Whirling Wi-Fi: Vibrant images reveal how wireless networks sweep and surround us

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Whirling Wi-Fi: Vibrant images reveal how wireless networks sweep and surround us

• A student from Newcastle University has made images that 'show' Wi-Fi
  
  
• Luis Hernan made a programme that can measure Wi-Fi strength
  
  
• He then took long-exposure photography to expose wireless networks
  
  
• The results are stunning arrays of colour in fantastic shapes
  
  
• He has also released an app so can take other similar images themselves
  
  

By JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN

PUBLISHED: 08:31 EST, 19 June 2014 | UPDATED: 15:44 EST, 19 June 2014
A student has produced a series of vivid photographs that reveal what the networks that keep us connected to the web look like. 
The images, created by Luis Hernan from Newcastle University, show spectres of Wi-Fi sweeping and swirling around in bright beams.


They were produced as part of Hernan's Digital Ethereal project, which aims to bring the invisible world around us to life.






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Newcastle University student Luis Hernan produced these photographs of the invisible wireless networks as part of his studies. Hernan, who is studying for a PhD in Architecture and Interactive Design, used self-designed equipment to create the images



HOW THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN

Student Luis Hernan created the photographs using a custom-made instrument designed to reveal them.

It scans continuously for wireless networks, and transforms the signal strength to colour LEDs.
The results are multi-coloured streaks of light which twirl and wrap in spaces, showing how they surround objects and people.  

Hernan has also created an app which can be downloaded for free, for Android devices called Kirlian, which allows people to see the strength of Wi-Fi around them. 

Luis, who is studying for a PhD in Architecture and Interaction Design, said he is fascinated with the idea of being able to see the hidden wireless networkswhich surround us.

 
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'I call the images "spectres" because wireless networks remind me of ghosts,' he said.


'They are there but you can't see them with the human eye.


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