Sony Ericsson asked us to experiment with Xperia phones. We called in a combination of artists, geeks and tinkers to do just that. We explored the potential of these phones for four days. There where no rules and no guidelines. We played, explored, and did whatever we wished to the phones - even breaking them. We wanted to convey the message to the world that technology should be designed to be remixed, hacked and customized by its users. The process was filmed, and will published as part of a larger promotion about the phones. The xperiastudio.com website has been launched with the following videos:

When were asked if we would like to experiment with the phones as a part of a larger promotion, we thought it would be a great opportunity to show how the end user is not a mere consumer, but someone who can use the products in new, unexpected and unintended ways. We truly believe that products should be developed with that idea in mind. The Android platform proved to be a great stepping stone in that direction. During the workshop we managed to use the phones in multiple ways, by taking advantage of the embedded technologies like: GPS, Compass, Wifi, GSM/3, Accelerometers, touch screen and connecting them to the Arduino platform.

As part of the dialogue with Sony Ericsson, we asked that all the video documentation and source code be released under creative commons. We’ve asked this so our process can be a part of a larger contribution to the ongoing investigation into the pairing of mobile phones with Arduino. Further, we’ve forwarded our solutions for connecting phones to Arduino with USB host shields and the new Arduino ADK Mega board via processing to the larger Arduino team. They will publish our small contribution to the enhancement of communication between Arduino and Android to a generic library with multiple solutions (ADK, ADB and bluetooth).

At the close of our intense and creative process, we completed multiple experiments on the barge using available materials. During this process we also had a camera crew running behind us documenting the everything. It is going to be interesting to see how it will edited and end up. We’ll be sure to keep you updated on this website and on the Facebook group.

Here is a list of the the projects:

• Find my twin (Two mystery boxes that want to find each other).
• SOS: Self operational system (Autonomous Boat that can navigate via GPS).
• Propane photo booth (Using a gas canon as flash when taking pictures).
• Scraper Bike
• Siren (A siren that warns (or lures) sailers to the reef)
• The grey whale:
  
  

You see a collection of pictures here

How to hookup android phone to arduino via adb

Github repository of different experiments with android computervision, keyboard etc can be found here.

Source codes for the project on github
http://github.com/Illutron/findmytwin
http://github.com/Illutron/SOS
http://github.com/Illutron/PropaneFlash
http://github.com/Illutron/AndroidExamples
http://github.com/Illutron/ScraperBike