Sep 28
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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Sep 26
Feedback loops are a very interesting construction. For the most part a lot of have a feel of ubiquitous computing, not that they are so integrating into our lives that we don’t notice them, but they are integrated in a way, that we don’t analysis them. The seep “meter” for example. I would argue that …
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Sep 21
Readings Why We Need Things I really enjoyed this article because i’m interested in people’s relationships with objects. My idea for a project was to catalogue everything I own and the story behind the object. Living in NYC, I feel like most people don’t own a lot because of the small living spaces and having …
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Sep 19
This idea has be bubbling in my head for sometime now. I gave myself a two hour time constraint, sadly I did not finish the video due to renderings :-C BUT I think i’m off to a good start. In this video I’m exploring more of sex and technology. What it means to be a …
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Sep 19
When I was at Maker Faire I found these awesome little speakers in one of their trash picking areas. I attached them to an old pair of headphones so I can use the AUX to hook them up to my computer.The body is made from an empty trader joe’s coffee can. My constraint was to …
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Sep 14
Until I now I didn’t realize how important it is to do mock ups of your work. My first realization of this was during bootcamp when I had to build a new website. When building my first artist portfolio I kind of just wingged it and went with the flow. It was so much easier …
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Sep 12
The gist of these articles reinforce the practice of “good” or even “correct” design practices. The emphasis is not only on aesthetics but on user interaction bing pivotal to design. It also states and argues that user interaction and experience should be the foundation of your actual design. From here the articles go on to …
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Sep 07
Response To: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us “It might be argued that the human race would never be foolish enough to hand over all the power to the machines.” After this statement the article goes into saying that we would not willing hand over our freedom or allow an uprise of artificial intelligence. Yet, …
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Sep 07
The readings this week brought up several issues and concerns with technology today and where it is headed in the future. The two readings that discussed Facebook seemed to view the social networking site as a threat to us; therefore questioning the role it should have in our lives, if any. Norman’s article brought up …
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