AMBIENT COMMUNICATION





DRIVING BEHAVIOURS



Skandal Technologies develops and sells control systems for real-time environments.



SOFTWARE





Our unique POET software enables designers to ‘make the world their canvas’. It revolutionises the design and management of real-time responsive lighting for architecture.



SERVICES





Skandal’s POET software is provided to customers as a remotely-managed service. We also supply the full spectrum of solution integration services necessary to integrate real-time digital environments.



HARDWARE





We integrate from a white-listed but open set of specialist providers to suit the project needs. This includes sensors, network equipment and both standard and custom lighting technologies.





POET Software



Designers, integrators and operators can plan, visualise, sequence, and test responsive lighting design, and then execute onsite, operate and manage from within the same software package.



DIGITAL CONTENT CREATION



POET offers rich set of tools for the content creation in an intuitive, designer friendly way. You can use inbuilt content engines for non-repetitive light patterns or bring in video files, images or live camera feeds and then abstract them to suit the project.



REAL TIME CONTENT ENGINES



Beautiful and highly complex morphing patterns, calm ripples, elegant particles and much more can be generated instantly and each aspect of the content connected to an external input. So for example the wind direction can control your ripple movement and people density the brightness, weekdays could input the tonality and so much more. Get creative!



3D PREVIEW



When designing complex, data driven lighting moods for a space its essential to see what you’re doing in real-time and then being able to show this to your customer. POET let’s you do all this. You can use your favourite 3D software to make the model with and then import it to POET.



DATA AS INPUT



Everybody is talking about the Big Data. Now you can use it to trigger your lighting moods. We can connect POET to plethora of data feeds ranging from public transport, weather, sports, social media and, well, almost any public data that is flying out there. This usually needs a bit of customisation to suit the project so if you have something specific in mind let us know and we can look into it.



SMART SCHEDULING



In POET you can set “behaviours” for your lights, so if its raining, and it's Thursday and there’s less than 10 people then run preset “PARTY TIME” because you wan’t to attract more people to the space, or at least to have a good time. All this is done with intuitive “drag-and-drop” graphic interface.



TRACKING AS INPUT



This is the bit where we mention Artificial Intelligence. Yes, AI is here to stay and within POET it allows you to select if you would like to use people movement and density as lighting input or maybe track cars or bicycles instead without having to change the sensor. As this feature requires specific graphics card it is currently only available with the POET Server.



OUTPUT TO LIGHT & MEDIA



POET Server outputs DVI signal and can distribute 4K or HD video feeds and converted Art-Net, DMX or DALI signals to light and media sources.



SENSING AS INPUT



Sensors can be integrated and their data converted to triggers and input parameters to live content generators and scheduler.



POET SUITE



POET CREATOR



Design suite for responsive lighting that allows for generative content creation, live 3D preview for client presentations and sign off, input simulators and sophisticated scheduling. Fully compatible with POET Server.

Windows 10 & Mac OS



POET SERVER



Professional high performance server system designed for demanding permanent installations. Scalable versions. Linux operating system. Supplied with full POET Server software. Designed for reliable 24/7 operation with remote monitoring and operations through POET CLOUD.



POET Cloud & Support subscription



Each copy of POET Server software is subject to subscription fee which includes the following features:

Software license

Software updates

POET cloud platform

Client monitor & preset selection

Full remote management access

Live Data inputs

Online Technical support



POET Remote Content Management Subscription



​POET content stream updates. Exact content requirements and the associated management service packages to be refined based on Client wishes and requirements.



REGISTER AS USER





POET Creator VERSION is currently available free of charge for registered early adopters. To join this growing international community FILL IN YOUR DETAILS and we'll get you a Copy.
















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Ambient Communication is where the Internet of Things meets the experience economy.





It is led by site owners, developers, operators and designers willing to create narrative environments, experiential branding, and non-invasive techniques to influence crowd behaviour.


It is a hybrid form of spatial interaction that is simultaneously digital and physical, made possible with technology and concepts rooted in human biology.



APPLICATION BENEFITS





Create new revenue channels





POET opens a new revenue channel for designers, owners and operators by making it easy to create, commission and execute immersive content. At Radisson BLU Scandinavia in Gothenburg Skandal's POET software was used to integrate brand coloured lighting together with graphical elements and custom generative content, brought together in an artfully curated whole.



NARRATIVE ENVIRONMENTS





POET delivers full narrative control of any environment, offering a toolbox of techniques for influencing human experience through colour, light, pattern and movement. Finnish energy company FORTUM chose POET for these capabilities for the “transition tunnel” experience at their headquarters in Espoo, Finland



RESEARCH



The POET system was born from a two year research program into topic of Ambient Communication and the role of “nearables” in the hyperconnected society.





In the late 2016 Skandal Technologies joined a Finnish research consortium on a project titled "Towards Digital Paradise” a continuation of the “The Naked Approach” research. The focus was in the possibilities of digitalisation and Internet of Things to improve human capabilities and create a more resource smart world. The project studied and developed solutions for dynamic, interactive, connected surfaces - i.e. “nearables” and localised communication and service platforms.


The project was supported by Business Finland and Partners included VTT, Skandal Technologies, Nokia, Streamr, Nextfloor, Barrabes Napapiiri Hub, Premix, Lapland University, Technical University of Tampere, Oulu University, Aalto University and Demos Helsinki.











“The new means of ambient communication let us feel intuitively what’s happening in the digital domain, with no need to constantly check the gadgets we wear and carry. This is the idea of “Nearables”: make us the active subjects of our life and of the hyperconnected world.”


- Vesa Pentikäinen VTT, The Nordic Digital Promise - Four Thesis on Hyperconnected Society



ABOUT US





Skandal Technologies develops and sells control systems for real-time environments. We integrate software, hardware, sensors, and light sources to control how people experience places in real time. And we sell remote management as a service.


Registered in Finland and Spain with an operational base in Madrid, Skandal has received research support from Business Finland and seed funding from Mundi Ventures.



Our TEAM





Skandal employs experienced team of designers, software developers, and operations specialists united by our success in delivering narrative environments and using new technology to shape human experience.





KÄENKUJA 3 A 00500 HELSINKI FINLAND

CALLE INVENCIBLES 8, LOCAL, 28019 MADRID SPAIN



For all enquiries contact us on the email below.




INFO@SKANDAL.TECH


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