{"id":62952,"date":"2015-05-08T13:27:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T11:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=62952"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:27:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T11:27:38","slug":"inflated-egos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=62952","title":{"rendered":"INFLATED EGOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/126641509\" width=\"922\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"INFLATED EGOS\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An installation where candidates&#8217; heads get bigger and smaller in realtime depending on how they&#8217;re doing in the Election race. Featuring the seven candidates who appeared in the first televised debate.Balloon head size is driven by the latest polls and twitter activity, before displaying live election results. Hardware and physical build by Dave Cranmer [nervoussquirrel.com] and software by Will Gallia [willgallia.com].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An installation where candidates&#8217; heads get bigger and smaller in realtime depending on how they&#8217;re doing in the Election race. Featuring the seven candidates who appeared in the first televised debate.Balloon head size is driven by the latest polls and twitter activity, before displaying live election results. 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