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ETA 2894-2 Chronograph hand adjustment
I've recently completed the disassembly and re-assembly of both the movement, auto wind mech and chronograph module.
Being this is my 1st time, attempting this endeavor, it was quite an interesting challenge. I realize that 'ETA' discourages
anyone from disassembly and re-assembly of the chronograph module, but it was something I could not resist.
(glutton for punishment I guess).
Anyway, the watch is back together and functioning properly (to a point and this is where I need expert advice from those who have worked on the 2894-2).
Following the ETA tech guide.pdf, I installed the "second counter hand" (what most of us call the sweep second hand) and then followed the procedure to test the repeatability on hand alignment.
- Step 1
- Start chronograph
- Let run for 5 sec
- Stop chronograph
- Reset to Zero (or 12 position)
- Repeat 2x
- Step 2
- Start chronograph
- Let run for 20 sec
- Stop chronograph
- Reset to Zero (or 12 position)
- Repeat 2x
- Step 3
- Start chronograph
- Let run for 35 sec
- Stop chronograph
- Reset to Zero (or 12 position)
- Repeat 2x
Result of the testing:
- The 5 second test was flawless. Both cycles rest the 'second counter hand' to 12.
- The 20 second test was also flawless. Both cycles rest the 'second counter hand' to 12
- The 35 second test failed. On the 1st attempt, the 'second counter hand' reset to 12:02 (2 minutes 'past' 12).
Meaning the hand did NOT return all the way to 12. This was quite strange to me, as if anything, I expected
(if the hand was not seated on the post firmly, that the torque of the hand swinging all the way back to 12
(more than 180deg) would move the hand 'beyond' 12 (and leave it at 11:5ish).
I then suspected the 'cam' adjustment screw? (not sure is this is the correct terminology). Here is the picture.
Picture with chrono module top plate removed.
Does 'this screw' (circled in RED) 'adjust' the hand position for proper return? Sort of a fine tuning cam?
The ETA technical guide does NOT provide details of how to correct a 'failure' for a given test. They just say "here's the test and if it passes you're good." But if it doesn't? no info.
Also, for the 'Minute Counter hand' and 'Hour counter hand';
The instructions say;"Minute counter hand: testing of
return to zero"
"Start chronograph (pushbutton A),
then stop (pushbutton A). Using a
pin, advance the minute counter
hand to the 10 minutes position.
Reset to zero (pushbutton B). The
minute counter hand must return
exactly to the 30 minutes position"
what does the term "USING A PIN' mean? Are they (ETA) implying that the watchmaker PUSHES the hand faster than the watch gear is moving it? So he can test it? Really? Is this gear 'clutched' in some way as to prevent damage to the gear or pinion if this is performed?
I'm hesitant to do this and rather wait the 10 minutes, until the hand reaches its position before reset.
Any opinion on this?
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Re: ETA 2894-2 Chronograph hand adjustment (By: oilseed)
If you reset the watch at 35 past the hand will travel back in the left side on the dial. So that the hand moved past 12 and stopped at 12.02 makes perfect sense with your poorly fitted hand theory. Usually chronographs have "hearts" that the reset hammers will push on. Depending on which side of the heart the hammer pushes on the hand will return on one side or the other.
I mostly work with mid 1900s watches so this is a bit of unfamiliar territory for me. But in most standars chronos the center seconds wheel has a finger that will advance the minute counter wheel once a minute. So it only makes contact with the actual going train for a few seconds to the minute. So yes, they are implying that you can advance the wheel faster than the watch itself. Usually the minute recording wheel is indexed my a minute recording jumper. A very fine spring with a "club" on the end that rests between the teeth of the wheel, making sure that the wheel does not move when it shouldn't. The force of this spring is easily overcome but care should be taken not to damage it. As all parts of course but they are usually extremely delicate.
It sounds like you need to familiarize yourself a bit more with how chronograph movements work before you attempt adjusting them. The excenter in the picture has nothing to do with centering the hand. The excenters are there to limit travel of the different hammers and levers of the system. Also depthing between gears. The centering of the seconds hand relative to the minute recording wheel is adjusted by moving the hearts. But in your case I think its just not on there firmly enough. The hand that is. A good rule of thumb is to not touch the excenters unless there is a problem.
Best of luck!
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Re: ETA 2894-2 Chronograph hand adjustment (By: karlmansson)
Hi Karl,
thanks for the reply. good info.
so I guess the only way to recenter the hand is to remove and reset it on the pivot. maybe to also recheck and refit the tube (a bit tighter) before the install.
this will ensure if has a firmer grip. is this what you were implying?
I know this is the procedure on the older column wheel chronographs, but this newer model, maybe (for sake of production) ETA incorporated a 'fine tune'
feature for the production department?? just a guess. that's why I asked.
This follows the thought process ETA employed making the 'chronograph module' unrepairable (not offering any spare parts).
Their recommendations to service departments and watchmakers was 'remove and replace' no service.
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Re: ETA 2894-2 Chronograph hand adjustment (By: oilseed)
I don't particularly like these added chronograph modules, you get anything up to a two minute error if you set the time in the wrong direction because of the amount of backlash.
I have done a few of these and no I have not pulled the chronograph module apart because I didn't see any need for it, from what I can see there is very little adjustment in these, and no adjusting that eccentric won't fix your problem.
Most likely the seconds recording hand is not tight enough.
Re: ETA 2894-2 Chronograph hand adjustment (By: dAz57)
This is an interesting series of posts. I have been curious to see what the ETA chronograph module looks like.
There's something sad about a "just replace it" module that shouldn't be serviced, especially when it is used in some expensive watches.See my blog, AdjustingVintageWatches.com
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Re: ETA 2894-2 Chronograph hand adjustment (By: Paul_S)
I've had them in some models of Breitling although most use the 7750 or variants, Longines use it, if you look along the crown and pushers of a true chronograph you will see they are in line, with the module added to the front of the movement the pushers are a bit higher than the crown.
As I said I don't like it, I prefer a real chronograph, and thanks to Swatch's policy good luck in getting a replacement module.
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The present invention is generally directed to ignition interlock devices, and specifically to ignition interlock devices used in vehicles to monitor drivers having DUI convictions using biometrics for driver identification, the drivers retaining special operator's driving privileges under court-ordered or other jurisdictional mandates and supervision.
Various interlock devices exist to prevent operation of a mechanical apparatus when an operator is mentally and/or physically impaired as a result of consumption of alcoholic beverages. These devices utilize a breath alcohol analyzer device, which determines an alcohol level in an individual's breath that is correlated to the alcohol level in the bloodstream. This determination controls the decision as to whether or not the ignition interlock permits the device or apparatus to engage and start. Most frequently, these interlock devices are utilized on automobiles.
While many of the interlock systems available today can ascertain whether a certain preset breath alcohol reading limit of the person exhaling into the breath alcohol analyzer device has been exceeded or not, these systems suffer from an infirmity in ascertaining whether the individual under court-ordered supervision is in fact the driver, and whether the driver is in fact the person exhaling into the breath alcohol analyzer device.
As a result, technological advances have resulted in innovations in ignition interlock technology. These technological advances endeavor to accurately identify and correlate the individual who is jurisdictionally assigned via an interlock restricted license or as a condition of judicial oversight, such as probation or bond, to operate a vehicle with an ignition interlock under such judicial supervision with the driver and/or with the individual under supervision exhaling into the breath alcohol analyzer device. While prior art devices have sought to achieve these results, they suffer from deficiencies which can allow the unscrupulous to by-pass the intended safeguards.
Prior art devices currently in use utilize photo identification in an attempt to correlate and identify the operator of a vehicle with an ignition interlock. Such devices obtain a single-place, 2-D photographic image of the prospective operator simultaneously with the prospective operator blowing a breath sample into a breath alcohol analyzer device. This image and the results of the breath alcohol analyzer device test are time-stamped and stored for review at a later time. Of course, if the results of the breath alcohol analyzer device test are outside an allowable range, the ignition interlock will engage to prevent vehicle operation. Of course, limitations to these test methods are limited by the ability of the operator to adequately mask or conceal identity.
The present invention overcomes the infirmities of the prior art by using facial biometrics to positively identify the operator of a mechanical apparatus, such as an automobile, and optionally to identify the individual exhaling into the breath alcohol analyzer device component of the ignition interlock. The biometrics utilized in this invention measures a characteristic unique to an individual that positively identifies the individual. In its simplest form, the invention utilizes facial biometrics. If the facial biometrics testing automatically indicates that the operator of the mechanical apparatus and the individual exhaling into the breath alcohol analyzer component of the ignition interlock is not the same person, the ignition system of the mechanical apparatus, which operates in conjunction with the ignition interlock of the present invention, provides a programmable software option to prevent the apparatus from starting.
The biometrics testing utilized can be either a three-dimensional (3-D) or four-dimensional (4-D) biometrics infrared facial scan that analyzes the topography of both hard and soft tissue to determine identity. The facial scan of the present invention uses 3-D infrared imaging or 4-D facial biometrics or 'A.F.R.S', Automated Face Recognition Systems. The field of view (FOV) of the scanning device includes at least the full face and head of the individual located in the operator's position of the mechanical apparatus. The FOV of the scanning device ideally also includes the breath alcohol analyzer component of the ignition interlock system, so that the device of the present invention provides real-time identification and verification against an unauthorized user database of operators of the apparatus and not merely a time-dated single-plane photographic record of an operator's image and the operator's blood alcohol level equivalence. The interlock system thus includes an infrared scanning device and breath alcohol analyzer component, both in communication with a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory component, which may be a part of the CPU, the interlock system in communication with the ignition system of the mechanical device so that the operation of the ignition system is controlled by the interlock system of the present invention.
The invention provides additional sophistication. For a mechanical apparatus such as a motor vehicle, more than one person may require the use of the apparatus, and this device will allow more than one person to operate the apparatus. Each authorized operator undergoes a 3-D or a 4-D biometrics infrared scan, which creates a 3-D or a 4-D image that is stored in a memory. The 3-D biometrics infrared facial scan of each individual is unique. On operation of a motor vehicle, the individual operating the vehicle will activate the system. This can be done be activating the system, which can be accomplished automatically, by inserting a key in the ignition or by pressing a button, either on the vehicle or as a component of the ignition interlock system. An infrared scanning device focused on the operator's position will scan the face of the person sitting in the operator's position. This scan will be compared to the images stored in memory. If the scan does not match with one of the images of the authorized operators stored in memory, the device can include a programmed owner-selectable option so that the ignition system of the vehicle will be locked out and the vehicle will not start, regardless of whether a breath alcohol analyzer component is included.
If the operator is recognized as an authorized operator, one of two options is available. In the first option, a breath alcohol analyzer component is included as part of the interlock system and the operator is required to exhale into the breath alcohol analyzer device, while being scanned by the scanning device. If either the infrared facial scan of the person exhaling into the breath alcohol analyzer device does not match the operator, a 3-D or 4-D biometrics image stored in memory, or if the breath alcohol analyzer device produces results that indicate the legal levels of intoxication is exceeded, the ignition will remain locked out and the vehicle will not start. Each lock-out can be permanent or may extend for only a predetermined period of time, after which the identification and start-up procedure can be repeated. The system can be programmed so that after a predetermined number of lock-outs, the system is "permanently" locked out. Permanent lock-out means that the ignition system will not operate unless it is reset. A reset procedure may be determined such as by state law or ignition interlock program specification. It may require a return for service recall to an interlock service shop. Alternatively, the system may include radio frequency transmit/receive (RF) capabilities, allowing the system to be reset remotely by a monitoring station using cellular or satellite communication.
The second option can include additional sophistication. Each authorized operator of the apparatus undergoes a biometrics infrared facial scan to create a 3-D or 4-D image that is stored in a memory. An operator of the apparatus, the individual operating it, will activate the system as set forth above. A scanning device focused on the operator's position will scan the face of the person sitting in the operator's position. If the scan does not match an image stored in the memory, then the apparatus will not engage and the apparatus will be temporarily locked out. The system will remain locked out until it matches an individual in the operation position with a stored image. If the system is equipped with a breath alcohol analyzer device and the device is activated, and the operator is recognized as an authorized operator, the system then determines whether the operator is an individual under court-ordered supervision. If the operator is not an individual under court-ordered supervision or holding an interlock restricted license, the ignition lock will be released so that the apparatus can be started, when this option is selected by the owner.
Of course, it will be recognized that the ignition lock system can be inactivated for a predetermined period of time before being reset to the lock setting, to prevent a switch of persons in the operator's seat. Alternatively, the scanning device can repeat the facial scan after the apparatus has been started, but before the apparatus is set in motion (e.g. transmission shifted into gear) to verify that there has been no switch of individuals in the operator's seat. If the system detects such a switch, the apparatus will record a circumvention and cause interlock program violations calling the interlocked apparatus in for early service and reporting. This may require the start-up procedure to be repeated. Depending on the programming, the unit also can be set to immediately shut down the apparatus before it is set in motion.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following more detailed description of the preferred embodiment, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of the invention.
The present invention represents an advancement in the ignition interlock device technology. This interlock system is based on an expandable plug-and-play platform for the integration of various technological features as market conditions and jurisdictional specifications require or may require in the future. The present invention may be incorporated into vehicle systems as a theft prevention device with an option of activating the alcohol testing feature.
The ignition interlock device of the present invention uses the latest innovations in biometric facial recognition technology. As noted above, prior art devices are passive in nature, which is to say that they utilize flat, single-plane, 2-D, digital photography image capture of an ignition interlock user and records the captured image and detector readings, usually of breath, along with a time and date stamp, the captured image being reviewed at a later time. Since an ignition interlock breath alcohol test is an unsupervised test, simple image capture is "passive" in that it does not provide a technological ability to 'verifiably auto recognize' an authorized user at the time of the initial breath alcohol test. Therefore, due to an inability to positively identify a user in real-time, this passive image capture cannot prevent an unauthorized user from engaging the interlocked vehicle. Consequently, this passive photo capture system is not an active anti-circumvention device intended to prevent unauthorized users from starting an ignition interlocked vehicle. As used herein, "passive" refers to systems displaying these characteristics. In addition, the available systems cannot positively identify in real-time a named individual sanctioned to use a mandated jurisdiction interlock program.
The facial biometric recognition technology feature incorporated into the ignition interlock of the present invention allows for real-time identity verification from a database comprised of authorized users for a particular serial numbered ignition interlock unit. An unauthorized and unidentified user may be precluded from engaging an interlock device and a sanctioned offender can be compelled to submit to a test for sobriety. As used herein, a facial biometric recognition technology feature that can be incorporated into an ignition interlock includes a scan of a facial biometric of an individual and compares the scan to an image stored in memory, the scan and the stored image uniquely identifying the individual. While any facial biometric may be used, current facial biometrics that can uniquely identify individuals include 3-D and 4-D biometric infrared facial scans and images stored from such scans as well as scans of selected ocular features of individuals and images stored from such scans. Once a user is identified from an initial biometric facial scan result, the interlock will prompt the apparatus to start or may require a breath test, in which case the interlock will prompt the individual for an initial breath test. A second biometric facial scan may be programmed to occur while the identified authorized user is in the process of administering a breath test in the ignition interlock for further confirmation. Further, a biometric facial scan of the authorized user may additionally be performed after the vehicle has been started, for example, while the vehicle is being driven, which may prompt for additional breath tests during intervals of a programmed rolling retest feature.
Furthermore, the data log activity report, which is generated by other passive ignition interlock devices which require a camera capability, can currently record an image next to the time and date stamped activity but without the ability to insert identifiably the user name. Therefore, with single-plane, 2-D, digital image recording technology, positive identification of the imaged user in the data log report can only indiscriminately and accurately identify the imaged user after the fact of vehicle or apparatus operation, when a qualified third party human reviews and confirms the image. Additionally, unless an ignition interlock is summonsed for early reporting, events data log downloads can occur up to 30 to 60 days after the recorded fact. Positive "verification" identification of a user using single-plane, 2-D, digital image capture assumes that the data log events have been downloaded and processed for third party review, which can occur well after the recording of the data and the operation of the vehicle. Passive ignition interlock provides no real-time (positive) identity verification with simple camera-capable interlocks, that enable the placement of a recorded name next to a verified user's data logged activity. The data logged reported activity still remains nameless with the passive ignition interlocks using digital photography interlocks. Specifically single-plane, 2-D imaging is not capable of positive real-time identification and response.
The facial biometric recognition technology feature incorporated into the ignition interlock of the present invention allows for real-time identity verification from a database stored in memory comprised of authorized users, which then enables the authorized users' name to be included as a key factual element of the interlock data log activity report. The present invention also permits an image of the authorized user to appear next to the name and logged data event, depending upon jurisdictional reporting requirements.
Contrary to passive, 2-D photography, digital image capture such as used by Smart Start Inc. of Irving, Tex. in their Model 20/20, and by Interceptor Ignition Interlocks, Inc. of Pawling, N.Y., the present invention utilizes 3-D or 4-D facial geometry and topography techniques and determines a plurality of 3-D or 4-D coordinates. For a biometric infrared facial scan, the infrared range scanner transforms the head into a known view. A 3-D or 4-D mesh and corresponding texture based on these coordinates is acquired and stored.
Three-dimensional imaging utilizes a 3-D infrared device which captures a 3-D profile of an individual using an infrared imaging device utilizing individual wavelengths shorter than visible light wavelengths. Since this radiation detects body features not detectable using visible light, the head of each individual provides a unique profile. Three-dimensional imaging technology is available from sources such as Bioscrypt of L-I Identity Solutions of Stamford, Conn. or A4 Vision Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. Four-dimensional imaging utilizes infrared techniques and visible light images to create a 4-D facial biometrics, or "A.F.R.S.", such as that developed by Titanium Technology of San Jose, Calif. Four-dimensional imaging also utilizes the infrared imaging technology and provides a unique profile of an individual. Four-dimensional imaging is preferred for use in the interlock system of the present invention.
With the use of a miniaturized infrared scanning device in the interlock system of the present invention, a version method similar to confocal laser scanning microscopy combined with Local Feature Analysis (LFA) may be used. This process obtains high-resolution optical facial nodal point measurements, which are then processed through computerized recognition algorithm software, which also can be stored in a memory device and retrieved and run by a CPU, typically the CPU of a computer. The optical facial nodal points of the image stored in the CPU are compared to those of the individual scanned for a match. The computer program compares selected facial features from a real-time live image with a stored image from the facial database. It should be apparent that both the live image and the stored facial database can be represented as a plurality of coordinates in space. Local Feature Analysis is the fundamental of most existing facial recognition. It defines a set of topographic, local kernels that are optimally matched to the second order statistics of the input ensemble. The kernels are derived from the principal component axis, and consist of "sphering" the principal component analysis (PCA) coefficients to equalize their variance, followed by rotation to pixel space. The kernels are found to have spatially local properties and are "topographic" in the sense that they were indexed by spatial location. A new 4-D facial recognition method developed by Titanium Tech uses two-view geometry Dynamic Local Feature Analysis (2VDLFA). This technique employs the LFA on integrated shape, texture and two-view geometry images. The relationship between two views can be explained by 'epipolar geometry', which in turn can be explained by a stereo vision and a third point in-depth that provides a 3-D measurement. Reference points are acquired point-by-point in this fashion to produce an image and reconstructed with a computer or CPU, allowing 3-D reconstructions of topographically complex objects. Infrared laser 3-D scanning uses real-time data capture of distinctive facial features where rigid tissue and bone are most apparent, such as the curves of the eye socket, nose, cheeks, mouth, and chin to identify the subject. These areas are all unique and do not change over time. Using depth and an axis of measurement planes that are not affected by lighting, 3-D facial recognition can be used in darkness and has the ability to recognize a subject at different view angles. The process involves detection, alignment, measurement, representation, matching, and identification verification. Once the 3-D facial recognition system detects a face, the system determines the head's position, size and pose. With an infrared laser, the subject has the potential to be recognized up to 90 degrees in the database has equivalent stored matches. In summary, 4-D facial recognition using 2VDLFA mentioned above, employs two-view geometry images to provide the depth information of the face, which simulate the 3-D nature of the human face. Shape encodes the feature geometry of a face and is extracted by dynamic edge detection. Texture provides a normalized facial feature on the image, which provide one or more dimensions of information to form a 4-D facial recognition. According to experimental tests performed by Japan University, it is believed that the added information present in 4-D data creates the superior performance and recognition authority, which shows that 4-D facial biometrics encompassing 2VDLFA that can separately identify otherwise identical twins.
Current methods of testing for impairment of an operator at the time of operating an apparatus have been limited to using a breath alcohol analyzer device. Human impairment and the side effects such as loss of coordination, loss of alertness, slow and inaccurate neurological response time, and overall poor judgment or even a state of unconsciousness can result from prescribed drugs or illegal narcotics and even extreme fatigue. Human impairment is broad in scope and is not limited solely to impairment cause by the consumption of alcohol. Therefore, other measures to detect other induced sources of impairment or a normal human state of impairment in conjunction with an ignition interlock device at the time of desired operation of an apparatus other than from an alcohol source, are contemplated. Blood and urine analysis are, in practice, too complex or intrusive to be easily and quickly used as a method of impairment detection, especially in an unsupervised vehicle environment.
Two options to address other non-alcohol sources of impairment detection in a vehicle environment or at the start-up of an apparatus can be integrated as an add-on component. A first option used with the present invention ignition interlock is based on a plug-and-play platform of components that can integrate a pupilometer based on EyeCheck™ technology such as is manufactured by EyeCheck™ of MCJ, Inc. of Rockford, Ill. EyeCheck™ aims an infrared light into the pupil causing a stimulus which then detects and measures pupil eye movement and pupil dilation. The proprietary software calculates and measures pupil diameter combined with pupil movement speed, which when compared against a baseline measurement then calculates a status of either failed human impairment or passed non-impairment present. The premise for the technology is largely based on the same technology used by trained Drug Recognition Experts, DRE's, who also examine the subject and determine impairment, in part, on the condition and movement of the pupil. The second option uses saliva testing that can be accomplished by using a Branan Medical saliva drug and alcohol test strip. The saliva test strip such as the Oratect Plus™ strip, made by Branan Medical of Irvine, Calif. also tests for adulterants that would be added to skew the accuracy of any drug or alcohol detection. After the operator swabs his/her mouth for a saliva sample, the strip is then placed in the strip reader unit for results produced in less than 1 minute. The reader independently reads the strip for presence of alcohol or drugs. If the test results are clear then the saliva strip reader sends a message to the ignition interlock allowing the apparatus to engage. If the reader detects a failed test due to a presence of a drug substance in the operator's saliva, the reader will send the data to be recorded in the memory of the ignition interlock and the vehicle or apparatus will be prevented from starting. The use of 4-D facial biometrics and an optional added camera system can record the saliva strip testing procedure to minimize the opportunity for an operator to pursue any means of attempted system circumvention. In conclusion, the current invention addresses the ability to test for 'other than alcohol' sources of human impairment by integrating into the ignition interlock 'plug-and-play' platform either an EyeCheck™ pupil dilation unit or a Branan Medical saliva strip drug reader.
The system can also incorporate General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) to provide additional capabilities. GPRS is integrated into GSM Release97 and newer releases. CDMA-Code Division Multiple Access—2G networks and W-CDMA—Wideband Code Division Multiple Access—(higher speed protocol using 3G networks) can also be utilized.
This technology is widely used for two way communication and WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), Short Message Service (SMS), and MMS (Multimedia, Messaging Service), and for Internet, such as e-mail service and World Wide Web access.
This communication feature integrated as an add-on component to the expandable ignition interlock base design platform can be used to troubleshoot and remotely service the ignition interlock while in field operation. The design is currently working on either a 2G network or 3G network which provides faster data transmission time.
When equipped with these communications capabilities, it is possible for the interlock system of the present invention to communicate with a remote service and monitoring location while the interlock system is in active duty status in an operator's car. For equipment service reasons, using GSM/GPRS/CDMA/WCDMA-type technology, a company service monitoring center can contact an operator's unit to download a summary data log report or an entire data log report for the objective of resolving possible issues. While the log data report can be customized, one embodiment includes a data log report listing diagnostic line items of key equipment functions or possible unit malfunctions.
One potential service issue can be a malfunction in any major component of the ignition interlock, which would cause an operator to have difficulty with the normal operation of their interlocked vehicle. To avoid an authorized operator from being stranded due to an inoperable vehicle situation resulting from a malfunctioning interlock installed in the vehicle, a service-monitoring technician using two-way communication can remotely correct a problem or advise an operator to take a proper course of action.
Another potential service issue is an interlock in a 'recall to service center' situation where an operator has exceeded a jurisdictional required preset interlock program violation limit. Once an operator of an ignition interlock unit exceeds it's permissible violation limits, the ignition interlock will enter into a grace period count down mode before the ignition interlock disables the vehicle from starting. This feature requires the operator to physically report to a service center with their vehicle for a data log download and a software violation limit reset. With two-way communication, the ignition interlock can also be programmed to dial out to a service monitoring center to provide notification of the exceeded violation limit status. Alternatively, an operator can make a phone call requesting service when such an event occurs. Two-way communication between the interlock system and the service-monitoring center can allow a factory technician to remotely download the data log report for data retrieval and then perform a remote violation reset function saving both the technician and the operator lost time and difficulties. The emphasis on two-way communication with the ignition interlock equipment is based upon the ability to provide timely and cost efficient service for the operator of the vehicle or apparatus.
Incorporation of GPS—Global Satellite Communication
With broad commercially available and affordable GPS locator technology offered by carriers such as mobile cell phone service companies, communication and location information is readily integrated into and monitored by the interlock system. GPS technology can perform around the clock, and location coordinates can also be recorded in conjunction with a specific event by software triggers. All coordinates can be recorded with longitude and latitude degrees.
An added feature of the expandable base platform design for the ignition interlock of the present invention can conveniently permit it to function with an incorporated on-board GPS device, such as a GPS chip or a GPS chip operating in conjunction with memory, which can record all location information at a predetermined frequency, such as at all data log events, or at a desired time interval. The location readings, in longitude and latitude if desired, can be included in the downloadable ignition interlock data log report. With the use of a GSM/CDMA reporter, an operator's location can be identified and the operator notified to report to a predetermined location, such as a service-monitoring center, for assistance in technical or interlock program difficulties. In case of an emergency, an operator can utilize the ignition interlock to send report data out to a service monitoring location verifying their location.
Thus, the facial biometric ignition interlock device of the present invention 3-D or 4-D recognition enables substantially instantaneous positive identification of an operator of a vehicle or an apparatus. "Substantially instantaneous" as used herein means instantaneously or with a few seconds, but less than about 2 minutes, preferably in about 2 seconds for infrared facial biometrics. Current state-of-the-art hardware used in the system of the present invention requires additional time for selected ocular tests, which can uniquely identify an individual by at least one feature of the eye selected from the group consisting of an iris, a retina, a cornea, and a blood vessel pattern. The 3-D or 4-D facial biometric selected is unique to an individual. Preferred biometrics include an infrared facial scan or an eye scan, the eye scan most preferably including some variant of pupilometry. For example, scanning of at least one of the iris, the retina, the cornea or the blood vessel pattern may be used for biometric identification of an individual, and an EyeCheck™ scan may be used for impairment screening.
While the facial biometric ignition interlock system of the present invention using 3-D or 4-D recognition has been developed for use in vehicles operated by individuals under court-ordered supervision for driving while impaired, while the present invention provides a sophisticated system that can expand the ability of law enforcement to monitor individuals under court-ordered supervision for alcohol abuse. The facial biometric identification system of the present invention in conjunction with the interlock can also be used as an anti-theft device for vehicles. Three or four-dimensional biometric images such as the infrared facial scan or the iris scan of the eye of authorized operators can be stored in memory. Attempts to activate the vehicle will result in activation of the camera or other appropriate scanning equipment which will scan the individual in the operator's seat. The infrared scanned image will then be compared to the images stored in memory. Since the 3-D and 4-D scans can positively identify an individual if the scanned image does not match an image stored in memory, the interlock system will be activated preventing operation of the vehicle. Scanning may be repeated at periodic intervals while the vehicle is being operated to confirm that the operator has not been changed and continues to be an authorized operator. Due to safety concerns, if during a retest, it is ascertained that the operator whose image was most recently scanned is not an authorized operator, a warning can be generated to inform the operator that the vehicle will be automatically disabled within a predetermined time to permit the operator of the vehicle to safely position it outside of the main traffic flow.
In addition, or alternatively if provided with communications capability, the unit can contact the owner that the vehicle is being operated by an unauthorized user. If the vehicle has been stolen, the owner can report the theft to the police. If the interlock system is additionally equipped with a GPS, the location of the vehicle can also be reported. Of course, authorized operators will be able to enter a temporary code to override the system for preselected periods of time to permit operation of the vehicle by mechanics, valets and the like. The system can be expanded to include a breath alcohol analyzer component at a later time, if it is determined by a court-order that the breath alcohol monitoring is required.
The present invention can also be expanded beyond the court-ordered breath alcohol monitoring and can be used for other impairments. Specifically, pupilometry can be used to monitor the pupils for dilation and/or pupil movement. The latter uses an infrared device to monitor an aspect of the eye. However, unusual pupil dilation and/or unusual pupil movement can be a sign of physical impairment resulting from drugs or perhaps fatigue. Any indication of impairment can be sufficient for activation of the interlock system to prevent vehicle or apparatus operation.
The interlock system of the present invention is responsive to 3-D or 4-D image matching that provides a positive identification, and then required, to test for indicia of impairment. Usually, the impairment testing is court-ordered breath alcohol tests, but as noted above, may include a determination of other measurable features, such as pupil dilation or pupil movement. The interlock system may include separate components hard-wired to the ignition system. However, with increasing sophistication of automotive vehicles, most vehicles include a sophisticated computer that controls many aspects of vehicle operation. The interlock system may be a microchip or a software subroutine that is in communication with the vehicle computer and provides a signal that permits vehicle ignition or one that immobilizes vehicle operation when predetermined conditions are not met.
While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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"Wha?... ARGH!! ARE YOU KIDDING?!" Kyoushiro screeched.
Mel jumped to his feet, now wide awake. "Kyoushiro! You all right?! What happened?!"
"I'll tell you what happened! Were sent back to point A!"
"I know, don't say it! Okay time for the door and..." Kyoushiro paused in his speech as he randomly saw a monster right at the door, screeching its head off! "Nevermind!" With that, he slammed the door shut on the beast.
"Got any better ideas?" Mel groaned. Kyoushiro was about to snap when the doors burst open again.
"AAHHH!! MUMMY ATTACK!!" Mel screeched, jumping in one of the draws of the dresser behind him. Kyoushiro turned and to his surprise, saw Althea. She had arrived on the scene.
"Althea? I thought you stayed with Henki!" Kyoushiro said.
"I did at first. But I can't stand seeing someone else get killed here." Althea said. Kyoushiro then saw Mel still hiding in the dresser.
"You can come out Mel. Althea, this is Mel. Mel, this is Althea." Kyoushiro introduced.
"Your not gonna hurt me are you?" Mel asked from the dresser.
"Don't be scared. It's safe."
It took a bit but Mel finally started to warm up. "Okay...this is all new to me." Mel admitted.
"Don't worry. It's nice you came around."
"Like I have much choice," Mel thought to himself.
"But now we need to get-" Before Kyoushiro can step out, Althea suddenly wrapped his legs in her cloth, like a rodeo bull in a lasso.
"I'm not letting you do all that again."
"For the love a-...again? YOU SAW US DO ALL THAT?!"
"Yes. I've thought the dreamtime magic will keep you guys asleep until morning...but I guess you two can't stay asleep for long."
"THAT WAS YOU?!?!" the dogs yelled. Althea just giggled nervously as Kyoushiro sighed.
"Althea...all right. Well stay here till morning, but so help me, if I find Ravens head rolling round the room-"
"Calm down Kyou, please. Well look I promise, just don't get so hasty." Althea pleaded. The Kishu now no longer had a choice. He had to stay.
"...Fine...let's just hope they don't kill her yet..."
For the time being they all decided to sleep it off. Mel and Kyoushiro were fast asleep as Althea was keeping watch. Time was going on a very long time as Althea tried to stay awake...but it took a ton more effort then she first thought and finally she passed out exhausted...a minute later, Kyoushiro shot his eyes open.
"Finally. I thought she will never sleep...Sorry Mel, Althea. But this ship's setting sail tonight...no exceptions." Kyoushiro thought, as he opened the door and went out.
Instead of a drop door, he opened up to a strangely set hallway. It was a strange hallway that went in a circle and the center was glass, dropping 30 feet to the floor.
"Okay Kyou. Probably this nuthouse will try to psyche you out. Just focus. Find Raven, get back to retriever and spirit, get out, that's all. Let's start running." Kyoushiro then began to strengthen pace but as he reached to a turn in the hall, outta the blue a gigantic blade nearly made him into slices! He jumped past and started down the hall, seeing a black figure chasing right after him! He kept trying to lose her, bolting past corners, making random turns, but nothing was losing her!
"Crud, Crud, Crud! All this problem because of that stupid Diclonius!!" Kyoushiro then, in his panic, tried for a door but ended up hitting a brick wall. He fell backwards with a thud and ended up looking right up at the figure.
"Diclonius. Aren't. Stupid." it said. Kyoushiro jumped back to his feet.
"What would you know of a Diclonius you-" before Kyoushiro can continue. The figure stepped into an unknown light...a woman...a teenaged human...with stub horns kidding from her pink hair.
"...I am one..."
Kyoushiro froze...he was starring right at a Diclonius! With no where to run! He started breaking out a cold sweat as he desperately tried to find a way out! The Diclonius walked closer but Kyoushiro suddenly felt a powerful pressure hold him down. The Diclonius's invisible tentacles got him! That giant blade was picked up by another tentacle, but before she can do anything, suddenly an even more powerful force grabbed Kyoushiro and left the Diclonius in the dust.
It didn't take very long until it got right back to point A (AGAIN) and threw the Kishu inside, waking Mel and Althea up.
"What the-...HENKI?!"
"Yes Shirogane. I and Althea came in and saved you. Luckily I showed up other wise you'll be in deadly trouble." Henki said.
"Henki, Althea stay outta this! Raven will die if I stay away!"
"You'll get killed if you try though!"
"WHY YOU-" Kyoushiro was close to losing it but at the open door...the figure...the Diclonius...came back! It walked in, the door closing behind her. Mel took a step back to the wall, catching her attention.
"Who are you miss?" Mel shuttered out. She stood tall, looking down at him with one visible eye, not a word escaped her lips. It was a standoff.
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The news about ZEEL in the process of acquiring 9X channel has been greeted by media planners in general, who feel it is a win-win for both the companies. It may be noted that on the Board of Directors of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) had April 20, 2010 given its approval to the acquisition of 9X general entertainment channel business from INX Media Pvt Ltd by way of a Scheme of Arrangement, under which the 9X channel business undertaking would be demerged from INX and vested with ZEEL.
The Board is meeting again on April 29, 2010 to consider the terms of the scheme, share swap ratio, appointed date, and so on.
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He further said, "The implications for other channels will depend on the programming line ZEEL decides to toe. Chances are that the second line of GECs is more likely to feel the effect of viewership erosion. If the programming manages to catch the imagination of the flirting viewer, then it will surely result in a slight increase in the genre viewership pie."
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Rajiv Gopinath, COO, Madison Media Infinity, pointed out that as per media reports, ZEEL would get a tax benefit of Rs 170 crore from this buyout. He further said, "I don't see any content benefits that ZEEL will get as the content on 9X is more than 18 months old."
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Plymouth-born Adrienne Hill trained in acting at the Bristol Old Vic, then spent some time with the Old Vic Company in London, followed by eight years' work in repertory theatre. Having been spotted by Doctor Who production assistant Viktors Ritelis while understudying for Maggie Smith in a play called "Mary, Mary", she was invited to audition for the role of Princess Joanna in "The Crusade." Although she did not win that part, director Douglas Camfield remembered her and cast her as Katarina. Read more... Walk." She then moved abroad with her husband when his work took him first to Holland and later to the USA. In the late seventies, after her marriage broke up, she returned to England and studied for a degree. During the eighties she launched a new career as a drama teacher, while continuing to do occasional acting work.


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We don't need to explain to you why Metal Gear Solid is such a great game, but you might be wondering why we're classing it as a reboot. Alongside the fact that it brought Metal Gear into the 3D era, the reason we make this claim is that MGS uses many of the exact same scenarios and story beats as the first two Metal Gear games. From the fact that Metal Gear 2 opens inside a hanger with an elevator, to receiving anonymous advice from a character that turns out to be Gray Fox, there are a raft of examples of parallels that support the argument it's basically a remake.
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Rebooting one of the most highly regarded and influential games of all time, in the form of Deus Ex, was no easy task. Square Enix did an absolutely stellar job with Human Revolution, however. In the way that it lets you customise your character and ensures that those choices have an impact on how each mission plays out, the game retains that sense of freedom and flexibility that made the original special. It also has a similar atmosphere to the first game, its design drawing from the same cyperpunk tradition whilst also having its own identity. It only it didn't have those boss fights…
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XCOM tops our list by virtue of the fact that it perfectly encapsulates what a reboot should be. That is, it places the elements that made the original game successful at its core, makes it accessible to a modern audience without compromising the basic form of its gameplay and is a game that can be enjoyed equally by newcomers and fans of the series. With Enemy Unknown, the lineage of the original X-Com games lies in the way that the game responds to your mistakes. Just as in the original, errors are ruthlessly punished, with the game famously managing to create surprisingly strong bonds with your band of characters because of the fact that you know they can die easily if you screw up and that their death will be permanent. Firaxis also deserves kudos for taking a game that's part of what's seen as a 'PC genre' and showing that those kinds of games can work on console if designed correctly. XCOM is both a fantastic game in its own right and a wonderful, loyal homage to the series that it rebooted.
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When we began back in 1988, the very first dashboard we reskinned was a 1971 Ford Falcon XY Dashboard. We do these in the original colours and grain with or without speaker holes. Amazingly, 18 years later we still do heaps of them. It's hard to believe there are so many of them still out there.
Believe it or not, these Mercedes CLK Doortrims were chewed by the owner's dog (we feed ours PAL).
The insert sections weren't damaged so we only needed to reskin the outer panels.
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Maria, Henry and their three sons are starting a relaxing winter holiday in Thailand when a massive tsunami hits the coastline.
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As Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter holiday in Thailand, they are looking forward to a few days in a tropical paradise. But on the morning of Boxing Day, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth. Maria freezes in fear when she sees a huge wall of black water racing across the hotel grounds towards them. Based on a true story about a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time, the terror of the tsunami is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.


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Is marble dead? While the success of Alexander Seton's practice over the past decade is testament that it is not, in his hands this question is alluring bait for consideration. Our collective perceptions assign marble to the hallowed halls of art history; Greek and Roman Classical sculpture and architecture as endowments of wealth, establishment and refined taste. Mythology even sells us the idea that marble, so pure and flesh-like, can steal a man's heart, described by Roman poet Ovid's tale of transformation Metamorphoses X (AD 8), more commonly known as Pygmallion.
How then do we read a 1970s styled T-shirt emblazoned with the retro text 'Marble is dead' hung on a clothes rack within the exhibition We've Got to Get Out of this Place (2005, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane)? Seton offers a suggestion through the exhibition's title, but furthermore, through the very materiality of this meticulously recreated T-shirt, the synthetic material CaesarStone®. Seton stacks pun upon pun, loading the banal with conceptual rigor and elevating it to marble's historic position of esteem.
Growing up in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Seton's fascination with marble was seeded by the location of a quarry down the road from his home, situating the material more within the realm of the everyday than the revered. It is this elemental foundation of familiarity, paired with a degree in Art Theory and History from the College of Fine Arts (2005), that places Seton's practice foremost within the realm of the conceptual, his phenomenal skill translating those ideas.
It is the very transformation of marble as a material, physically and metaphorically, that continues to challenge Seton today and is the nexus of Roughing Out. A hint is in marble's geological structure: sedimentary carbonate rock (aka limestone) that changes state into crystalline interlocking mosaics giving the rock its gleam, its sensual sheen. Some might even describe it as a kind of alchemy. Seton's breaking down and reconstructing of matter is not merely conceptual play; it is the most natural translation of the material. So as one scans across this new body of work, from dust drawings to refined blocks, to a process-based performative lab, these objects are totally at home within the origins of the material's inherent transformation. It is our perception that begs redefinition.
Seton turns to process itself to offer that shift: material as an expression of ephemerality; material as a meter for time, material as performance. Are they such new ideas for Seton? When we remove the element of awe of his earlier works and start to map his trajectory to this current exhibition there is a persistence of ideas and objects that assure us of a well considered premise, the use of text, for example, repetition, draped objects, and a theatrically in the staging of his sculptures.
Consider the statement I was here (2013, Sullivan & Stumpf, Sydney), strewn graffiti-like across the gallery floor in Carrara marble. Viewers are forced to alter their perspective, their path physically interrupted and their eyes grounded. Is it a celebration of the irreverent intervention or simply a delight in banality? It is not the image one immediately conjures when we think of marble sculptures, along with worn mattresses, traffic barricades, and blow up toys, objects that have defined Seton's oeuvre. What Seton allows is 'a lightness' to the material that history denies.
This compulsion to tag generic philosophies finds a connection with a suite of new dust works, where Seton has scribed into settled marble dust 'ditties' that resonate white-on-white placard style. He flirts with the idea of permanency / impermanency of a message, interested in the slow reveal. I am reminded of Seton's outdoor couch The Modern Panopticon (2004) on a picturesque outcrop along a jogging path at Bondi's Sculpture by the Sea. Its worn cushions impregnated with the text 'this is no time to sit around' and 'get up and enjoy the day', directives that interrupt out cognitive patterns. While our compulsion is to sit we are repealed by a sense of guilt or collective adherence to rules.
It relates to an earlier piece, Panopticon (2003), an elegant designer bench in Carrara marble with stainless steel legs. Its cushion surface carried the impression of an invisible viewer. Seton captured that fleeting transition between stasis and action. While our first trigger is to read Seton's dust series within his lineage of artworks that have used text, it is this other layer that explores the concepts of time and intervention that is a more intriguing leap between the viewer and the material object.
The Accursed White Whale (2010) extended this idea, teasing the viewer through contradiction. A deflated pool toy, it was presented leaning against the gallery wall in the exhibition Infinitely Near (2010, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney) defying any rational explanation of gravity, its rigid 'objectness' worked against its soft reality. Like Seton's glass half full in Roughing Out we wonder whether it possessed hope, pregnant with life waiting to be inflated, or was it an expression of deflated dreams?
This was not the first time Seton worked with the idea of the residual. His 'On Hold' series (2008, Jan Murphy Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair) was based on marble dustsheets that covered iconic forms, objects such as a pram, grand piano, and lawn mower. The objects were unmistakable, strongly gender based or the embodiment societal stereotypes and, yet, by veiling them Seton charged them with emotion – a personally triggered recognition. It was the residual of an object that was defined, not the object itself.
There was further historical play going on here. On the one hand there was the reference to Man Ray's The Enigma of Isidore Ducasse (1920), an ambiguous form wrapped in a blanket and twine, its truth in its intrigue. On the other was Seton's cadaver My Concerns Will Outlive Yours (2011) poignantly draped by a body-bag carved from Wombeyan marble, its truth in its concealment. Seton's prowess at carving fabric pulls our collective memory back to the Winged Victory of Samothrace (190 BC) or the lesser known The West Wind (1876) by American Thomas R. Gould, a young maiden whose skirt billows with life, the fabric clinging to her body almost lifting her from her feet. The contrast is stark. Where for Man Ray invisibility was a metaphor for 'enigma', for Seton it was a malleable tool at once melancholic, political, provocative, and playful. He was able to move marble beyond allegory using its potency to connect with viewers in their contemporary reality. This invisibility is a subject Seton approached with great sensitivity in the installations that followed As of Today (2011), twenty-three folded flags tied with rope in a ceremonial fashion, and Six More (since 22/05/2011) (2011). Carved in Queensland marble subtly toned a skin-like pink, they 'stood-in' for soldiers killed during Australia's engagement in the war in Afghanistan. Marble has long been the material of gravestones, and through this ongoing critique Seton updates this tradition with a more current reminder.
What is apparent in all these works discussed is Seton's use of theatrics and the implied protagonist to the narrative. Central to this exhibition sits a clear acrylic structure, a hermetically sealed stage, if you like, within which Seton uses a salvaged Pantograph machine to duplicate a digital resin print of his own hand. Writer Andrew Frost hits it when he described, 'Seton's practice is about engaging with the analogue in a digital world.' (2012) Seton has placed this antiquated piece of technology at the heart of his current work. The idea of banal repetition strikes a chord with Seton's past penchant for carving collections, groupings of mass-produced objects that garner a presence or element of monumentality through their replication. The link is best illustrated by his Bean Bag Suite (2004), miniature versions of the iconic 1970s lounging furniture examined through a trilogy of photography, video, and sculpture.
Seton sketched a grid on his studio floor, a drawing device not unlike the Dürer Grid, a 16th century tool named after Albert Dürer and used by Renaissance artists to replicate a composition. It was a stage upon which he arbitrarily kicked around a beanbag, sending it into flight then free fall, recording its random sequence of landings frozen in Bianco marble and scattered across the gallery. It was an action further suspended in time, a video loop of the spinning bag seeming levitating in space and caught between the performative gesture and snapped stasis of a photograph. Time was key to this piece.
Marble traditionally removes time, immortalizing the object. What, then, was the function and speed of this repetition? Was it an attempt by Seton to slow how we engage with the world around us? In both Seton's Pantograph and beanbag works we only ever see part of the action, part of the narrative. While Seton appears in his photographs as the protagonist of this game, he is rendered invisible in his video and installation, although his 'hand' in the action was implied. It is a delightful conundrum, and oscillates between that invisibility, mentioned earlier, and a broader idea of performance within installation art.
Repetition and performance are constants in Seton's work. As he explains, 'I want to hit the perceptual reset button so I can engage the critical and conceptual faculties that allow concepts to flow back and forth between the art object and its audience.' (2012) Performance predicates the notion of being watched, of surveillance, topics well explored by Seton. His videos and photographs of police containment made during the APEC Summit (Sydney, 2007) and sporting titles such as Water Canon, Line Up and Bus moved beyond the object to the theatre of the moment. The most recent act in this play was witnessed by Asia's collecting circles at ArtHK12, where Seton's installation Elegy On Resistance (2012, Sullivan+Strumpf, Art Basel, Hong Kong) comprised marble CCTV cameras, Quartet 1 – 4, surveying a crowd gathering around a seated hooded figure, Soloist. The audience was integral to the work.
The foundation of performance is storytelling. That blur of storytelling and reality is a persistent protagonist in Seton's work, and is superbly illustrated in his sculpture Reverse Garbage (2005), a garbage bag carved from highly polished black Belgian marble, reflecting the plasticity of the mass produced item. Its plastic yellow Polyethlene ties made 'real' the scenario, just as Seton's pantograph replicas or the contents of this exhibition's oversized bags of marble rubble are testament to their reality. Seton challenges our cognitive processes, what we see, and our compulsion to construct meaning. It moves beyond mere facsimile or technical efficiency.
Seton's outdoor installation Unsettled (2006) used that same confrontational handle. Made for the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award and presented in the grounds of the opulent Werribee Mansion Hotel, its anonymous figure in a sleeping bag could be confused with the homeless who populate our city's parks by night.
What this exhibition does is provide a kind of 'release valve', reinstating materiality and humour through the unexpected. The tone of Unsettled defined a kind of politically alert evolution that was becoming more prominent in Seton's work. Security Blanket (2007), and the subsequent exhibitions Panoply (2007), Flags (2011) and Elegy of Resistance (2011) engaged contentious themes of national security, border control, conflict and institutional force. Simply, the work was turning from the wow-factor of a soft object drawn from a hard material, to the hard line foundation of ideas within the object. While the sedentary block Glory Hole (2013) has a direct lineage to Seton's earlier barricades, its scale and physicality, obstructive and confrontational, is also sexually overt; its orifice at waist height undeniably charged. Like My Concerns Will Outlive Yours and Unsettled it presents an emotional challenge to those who encounter it, but one that is fed by wry humour rather than moral positioning.
This subtly laced sexuality again is not a new to Seton's work. One only has to recall his earliest sculptures of women's stiletto boots Wear Me (Eve) (2004) or his 'humping' Lego Building Blocks (2005), white on black, the letter 'L' removed from their branding. For many of us they offer a visual double-take. What are we looking at? In these works, Seton has broken down the hierarchy attached to marble, demystifying or de-heroicising it. He has done this through the replication of unexpected objects, by challenging logic, and now turns to the 'alchemy of video' to document its mystery.
Working with the geological structure of marble, Seton has used its metamorphism as the narrator of his new video The Alchemic Cycle (2013). Part still life, part documentary we witness the breaking down of a block of marble and its reconstitution in a continual loop. The very action overrides the object itself. One is reminded of Seton's long interest in time as an architect of the object and his casting of the viewer in the role of witness, exemplified through Elegy of Resistance.
It returns us to our opening proposition: is marble dead? Simply no, the video loop is infinite. Marble, even in its most obscure derivative in the hands of Seton, sustains contemporary dialogue. As he has said, 'The transformation of material becomes a fascinating way to engage the audience.' (2013) Roughing Out presents an opportunity to review, remember and deepen our experience and understanding of Seton's practice and to bear in mind its potential future. We can only expect to be further surprised.


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