Sensor Recycling and Reuse

The concepts of sensor recycling and re-use offer a new developmental methodology for both centralised and network-based interactive multimedia systems and multimedia art applications. This work formalises the proposed methodology, researches common issues that appear when reuse or recycling of sensing devices is introduced and discusses its application within physical interactive systems. It becomes apparent that the high system development costs typically introduced in the visual arts domain can clearly be reduced via the use of alternative recycled and reused sensing devices. A number of interactive new-media art systems case studies are presented to demonstrate its flexibility, economy and ecological advantages. This work aims to render sensor re-use a design choice that offers an alternative and inexpensive approach from the theoretical, engineering and artistic perspectives in various sensor-driven interactive multimedia systems. Keywords— interaction; sensors; recycled sensors; sensor reuse; inexpensive sensors; interactive sensor-based applications; interactive multimedia art.