Gallery: Glowing Orbs Reveal GPS Strength Wherever You Take Them

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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    *Satellite Lamps* is Timo Arnall's latest installation in the ongoing *Immaterials* project.
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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    In it, Arnall along with Einar Sneve Martinussen and Jørn Knutsen, visualizes the invisible world of GPS through these glowing lamps.
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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    Arnall and his team built lamps embedded with GPS receivers.
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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    As the strength of signal wavers in and out, the glowing orbs become brighter or dimmer.
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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    The stronger the GPS signal, the brighter the lamp. Satellites like open skies, as you can see in this photo.
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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    Over the course of two years, Arnall and company positioned the lamps in 50 locations around Oslo, Norway and recorded the action.
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    Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen and Timo Arnall
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    The resulting time lapse film turns what appears to be an invisible technology into something material, something graspable.
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