I would like to do some sort of physical representation (i.e. Rubens’ Tube) of data, with physical information being represented physically. I would also like to do something involving beer, as starting a brewery is a future goal of mine and a group of friends.

One idea that was tossed around was the creation of a “smart coaster” that would visualize data about the beer in the glass that is on it. It would be controlled by an arduino with a pressure/weight sensor, as well as a potential temperature sensor. It would feed data to a program that would represent the fullness of the beer (shown in a battery level type graphic) and its temperature. The program would be written in MaxMSP, and the hardware would theoretically be able to be replicated a number of times with their information all shown on a common screen.