Get oriented with output and feedback by working with an actuator. Taking cues from Google's Paper Signals experiment with materials to create an interesting notification or effect when combined wi...more

Develop a speculative / conceptual design for a martian garden and propose a series of ‘tools’ that will be used to tend our Martian garden.

Part 1: Sketches due Tuesday January 19 Your first project is to generate conceptual designs for three toys. Each toy should be based on a fundamental physical concept. Examples of existing toy...more

The ability to learn - that is, to change and adapt to one's environment - is one of the hallmarks of intelligence, whether in humans, animals, or machines. In this course, we will examine the natu...more