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| Title | aimulet |
| Member | AIST |
| Price | 0 |
| Description : | 2006 Good Design Award for Ecology Design ____________________________________________ Aimulet LA is a card to hear the sound delivered throught the light. "Bamboo" material is used to keep in harmony with nature. The delicacy of the bamboo has brought design degree of freedom. It has externatls that wrap sphered solar battery to captur the signal light efficiently preventing the disturbance by the sun light. It was developed as an audio terminal device that was able to taaste the oneness with nature by the performance art of the soung in a Japanes garden at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan. _____________________________________________ The name “Aimulet” is derived from the word “amulet” plus the letter “i,” which denotes “intelligent,” “interactive” and “infrared,” as well as “ai” (which means “love” in Japanese and refers to Aichi prefecture, the location of the 2005 World Expo). The initials “LA” stand for none other than Laurie Anderson, whose Walk Project installation for the 2005 World Expo featured the Aimulet LA. Visitors to the installation used the device to receive audio messages as they wandered the site. Aimulet LA is designed to be held up to your ear like a cellphone. When you stand over special LED emitters set into the ground, Aimulet LA receives the light signals via an array of spherical micro solar cells (called Sphelar by manufacturer Kyosemi) set into the bottom of the handset. Aimulet LA translates the signals into audio messages that are transmitted through a tiny speaker in the device. In Laurie Anderson’s installation, visitors used Aimulet LA to listen to poems in four different languages as they strolled through a Japanese-style garden. According to AIST, the technology at work in Aimulet LA can be put to use in public spaces such as outdoor exhibits and events, amusement facilities, train stations and parks, where it can be used in interactive media or entertainment. In addition, the low cost of the device means it could also double as an entrance ticket, annual pass or ID card. |
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