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An extra organ that feels satellites

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nl

Other sources

  1. CODE (IMPAKT), project page "A Satellite in My Body" code.impakt.nl
  2. OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 14.1 Sensory Perception openstax.org
  3. Works (sub-pages under ddw.nl
  4. Who s watching discover the digital world of tomorrow at ddw (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
  5. Code 2026 terms of intimacy (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
  6. Impakt presents code at dutch design week (impakt.nl) impakt.nl
  7. Code 2026 i d prefer not to (code.impakt.nl) code.impakt.nl
  8. Code 2026 passphrase (code.impakt.nl) code.impakt.nl

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
Two visitors with festival lanyards look into a pale plywood framePhoto: Nick Bookelaar/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Inside the Algodance booth at CODE 2026: a red and yellow poster reads Algodance Tutorial while one person kneels to draw on red paper and another stands beside itPhoto: Nick Bookelaar/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram, after the makers' description: a satellite overhead sends live data to a see-through wearable with visible electronics, which answers with LED light, a Morse code sound and vibrationImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against CODE (IMPAKT), project page "A Satellite in My Body", (read 28 Oct 2026): a transparent wearable, an extra organ, with the technology visible inside; it translates real-time satellite data into light (LEDs), sound (the satellite's identification code in Morse code) and vibration when a satellite passes overhead. Source line drawn on the graphicMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
Diagram: light goes to the eye and its photoreceptors, sound to the ear, vibration to the skin and its mechanoreceptors, and all three send impulses along axons to the central nervous systemImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 14.1 Sensory Perception, (read 28 Oct 2026): receptors are the cells or structures that detect sensations; photoreceptors in the retina respond to light; pressure and vibration are sensed by mechanoreceptors; an impulse travels along axons to reach the CNS. Source line drawn on the graphicMuseum or journal record
Slide 5
A black plinth topped by a lit glass case, with a soup can on a white block inside and a small camera above it: For Your Eyes Only by Ralf Lambie and Gera PronkPhoto: Wim VerbeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 6
A hand holds up a phone toward the glass case of For Your Eyes Only, the moment the work is built around: looking turns into capturingPhoto: Wim VerbeekMuseum or journal record
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Astrolabe, Rijksmuseum (BK-1969-179)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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