HET REGENT PIJPENSTELEN 
GROUP 7

Can we see water as a material to experiment with?

Data flows over cables, water flows through a pipe. Both flow.

Water has a memory.

Water comes from different places and through pipes (network).

Water leak - data leak

The flow of water from rainwater to the central point to which water goes.

Puddles of water (rain water that cannot be drained): Where are they and what do they look like?

What is there to find on the rainwater route?

STARDUST IN THE GUTTER:

Can we use a sensor that produces a visual signal rather than a digital signal?

As an example:
Because of the humidity in the air, copper rusts. As a result, rust will look different in humid areas than in less humid areas.

WHERE DO OUR
COMMON INTERESTS
LIE?

WATER IN THE DATA LANGUAGE

Data leak

surfing the
internet

cloud

data stream

enz enz enz

TO ANALYSE DATA:

MAP OF A RAINDROP US:

STARDUST IN THE GUTTER:

Why are there so many references to water when we talk about data?

We use water because it is straightforward to us. When something leaks, everyone has an image, which helps us understand what is going on with a more abstract topic like data.

CAN WE USE AN
ANALOGUE SENSOR?

HOW CAN WE MEASURE RAIN?

visual effects of rain

To get data from rain, we used the sensors in a phone to capture data. By putting a phone in a plastic bag, we protect it from water damage.

The plastic bag keeps the air pressure relatively constant. The drops that fall on the bag compress the air for a brief period of time, which can be read from the data. This allows you to determine how heavy a drop is that falls on the bag and how heavy the rain is.

We used this technique to measure how heavy a rainfall is. By measuring different days and showers, different kind of data comes in.
What can we read from this data?

When is it raining cats and dogs? This is a link back to the Dutch language in which water is intertwined

Download the data sheed

RAIN DATA

Sec

proof of concept

HOW DO 
WE USE 
THE DATA?

TOUCH DESIGNER

We used Touch designer to read out the censor and save it in a text file.

Rain recording

in this example we managed to get the circle on the left respond on the rain data.

MAKING A 3D OBJECT

Here you can see how the data is creating a 3D object

color research: sphere kilometer around WDKA

MAKING


A


MOLD

To experiment with different materials suitable to our project

BRONNEN


Made by rain. Aliki van der Kruijs, madebyrain.com/project. Geraadpleegd 22 november 2021.

“JAN ROTHUIZEN |Personal Website | Drawings”. JAN ROTHUIZEN, janrothuizen.nl/drawings. Geraadpleegd 22 november 2021.

“Adaptive Manufacturing | Olivier van Herpt”. Olievier van Herpt, oliviervanherpt.com/adaptive-manufacturing. Geraadpleegd 24 november 2021.