Sep 27
Smart-Dwell is the new home for the future. It is a Mash-up of Eco-Systems, Smart-Sensors and a Feedback Loop all for a Healthy + Eco-friendly home. Ideally this would be in an urban setting where space is scarce, full of pollutants and also where there’s much waste from energy and refuse. But this could also …
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Sep 27
I really liked the articles on musical mash-ups since I listen to a lot of them on youtube, my favourite is this one: Circus/PokerFace (aucostic) possibly everything pop mashup ever aspires to be: United States of Pop I love United States of Pop, it’s almost like a sound map of all the pop music top …
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Sep 27
I took a long time to think about what to write for this post, and honest truth – I haven’t really came to any solid conclusion yet. Norman’s essay on design of everyday brings about an interesting concept about material affordances; that the material itself has inclinations towards a certain action/use. At first it seemed …
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Sep 27
For project No.1, I call it the Food Finder. An app or website that would help you find a place to eat, or IDEAS on where to eat at any given moment depending on your location. You would have to use your iPhone or Smartphone, to locate a nearby restaurant in NYC, which would then …
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Sep 27
Nice idea for FaceBook Buttons from Failbook.com Also check out Internet Vices by Patrick Moberg: More at this link.
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Sep 27
Group: Galina Rybatsky, Jason, Yong Lee Project Name: Sound Wave Description: Our concept for this piece was a sailboat that plays music as it sails across the water. The wind would propel the sails activating different musical notes. The tempo of the music would depend on how fast the ship is going. The way we built this …
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Sep 27
Final decision to use an umbrella + aluminum foil. Aluminum foil rings with wires attached. Dan mentioned it looked like a claw, therefore we christened it “the Claw”… Me trying to test the nodes to see if it tried to claw-off parts of the foil. Note my finger, I sliced it open when I was …
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Sep 27
(The inside of the box is not meant to be seen for this reason) Group: Nicole, Ivy, Not Coming into the Scrapyard Challenge I was really excited about all of the stuff I brought – a toaster oven, VCR, Nintendo controller, smoke detector, and a bunch of other random junk. I thought I would be …
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