Unwrapped: Kommunikations-Gully

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Unwrapped: Kommunikations-Gully

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Connect (at least two) duct-covers acoustically to bulid a communication system within the city.

A «unwrapped - Aktivierung städtischer Objekte» project: http://thinkunwrapped.org
Watch the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q94EyO73Trg.

Concept developed in the «unwrapped» seminar in Graz: http://www.thinkunwrapped.org/index.php?id=75
Concept realised by the unwrapped team: http://www.thinkunwrapped.org/index.php?id=86

Material

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a walkie-talkie

Material

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a headset with a baby microphone

Material

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active loudspeakers

Material

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a wooden box, a flexible plastic, aluminium tape, glue, screws, orange spray

Material

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a bag

Material

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street tape

Construction

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wooden box:
- wooden box: 10 x 21 x 5 cm
- 1 hole for the microphone
- 2 little holes for the cables
- 4 small screws on the box (construction to fix later the plastic)
- 1 big screw (later for the electric contact)
- 4 holes on the side (to fix it later on the duct cover)

Construction

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- tape (to fix the elastics)
- elasitcs (for the walkie-talkie

Construction

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- microphone into the big hole
- each part of the headset switch into one small hole

Construction

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- stick the aluminium tape on the flexible plastic
- one headset switch cable is connected to the aluminium tape
- one headset switch cable is connected to the big screw

Construction

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- connect the head-set cable on the walkie-talkie
- fix the walkie-talkie with the elasitcs
- fix the cables with the elastics

Information:
- this antenna in not necessary

Construction

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et voilà

Installation

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open a duct-cover

Installation

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- put the active loudspeaker into the bag

Installation

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- fix the bag with cable ties on the duct-cover

Installation

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- fix the woode box with cable ties on the duct cover

Installation

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- stick the street tape around the duct cover

Installation

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- and let people interact