September 28, 2011 archive

Scrapyard Challenge!

I was in a group with Firm, Paweena and Doug (spelling?) and actually we came up with THREE different musical instruments out of an old printer and a xbox. The most-fun bit was probably breaking open the xbox, and I got to mallet the harddisk drive! (yay!) After we opened the harddisk drive, Doug said …

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Project #3 Feedback Loop: Hush Box Option 3

The Hush Box, project #7 from 7 in 7 assignment: 7 in 7 Project #7: The Hush Box

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Project #3 Feedback Loop: Time Management Option 2

This is more of a personal use. I’d like to use M&Ms to gauge how much time I’m spending on which project per class.  Each color would represent the class and its project and one M&M would be one hour. They will be filled inside glass jars to which I will be documenting via photo …

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Project #3 Feedback Loop: Death from Bullying in USA Option 1

This is made in order to gauge how prevalent the act of bullying has become within America’s current youth culture.  We hear about this maybe once every six months?  But we hear about it nonetheless more often now that before. With the emergence of technology and social networking, bullying— so it seems, has reached a …

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Scrapyard Challenge

For the scrap yard challenge my group created four mini accordions set up in a single circuit so that sound could not be made unless every player was making the connection. It was really great to experience how little it takes to actually create some sort of physical product that gives feedback.

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