World Skies is an interactive kinetic artwork and real-time weather data visualization created by BREAKFAST using our Flip-Disc medium. This artwork allows a collector to select any city in the world to visualize cloud cover, rainfall, and wind in real-time. When someone is close and interacts with the piece, a depth sensor sees them and replaces the visualization with a reflection of themselves. The contrast of their image changes based on the current cloud cover – similar to how the sun and clouds affect your appearance when outside. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8Nxsa1LB9DrMTHtt3IKiw's Documentary on BREAKFAST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XAO7-RFMdM Flip-Discs (also known as Flip Dots), are an electromagnetic mechanical medium of physically moving discs that were originally developed in the 1960s for airport signage and displays. BREAKFAST modernized the technology by re-engineering both hardware and software to substantially increase the speed at which each disc can flip and began creating unique, connected, interactive installations using the kinetic medium. More on this piece: https://breakfastny.com/works/wolrd-skies More Flip-Disc Artworks: A history of all interactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFPFqX4YNb8 The fastest warming city on the planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js4u4xEQtqY Real-time state of Manhattan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_sxemEm8xQ Large scale art piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Env-9qWPrI Larger Sculptures: 30ft wind-energy sculpture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eUjMDJgHmY 2 story-tall Brixels artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwfkIluk1A Artwork at Harvard University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCaVPvJygM Outdoor Sculpture Concepts: Bending mirrored steel sculpture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vk0T07Gqvs Spiral kinetic lighthouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xw7UgqnKr4 BREAKFAST is a robotic kinetic art studio based out of Brooklyn, New York. They design and engineer all of their artworks from the ground up, from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and software development. With over 100 kinetic artworks throughout the world, you can find their pieces gracing the halls at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLv7Gzc3VTO6ggFlXY0sOyw to the auction block at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSbY5GF1eSKtT6d32qC7Krw. https://breakfastny.com/ #FlipDiscs #KineticArt #Interactive #Art #DataVisualization