorphosis” et “Music is Math” sont deux animations magnifiques réalisées par Glenn Marshall en utilisant le language visuel de programmation open source appelé Processing. On notera la musique par Boards of Canada (”Corsair” et “‘Music is Math”). Metamorphosis de Glenn Marshall sur Vimeo, via Laughing Squid

Metamorphosis 2 To Corsair
GEARFUSE — Glenn Marshall is the master of Processing and mixing an old Boards of Canada song (Corsair) into motion graphics. The above video, dubbed “Metamorphosis 2″, is one of his finest works. Try watching it at 2:00am before going to bed and I think you’ll find it ...

Ben Fry on the intersection of art and technology
Core77 — ... , co-developer of the Processing open-source programming environment and recent winner of the prestigious Muriel Cooper Award for interactive digital communication, discusses the ever-increasing crossover between art, design, and technology. Saturday, November 01 • ...

eyeSequencer generates music from the iris
MAKE Magazine — ... Every now and then you see some particullary beautiful eyes … some of them inspired me to use images of eyes to create musical material. I wrote a little framework/application in Processing to help me analyse the image. “Scanners” circulate in the eye and analyse RGB and brightness values. These values are used to create OSC Messages, which then are send to ...

Processing 1.0 is out!
MAKE Magazine — ... Processing 1.0 is out - Arduino and Wiring are physical computing initiatives related to Processing, open source, data visualization, amazing work - and now it's 1.0! ...

Processing 1.0: Officially non-beta
MAKE Magazine — Processing is officially out of Beta! Yep, after 162 iterations of the ever-so-popular open-source programming environment, they have officially released version1.0. Check out the link at the end of the post to download your copy today and start learning about this amazing program. [image: Solar demo, 2008. Robert Hodgin] Today, on November 24, 2008, we launch the 1.0 version of the Processing software. Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. ...

Christmas lights color organ
MAKE Magazine — Game programmer Jack Kern took time out from coding pixels and turned his house into a holiday color organ using Processing - This is my first attempt at a computer controlled light show for our Christmas lights. Everything was DIY including the software which I wrote in Processing (processing.org). Simple wiring using parallel port output to switch some 120v relays. Only 8 channels, 1500w per channel max. Next year I'll be trying for many more, dimmable, LED's and DMX control of our RGY lasers!Definitely looking forward to ...

Harmonic table input software
MAKE Magazine — Grant writes - I created a replica of the C-thru AXiS harmonic table keyboard using Processing, rwmidi, and ControlP5. You can click to send note ons, or drag around with the mouse to send lots of them. Still working on getting it installed on tablet or touchscreen so I can use my fingers. If I like how it feels to play, I'll buy a C-thru. Its a good way to test a new interface without sinking 1000's of bucks into it.Great idea for those interested in this alternative controller format. Visit Grant's blog for software ...

Arduino based Etch-A-Sketch interface
MAKE Magazine — Make subscriber Trevor built a simple drawing interface using Arduino and Processing - There are two potentiometers (horizontal and vertical) plugged into two of the analog inputs of Arduino. The board reads the state of the two potentiometers, and sends them as an ordered pair via USB (technically, it's via serial, but there's a built in USB-serial converter on the Arduino) to the computer. A small program written in Processing uses the ordered pairs coming in from the board to draw a line on the screen. As you turn the knobs, you can ...

Displaying video on Peggy 2
MAKE Magazine — EMS Labs decided to give Jay Clegg's excellent Peggy video hack a go and documented the results. The updated version of the project requires a Peggy 2 board (with all 625 LEDs installed), an Arduino (for Serial to I2C data conversion), and a computer running Processing with a video source. I'm thinking this is probably the absolute coolest Peggy mod possible! If you have an unused/older machine + webcam available, this setup could make for a prime digital art display. Just make sure you build ...

beautiful bytes: distellamap presents codes of classic video games
technabob — There’s geek art, and then there’s geek art. Ben Fry’s creations are to programmers what blueprints are to architects. Here’s a sample of his work, which he calls “distellamaps”. It’s a map of the code for the Atari version of Pac-Man: Ben Fry explains, “Like any other game console, Atari 2600 cartridges contain executable code also commingled with data. This lists the code as columns of assembly language. Most of it is math or conditional statements (if x is true, go to y), so each time there’s “go to” a ...

Arduino synth/sequencer with Processing + R2R DAC
MAKE Magazine — ... , with the addition of a small amplifier using an LM386 op amp chip and a couple resistors and capacitors for some basic filtering. On the code side I’ve created a much more substantial instrument. Using Processing I built an interface to create a 32 sample waveform and a melody. The data is sent live to the ...

Glowdoodle lets you paint with light
MAKE Magazine — Eric started experimenting with processing and came up with GlowDoodle. A few weeks ago, he showed me the program and we messed around with some light. When we talked, he had the mac version running, and was still in development of the Windows version, which is also now ready for a free download. There are a bunch of neat samples on Flickr as well. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | ...

PianoDuino
MAKE Magazine — This is an interesting musical interface called the PianoDuino. It uses the SoundCipher library for Processing and an Arduino to create interactive sound. Check out the web site for a little more information, and all the code needed to build your own. PianoDuino is a simple experiment that integrates Arduino, Processing and a library to manipulate sounds, the SoundCipher. The idea was to try the Multiplexer / demultiplex 4051. More about PianoDuino [untranslated] In the Maker ...

Homebrew Robot Raises Hand to Call Attention to Tweets
Wired: Gadget Lab — If you are struggling to keep up with all the twitter updates from your friends, there’s a little robot that can help you out. The ‘Guardian Robot’ is an adorable machine that monitors your twitter feed for “happy” or “sad” updates from friends and then alerts you of the tweets by either raising its hand for a high-five or lowering its head, reports U.K. publication The Guardian. The robot that can sit on your desk will even tweet a reply on your behalf from its own twitter id @guardianrobot The Guardian Robot is not as ...

Murmur Study by Christopher Baker and Marton Andras Juhasz
MAKE Magazine — ... which receives data from Processing. This piece really did make me think about all the personal information available on the internet, and what it might be used for in the future. Scary. ...

Visualization of changes to Darwin's Origin of Species over time
MAKE Magazine — the preservation of favoured traces | ben fry via Waxy. We often think of scientific ideas, such as Darwin's theory of evolution, as fixed notions that are accepted as finished. In fact, Darwin's On the Origin of Species evolved over the course of several editions he wrote, edited, and updated during his lifetime. The first English edition was approximately 150,000 words and the sixth is a much larger 190,000 words. In the changes are refinements and shifts in ideas — whether increasing the weight of a statement, adding details, or even a change in the idea itself. The ...

Sketching in Hardware is Changing Your Life, by Fabricio Dore
Core77 — ... board. The Institute also collaborated in the development of Processing , a simplified programming language aimed at designers, artists, and non-programmers created by ...

Controlling a MIDI synthesizer with light
MAKE Magazine — I like where Youtube user DanieleMattei is going with his video Filter control via light blob tracking in Processing. Using OpenCV and Processing (what else!), he rigged up a way to control the parameters of his MIDI synthesizer by waving a flashlight around. It doesn't look too complicated to set up, and might be a fun way to compose something as a group. With a web cam built into your laptop, you could set up a mobile sound station that anyone with a flashlight (or bright cellphone screen) could play. Read ...

Teaching Your Kids To Be Programmers
GeekDad — Programming 101 (image: desktopnexus.com) I’m always keen to get my kids into video gaming, although I’m not sure why. Perhaps because of this, I was really taken by a story told by a friend (@Pixelh8) who reviews games on Game People with me. He tells of how a simple ...

iPhone-controlled DIY solar-powered tank [Video]
SlashGear — ... app to convert Open Sound Control signals into serial commands that the tank can understand via Processing.  In fact, you don’t need an iPhone to do all of this; anything that can squirt signals into Processing will do the trick. ...