LED Wand + RIFD Waves = Awesome Science Art

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LED Wand + RIFD Waves = Awesome Science Art
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Using a combination of technology and animation techniques, two students at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have created a visual model of RFID fields.

From PopSci:

"The video was created using a custom-created LED wand that lights up whenever it is in the presence of an RFID field. The collected images of the wand glowing at various points, then created a composite animation with those pics, which turns out looking like the atomic orbital 3d."

Amazing. Reminds me visually of the famous (science-inspired-art) Magnetic Movie:

Via popsci

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