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Prana: an LED exhibit that breathes with you
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-462590{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-462590, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-462590{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-462590").style.display="none";}catch(e){} As you step into the shimmering globe of 13,000 LEDs, a sensor detects your presence. It reacts to the rise and fall of your lungs and illuminates the sphere of suspended lights called PRANA. The signal from the chip works its way to a computer that's loaded with custom javascript. The program triggers a variety of light effects – from pitch dark to sparkling lights – that fall in sync with your breathing to wrap you in a hypnotic glow. "Breathing is something that powers the body but you can't see it or detect it in very many ways," says Ben Hughes, managing creative director of B-Reel New York, the creative agency that created the experience. "PRANA is an attempt to visualize the unseen energy of our bodies and augment it in a really interesting way."
