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The teledinette consists of a set of tables that ambiently express the
presence and activity of individuals at the opposite table. The primary
vehicle of expression will be an array of colored LEDs built into the
surface of each table. One table is the red table and the other table is
the amber table. When a shadow is cast on the red table, the red LEDs in
the area shadowed on the red table are turned on in both tables,
expressing the action-taking place on and around the red table to people
seated at the amber table. When areas of the amber table are shaded, the
corresponding amber LEDs are lit on both tables, so that one grid cell
of a table can at any time be unlit if both sides are unshaded, red if
that cell is shaded only on the red table, amber if it is shaded only on
the amber table, and orange if it is shaded on both.
last updated 4.29.2005 by home