Bo Rodda

The Active Light Cloud is an innovative approach to how we light the world of tomorrow. Using advanced computer vision that tracks any human movement against the basic static interior space, and inductively expands on that gesture to create an expanded field of pixel vectors, the system is able to predict the user’s particular lighting needs. Users can throw light down a dark hallway or bring a cluster of task light with a single gesture. Most importantly it knows to turn off the lights once the room is empty, dramatically reducing energy consumption. The Active Light Cloud’s designer, Bo Rodda, is using a similar system to track the movements of a school of fish through a series of connected aquariums at the 2009 NeoCon conference this June in Chicago.

The functional prototype of Active Cloud Lighting was developed in collaboration with SAIC’s world renowned art and technology professors, most notably Matt Nelson, Systems Programmer, Ed Bennet, Electronic Systems Designer, Anna Yu, Systems Production Supervisor, and John Manning, System Executive Producer. The system’s programmed intelligence can be extended into a wide range of commercial and residential situations. Light switches might soon be replaced by a wide variety of gestures, controlling the affect and impact of our interior lighting in more intimate, fluid, intelligent, and environmentally conscious manner.





		The Active Light Cloud is an innovative approach to how we light the world of tomorrow. Using advanced computer vision that tracks any human movement against the basic static interior space, and inductively expands on that gesture to create an expanded field of pixel vectors, the system is able to predict the user’s particular lighting needs. Users can throw light down a dark hallway or bring a cluster of task light with a single gesture. Most importantly it knows to turn off the lights once the room is empty, dramatically reducing energy consumption. The Active Light Cloud’s designer, Bo Rodda, is using a similar system to track the movements of a school of fish through a series of connected aquariums at the 2009 NeoCon conference this June in Chicago. The functional prototype of Active Cloud Lighting was developed in collaboration with SAIC’s world renowned art and technology professors, most notably Matt Nelson, Systems Programmer, Ed Bennet, Electronic Systems Designer, Anna Yu, Systems Production Supervisor, and John Manning, System Executive Producer. The system’s programmed intelligence can be extended into a wide range of commercial and residential situations. Light switches might soon be replaced by a wide variety of gestures, controlling the affect and impact of our interior lighting in more intimate, fluid, intelligent, and environmentally conscious manner.					La Nuvola Attiva Leggera è un approccio innovativo a come illuminiamo il mondo di domani. Usando la visione di computer sviluppato in OpenFrameworks, il sistema può predire i bisogni particolari diluci degla operatori, accendendo attraverso il gesto ed il movimento. Gli operatori possono lanciare la luce giù un corridoio scuro o portano un gruppo di luce di incarico con un gesto solo. L’ aspetto piu importante e che sa per spegnere le luci una volta la stanza è vuota, riducendo in modo spettacolare il consumo di energia. Il prototipo funzionale di Illuminazione di Nuvola Attiva era sviluppato nella collaborazione con SAIC i professori di arte e tecnologia rinomati, in particolare Matt Nelson, il Programmatore di Sistemi, Ed Bennet, il Designer di Sistemi Elettronico, Anna Yu, il Sovrintendente di Produzione di Sistemi, e John Manning, il Sistema Produttore Esecutivo. L’intelligenza programmata del sistema può essere estesa in una vasta gamma di nelle situazioni commerciali e residenziali. Gli interruttori leggeri potrebbero essere presto sostituiti da una varietà ampia di gesti, controllando il colpisce e l’impatto della nostra illuminazione interna in più modo intimo, fluido, intelligente, e per l’ambiente cosciente.