Project Description
What is the #lightbridge ?
The Light Bridge (@theLightBridge) is a playable light installation by Tine Bech and Louis Christodoulou where university research groups battle for colour dominance. Groups tweet the bridge and steel colours from each other. The stronger a research team is, the more window panels shine with their team colour. The bridge is a visual beacon and aims to bring attention to interdisciplinary research by visualising it and encouraging collaboration.
Instructions – How to animate the bridge, give it a try!
These are commands which anybody can use to animate the bridge. Next time you pass the bridge on campus give it a try!
STEP 1: Tweet using the #lightbridge hashtag along with any of the following to animate the bridge:
#wiggle – A random animated wiggle sequence!
#wave – Light wave across the bridge!
#score – Stack the scores and see who is in the lead!
STEP 2: Look up at the flashy lights! Its that easy 😎
Example tweets:
#lightbridge #wiggle for me
— Louis Christodoulou (@islou) April 10, 2015
Or:
#Lightbridge whats the #score ?
— Louis Christodoulou (@islou) October 14, 2014
Quick Video Demo
Quickly made a (very poor!) video on my phone to show functionality, once again this will be updated with something a little clearer in time!
How to Play – For surrey research groups
Simply tweet your: #THEME and #lightbrigde to win a panel in your colour on the bridge!
The #THEME and the #lightbrigde hashtags is what triggers your colour to conquer a panel changing it to your theme colour.
So your tweet may look like: ” Just had a great meeting with Dr.Smith! Go team #THEME #lightbridge “
Example:
#lightbridge launch very playful with #collab Surrey
— Prof Rebecca Hoyle (@rebeccahoyle) November 7, 2014
Your Twitter name must be verified to play!
Research Theme Names
Themes twitter hashtag list (e.g the research theme Creativity should include #Create along with the #lightbridge in their tweet)
| #Collab | Collaboration Surrey | Yellow | |
| #Sleep | Sleep & Circadian Rhythms | Warm Orange | |
| #Brain | Brain & Behavior | Sky Blue | |
| #Microbe | Microbial Communities | Green | |
| #Create | Creativity | Deep Pink | |
| #ArtSci | Art & Science | Magenta | |
| #Metab | Metabolism, Disease & Drugs | Aqua | |
| #Move | Movement | Purple | |
| #Bio | Biophysics & Bio-engineering | Teal |
Game Rules
- one tweet per group action. NOT per individual member
- one tweet per physical meeting
- one tweet per funding/award/etc
- one tweet per publication
- one tweet per conference presentation
- one tweet per press mention/article
The criteria for when a colour can be changed or turned on will be automatic through programming and self regulated by the collaboration group. The latter concept of self-regulation relies on the academic communities long tradition of rigour and peer review.
Get your account verified
Please email Dawn Duke (Researcher Development) or Louis Christodoulou (PG/R – Elec Electronic Eng) with your twitter username as well as follow @theLightBridge to help us find you.
Full write up of the project coming soon!
