DESCRIPTION

iamclean.org is a deodorant docking station that talks with the Web in real-time, and a website that lets the public visualize this data.

CONCEPT

iamclean.org is a critique of social networking sites and devices. Since the Web 2.0’s immense development, it seems like the emergence of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and MSN Live appears unstoppable, and people are definitely tuning in to make the most of the interactive awesomeness.

This docking station sits in my room, and every time I take the deodorant out of it, the status LED goes on, and the installation knows I’m applying deodorant. At the back of the installation, there is an RJ-45 Ethernet jack, which lets me to plug it into any router or internet source. This allows the information to be sent out to my website instantly, where a live visualisation makes it available for the whole world to see which days I have put deodorant on, and for how many seconds. You can also search for a certain date, and reorganize the days as you please. The station can also be either AC-powered or battery-powered with four standard AA batteries.

TECHNOLOGY

This was made using a combination of an arduino, an xPort, PHP, mySql, and flash (for the visualization). All technical details and other media can be found at iamclean.org.

PUBLICATION

The iamclean.org project was published in MAKE magazine 14 (2008), appeared on the BoingBoing gadgets blog and was featured on many technology and digital arts websites.