I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR PRECEDENTS AND COMING UP WITH SEVERAL APPROACHES FOR COLLECTING DATA TO CREATE A DEVICE. MY ANIMATIONS FOCUSED ON THE FLUX OF OBJECTS THROUGH THE LINEAR SPACES WITHIN THE SITE. I HAVE COME UP WITH A FEW MORE IDEAS:1. TO CREATE A WEBSITE WHERE INFORMATION CAN BE LOGGED INTO A DATA BANK BY THE USER OF THE OBJECTS. THIS WILL REQUIRE GOING OUT ONTO THE SITE AND TAGGING OBJECTS. THE GOAL IS THAT PEOPLE WILL GO TO THE SITE AND PUT IN INFO ABOUT WHERE THEY FOUND THEY OBJECT AND CAN FIND OUT IF THE OBJECT HAS BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY AND CAN VIEW ITS HISTORY. A POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE PERSON MAY ALSO BE URGED TO RETURN THE ITEM TO THE SITE IN SOME WAY, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO VIEW ITS CIRCULATION. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WOULD GUIDE HOW THIS INFO WOULD BE USEFUL: THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBJECTS THAT ARE TAGGED AND THE LOCATION THEY ARE REPORTED BEING FOUND COMPARED TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY TAGGED THEM. THIS COULD BE INTERESTING EVEN IF IT ONLY RETURNS A FEW REPORTS. SO MAYBE 200-300 TAGS COULD BE PUT OUT ON OBJECTS.IT GETS EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT IT REALLY CATCHING ON AND PEOPLE STARTING TO LOOK FOR THE TAGS ON OBJECTS…I KNOW THAT IS WISHFUL THINKING, BUT STARTS TO PLAY WITH THE IDEA OF TRACES IN HOW THE OBJECTS ARE MOSTLY BEING MOVED THROUGH THE SITE BY PEOPLE, BUT EVEN ABOVE THAT…..WHAT IS REALLY MOVING THE PEOPLE TO THE OBJECTS (CURIOSITY, IMPULSES, GREED, NOSTALGIA, NEED, ETC) THIS LEADS TO THOUGHT ON THE TRACES OF ENERGY THAT IS PUT INTO THE CYCLE…..CAN WE ACTUALLY PLAY WITH THAT AND CONTROL IT BY SIMPLY MAKING THE OBJECTS BE ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE (LIKE A LINK TO A WEBSITE)…..TRYING TO DEVELOP HOW THIS COULD BE USED WITHIN THE SITE…..2. SIMILAR TO CHRIS HALL;S GPS IDEA OF GATHERING INFORMATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTING AND HE OPENED ME UP TO THE WORLD OF CACHE’S….I DID NOT REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THAT SORT OF DEVICE. I THINK ITS A COOL IDEA.I FOUND THIS ONLINE….THE MIT TANGIBLE MEDIA GROUP ….I WAS INTERESTED IN THE SENSE TABLE PROJECT WHERE OBJECTS ARE TRACKED ON A FLAT DISPLAY SURFACE. THESE ARE COOL WAYS TO DISPLAY TRACES. SENSETABLETHERE ARE A FEW COOL VIDEOS ON THIS WEBSITE….THE AUDIO PAD IS ALSO INTERESTING,