Physical Data Display
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Design a device that displays web-based data. The device's physical output must be related to the data it represents.
Design a device that displays web-based data. The device's physical output must be related to the data it represents.
Engage a line of spooky inquiry. Unsettle the present by making a creative technology. Prepare an intentionally haunted- or hauntologically-informed research product that can be encounters in the c...more
As part of this exercise you’ll practice networked interactions with the Particle event model and create a simple set of paired devices in preparation for the final project.
Prepare a simple 2-in (sensors or inputs), 1-out (LEDs) device (i.e. your project will use three components and at least one must be a sensor). Present a simple use case for a connected sensing dev...more
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It seems like you're drawing inspiration from the paper leaves hanging from the ceiling. This uses the same material, paper, to give the material in bulk a new form. I wonder what the significance will be of a giant paper dragon hanging from the ceiling. Also, swaying it in some manner, by hand or using a vent, and projecting lights of different color are interesting options to explore.
Develop a experiential / speculative design for a memory prothesis; a tangible device to support memory.
Portfolio creation is both a learning process and product that documents student interests, skills, and achievements and enables youth to curate creative outputs and personal accomplishments over t...more
Working collaboratively, create a short 2-3 minute performance that will never be the same. Use ideas of indeterminacy, emergence and generative performance, to develop a media-driven performance t...more
Create a site specific liminal installation for Hunt Library which incorporates a material constraint. You'll be assigned one material it must use and you'll work collaboratively. Document visitor ...more
Choose a sound (song, sampled audio, loop) and give it a beautiful physical 3D embodiment/representation (in just 2 hours). Image: Nathalie Miebach, Musical Buoy in Search Towards a New Shore, 2009
Design and build a device or experience that communicates what we can not otherwise perceive. Use sensors or rich media input (video, microphones) to gather unintelligible, unobservable, or under-u...more
Rebound, remix and rework a meme as part of a team. Take turns to iterate and augment a piece of spreadable media in teams of three. Each person will have 30 minutes to edit the meme and pass to th...more
Beg, borrow or steal to make a work of art from which you think you could make money.
Create a digital homage to a 20th century artist/artwork. Explore a work of contemporary art (non-digital, non-screen based) and digitally re-create it in under 2 hours. View full assignment: https...more
Physical computing refers to the design and construction of physical systems that use a mix of software and hardware to sense and respond to the surrounding world. Such systems blend digital and ph...more
Design and build a prototype for a cross-campus energy usage display system. Using live and historical data from the piwebapi,develop a system that will change the behavior of building occupants by...more
For this project, you will investigate a textile skill covered in the class or create a project proposal that incorporates techniques from the class as a way to apply these skills into your own pra...more
Skills Dev IV: Working with Outputs - Motors and Movement
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