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Smoke signals replace wires in interactive art installation

Smoke signals replace wires in interactive art installation

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Binairy Talk is a charming interactive installation that blends smoke signals with computer language. Created by a pair of German design students, the project takes text input and transforms it into binary code as part of an attempt to illustrate how data surrounds us constantly. The results are then represented by puffs of water vapor which are subsequently blasted across the room by what looks like a modified loudspeaker. After crossing through a laser sensor, the signals are processed and translated into comprehensible writing once more. It's a slow, laborious process, but Binairy Talk serves as a wonderful reminder of how far communication technology has come.