High-Level Project Summary
The project aims to instigate non-scientists curiosity about the Sun and how it impacts on our daily lifes thru sensorial arts. Currently spatial data are accessible to most people, but due to its complicated understanding ends up limiting the scope of this information and consequently creating disinterest on the part of society.To solve this problem we proposed an interactive system, where people can visit and interact with various forms of art that stimulate the senses (vision, hearing, touch, vibrations, temperature and more) that have been translated from data obtained from solar probes, explaining what they are and how they affect in their lives daily.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
SolART is a proposal to use the data obtained by solar probes, translating this data into experiences that stimulate the user's senses.
Many of the data produced are numerical, so it is possible to create a table of conversion of these data and how they can be presented sensorially. For example, the temperature of the solar wind can be translated into color, to then brighten a room or change a website's background. The density of the solar wind can be translated into an audio frequency played on the same site.
As there are several data and different sensory experiences to be explored, each platform and interface can take advantage of this experience in a different way. A sensorial art installation could use the most diverse stimuli to a large number of senses. A website on a computer already has fewer interfaces and therefore can stimulate fewer senses.
These experiences would be used as a means to arouse people's curiosity, so that they begin to try to understand why the color of the screen or lighting changes, what is the data that is responsible for it, about what phenomenon this data is and how it can be impact our lives.
It is known that knowledge obtained in ways that arouse curiosity tends to be more learned. So even teachers could use these experiences, increasing knowledge about the Sun and how it affects people's lives.
Space Agency Data
We used data from SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.
Data like: REAL TIME SOLAR WIND, SOLAR CYCLE PROGRESSION, PLANETARY K-INDEX, GOES X-RAY FLUX (DYNAMIC PLOT).
Hackathon Journey
Our journey was a completely different experience, full of challenges, we were able to know and learn more about astronomy, and get to know NASA's interface better according to each challenge, we were also able to socialize with other teams and increase our knowledge even more.
References
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux-dynamic-plot
http://www2.inpe.br/climaespacial/portal/missao-nasa-brazil-sport-cubesat-ira-investigar-fenomenos-ionosfericos-equatoriais-para-melhor-previsao-do-tempo-espacial/
Tags
#art #artInstallation #SensorialArt #Educational #Senses #accessibility