Multimedia Artist./
UX Designer./
tbd./
New York University
Integrated Design & Media
2019 - 2023
Shanghai 🍚 上海人儿
New Yorker 🗽 纽约客
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Yimin Wang
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Moonlight Bubble

“Remember these moments we met our own kind, cuz we were lit up when they were ‘nearby’.”
— Yimin Wang



Moonlight Bubble is an interactive installation for nighttime swimmers to entertain underwater. With the use of infrared emitter and receiver, two balls are able to detect each other floating on the water and blink in the same pattern when they get together.

Details
Materials
  • Arduino
  • IR Receiver & Emitter
  • Transparent Plastic Ball
  • LED Stripes

Considerations
  • Water proof (safety evaluation)
  • Direction of the signal
  • Way to hold