MINDREADER: BEYOND SONIFICATION
Colin Harrington is the mad scientist behind Synesthesia Interactive, the San Francisco start-up that wants to record your dreams.
While persuing his Masters in Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt, Colin developed the Yugen, a translucent projection half dome that has 16 channel audio via contact exciters that vibrate the dome like a resonating chamber. Using an EEG headset and software of his deisign, he is able to read and record your cognative functions to create a complete audio visual experience based on either your dreams or your waking life. Mindreader: Beyond Sonification follows Colin and his Synesthesia team as they complete the Yugen before presenting it for the first time at the Maker Faire in San Mateo. Watch as a wide variety of people experience this groundbreaking technology in their own ways, and hear the beautiful and diverse music of our brains. Feature documentary Coming Spring 2017
While persuing his Masters in Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt, Colin developed the Yugen, a translucent projection half dome that has 16 channel audio via contact exciters that vibrate the dome like a resonating chamber. Using an EEG headset and software of his deisign, he is able to read and record your cognative functions to create a complete audio visual experience based on either your dreams or your waking life. Mindreader: Beyond Sonification follows Colin and his Synesthesia team as they complete the Yugen before presenting it for the first time at the Maker Faire in San Mateo. Watch as a wide variety of people experience this groundbreaking technology in their own ways, and hear the beautiful and diverse music of our brains. Feature documentary Coming Spring 2017
Part one of the Mindreader series shows Colin developing the hardware behind Lisa Park's cymatic art installation, Eunoia. An EEG headset reads Lisa's brainwaves, and Colin's software converts the information into haunting composition played through an array of 48 speakers with 16 seperate channels. Colin is credited as the engineer and industrial designer for the intricate exhibit. Watch the full short film below.
