http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214 (christian D cerrito goes to ITP, and he's never going to dance again....) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:07:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en //Beacon Locator Thing V 1.0  A slamming together of Rob Faludi's RSSI Reader, and Tom Igoes Analog Duplex Sender Code //by Chris Cerrito //FOR XBEE2 //******************************************************************************int int RSSI = 0; // holds the Recieved Signal Strength Value, the value used to range find the Xbees int address = 0; //holds the 16 bit address of ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/07/02/beacon-pendants-code/ For my sociable objects final I decided to work on a project thats been the in back of my mind for quite some time. I've always wanted to make "social" jewelry; small wearable objects that have the ability to know if there are others of their kind in the area. ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/07/02/the-beacon-pendants/ Trash Talk is in Conflux this year.... MRS. DESI LIVES!!!! I'll be posting info about the rebuild as it happens. Should be pretty damn good. http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/07/02/trash-talk/ Rock Paper Scissors Or What a Pain in the Ass. So, building and coding a wireless rock-paper-scissors game proved to be way, way harder then I would have ever expected. Dave Spector and I started off using a slightly different approach then most everyone else seemed to take, using the Duplex Sender code ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/06/30/rock-paper-scissors/ Analog Duplex Sender Lab (Take a look at it all in action at: http://silverapple.blip.tv/#1006798) This lab was fairly straightforward, yet still took quite a bit of time. I had an issue setting up my Xbees, but realized it all stemmed from the fact that they had been used before and needed to ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/06/30/analog-duplex-sender/ Ah…retroactive blogging. Our first assignment for sociable objects was to address a problem on the ITP floor. I decided to tackle one near and dear to my heart: The problem of nodding off while trying to get work done. On more then one occasion over the past year, I’ve woken up ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/06/30/the-nod-off-hat/ http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/06/16/the-blt/ file:///Users/christiancerrito/Desktop/BLT%20schematic.001.jpg http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/06/16/184/ take a gander: http://beatsteppers.com   http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/05/01/steppers/ I'm trying to make a simple electronic instrument that uses drawing as an input. Graphite, when spread on paper, can conduct electricity, and produces electrical resistence. If I can read that resistence, and input it to an oscillator, I should be able to make something relatively funky and straightforward. Once again, ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/cdc214/2008/03/26/the-draw-synth/