Ideas - slow heat death / entropy

With slow heat death of the universe, the universe is constantly expanding, everything is moving away from each other / getting further away. As the expansion continues the only thing left will be “waste heat” left over from the process of the universe expanding. When we look up at the sky we will only see darkness.

In a way the slow heat death of the universe is a parallel to the case of human connection. As we seemingly become more and more connected through increasingly advanced technology we’re actually becoming more and more isolated. As technology becomes more advanced, people become more isolated. Technology has created an illusion of connectedness, when in reality we’re deprived of actual human connection. Body heat is the result of our sensory system keeping us alive. By using body heat as a data source we're redirecting it into another process. Reclaiming / redirecting the entropy of humans / living beings.

1. Continuation of intimacy without proximity. Do a bigger model, as people will approach and interact with an object differently if it is in human scale. Try to fabricate different models, mess around with different projections / feedback. I think either an object big enough to mirror a person or a group of smaller objects composited together could be nice. Make it more visually impressive.

2. Heat transformed into heat. Problem with this is that people generally don’t want to experience the heat of strangers. The Barrier of disgust. It definitely has its area of use, but not as a commercial project. High conductive heating fabric? Problem with this is latency.

3. Heat signature to produce generative shapes / visuals. All objects emit a heat signature. By taking the heat signature of a person, maybe it could be used to generate unique shapes. When we stand still, time flows freely and the model will disintegrate. But when we move, the model will regenerate again. Basically visualizes the process of entropy. I think it would be nice to either do it fragmented or more literal where the model becomes more and more isolated. A 3 - dimensional shape would be nice, but i think this maybe have to be a 2D object. Unless I maybe do it as a hologram / projection.

With a heat signature object. Each object can represent a location. E.g. one location can then gather multiple objects. It also supports the choice of using a thermal camera as a source. To differentiate living beings from moving machines - every living being has a heat signature.

4. "Quantum entangled objects". A link between objects that make them behave as one / A domino effect of objects. "Spooky action at a distance" involves a pair of particles linked by the strange quantum property of entanglement which remain intrinsically connected despite the distance between them. With this i was thinking to do first maybe a small experient to connects to simple objects together e.g. turn a wheel and another turns to the same degree.

Problem with this it lacks the "synesthesia" aspect of telepresence.

5. Biological connection. Using living beings as an interface for interaction. E.g. Venus fly trap releases an electric signal when it closes. In the distant future, there’s a high chance that we will be biologically connected to each other through technology. The Action Lab already did this experiment however.

Thermal camera overlayed with regular camera. Then each pixel in the thermal camera could be used as coordinate to distort the regular camera view?