Description:
This interactive installation visualises global earthquake activity from the past 24 hours on a physical globe linked to a digital display. By combining hardware and software, users can rotate and interact with the globe to explore real-time seismic data.
The system integrates a 128-position rotary encoder and a 30-pin capacitive touch sensor, allowing users to align earthquake points with an on-screen reticle to view details such as location, time, and magnitude. Inside the globe, an Arduino communicates over USB via a 4-wire slip ring with a Unity-based visualisation running externally, while live data from the US Geological Survey is used for displaying these earthquake points.