GitHub - AravinthPanch/araBeat: An interactive New Media Art system to translate the heartbeat of the visitor to an artistic form of sound and light in real-time.

araBeat

araBeat is an interactive new media art developed for the artistic sonification of Electrocardiogram (ECG). It is a complete system that consists of modules of ECG, DSP, MCU & Motherboard.

araBeat captures ECG of human Interactors through two gel-less electrodes, identifies the QRS complex of ECG, calculates the time difference between the R wave peaks and using Audio DSP, it synthesizes high & low frequency sound in realtime, which is synchronized with the heartbeats of the Interactor.

araBeat lies in the spectrum of new media art, the form of interaction with the technology is designed with aesthetics in mind using stainless steel electrodes in the form of human hand.

araBeat is designed to be extendable using modular designs, so that every component can be just individually plugged into the motherboard. It is also built as an industrial grade system to operate in harsh weather conditions from -40 ° Celsius to 85 ° Celsius. Furthermore, it is designed to comply with medical grade electronics to have low electrical noises and safety.

In the first public appearance, araBeat is integrated into a permanent & public mosaic art installation called "The Heart Of Uptown", located at MoZaic East, Minneapolis, USA.

The Heart Of Uptown powered by araBeat

ARTISTS

Aravinth Panch < http://aravinth.info > New Media Art
Stacia Goodman < http://www.staciagoodmanmosaics.com > Mosaic Art

COLLABORATORS

Marc Basara - Project Management, Minneapolis
Stuart Ackerberg - Art Producer, Minneapolis
Felix Christmann - Industrial Design, Berlin
Alessandro Aresta - Sound Engineering, Berlin
Len Goodman - Graphic Design, Minneapolis
John Bean, Giam Nguyen, Hart Johnson, Randi Johnson - Production Management, Minneapolis
Pavel Spieker, Kelly Ludeking, Anthony Kling - Structural Design & Construction, Minneapolis
Shresth Agrawal - Software Engineering, Berlin
Chris Kooper - Metalworking, Berlin

SUPPORTERS

Natalia Aravinth, Mladen Miljic, Darina Onoprienko - Family & Mental Support
David Riding, Jasmin Skenderi - Electrical Design Review, Next Big Thing, Berlin
Karissa Xie, Rolin Pei - CNC Machining, HLH Prototypes, Shenzhen
Monica Shen, Ivy Li, Carmen Zheng - PCB Manufacturing, Seeed Studio, Shenzhen
Goran, Sascha Hamacher - WaterJet Cutting, S-Hamacher Art Production Studio, Berlin
Robert Blowsky - Digital Signal Processing, Analog Devices, EZ Forum