CNSI Heart
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concept: 
A heart is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. CNSI heart is responsible for pumping information from labs and research groups in UCLA and UCSB.
For the visitors who come though the Henley Gate, no matter leaving UCSB or just came into UCSB campus, they will feel that the building is alive. 

For different observers: 
visitors who`s passing by in a short time (like inside cars) will see this wall simplely as a Electrocardiogram(ECG) which shows the CNSI heart beating in every few seconds. 
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Don`t want to show to much information there to get people distracted from their driving.

Maybe the heart beat sound.

An interaction will be found between the number of the cars passing by and the heart. If there were more cars passing by at the same time, the heart will beat faster and change color into warm tone, while if there were less cars, the heart will slow down and change color into cool tone. Basically the speed of heart beat will change depending on the traffic number or the movement of the traffic. 

visitors who stand in front of the screen (close enough) will see the data shows on the wall. The data is actually "hiding" inside the ECG.  
Two methods to "pumping" the data.
1. the data is "hiding" in the dark screen. Each time the ECG glides across the screen, the latest data will shows up. 
2. the data be "pumped" out at the highest or lowest position of the pulse and slowly fades away.

Data:
the amplitude stand for the volume of the data interacted between UCLA and UCSB. 
Four different research areas: Energy, Environment, Biology and Biomedical and Information Technologies
but, new issue came. 

Materials:
high resolution LED: 1ppi (pixel per inch) - 16bit color

References:
Heart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart
ECG:  http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/health-and-beauty/8480577-ekg-electrocardiogram-pulse-waveform-with-sound.php?id=8480577
Data-Protection Pattern(Materials):  http://www.jmayerh.de/home.htm
sound of heart beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCK97hFiSI&feature=related
Abundance-- change color while people get together or separated: 
http://www.camilleutterback.com/abundance.html