Monday, February 7, 2011

Embodiment Assignment!

NOVUM
The Nealth Omnidirectional Visual
Unification Microlouver pixel



At 4mm in length, each NOVUM pixel is a tiny addition to an extensive array of identical components, each contributing to make almost any covered object appear almost completely invisible. Every pixel transmits and displays seven multi-angled video feeds simultaneously to and from a corresponding pixel.

An invalid LCD screen is a screen which displays a feed from an angle the viewer would not normally experience from their viewpoint. Polarized blinders shield invalid screens from the onlooker’s view so that they only see one side of the pixel at a time. The blinders diffuse light to increase the viewing angle of valid screens. Invalid screens diffuse light as well (achieved through polarized microlouver technology).

Each NOVUM pixel is interactive, in that it communicates with all the others to calculate which pixel is synchronized with which so that the appropriate views are transmitted to the corresponding screens (using complex 3D vector visualization software programmed into each pixel).

Besides the LCD screens, cameras, and internal components, the structure of each NOVUM pixel is primarily composed of aluminum (a very cheap and light material). Another key material (used in the blinders for its low level of reactivity) is silicon. Silicon is the second most abundance element on earth, so it is naturally quite inexpensive as well. The majority of the cost goes towards the electronics (cameras and LCD screens), which together would cost approximately $80 CAD. The total combined total of material and construction costs add up to around $100 CAD.

 Alex Ornat's NOVUM pixel skp

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