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1. Borna CONTRA VIDEO

1. Jiaxin + Feihu---Driving GoogleEarth?

1. Jiaxin + Feihu---driving googleearth?

                        ---http://itp.nyu.edu/~fy263/2007FallFinal/_2007FallFinal_1/applet/

1. Jiaxin + Feihu---http://itp.nyu.edu/~fy263/2007FallFinal/_2007FallFinal_1/applet/

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1. JaeYoon (+ Noriaki) BnD messenger

1. Heather + Amanda DIY comics
2. Amy + Mike Semiotech

1. Oscar Light Wave DJ

1. Tom (+ Kacie) mymorgen.com

1. Aram (+ Mitch):PATHWAYS

PATHWAYS

"Pathway" web directory

Final Presentation
Final WriteUp

Concept
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Concept <br> Final Presentation <br>

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1. Seanita (+ Estie, EunJung)

Concept Final Presentation Final WriteUp

1. Seanita (+ Estie, EunJung) COCA Final--Nice PDFs to come as soon as I reduce image/file sizes

1. Jen: KINAUDIO

1. JaeYoon (+ Noriaki)

1. Jody: documentation is here -- www.jodyzellen.com/nyu/pcomfinal

1. Jody documentation is here www.jodyzellen.com/nyu/pcomfinal

1. Brian: Part 1 here Part 2 here

1. Brian: Part 1 (more to follow) here

1. Brian: Part 1 (more to follow)here

WEEK 11: Tuesday, November 13th

WEEK 12: Tuesday, November 20th

WEEK 13: Tuesday, November 27th

WEEK 14: Tuesday, December 4th

Group A presents first prototype.
15 minutes total per group.

Group B presents first prototype.
15 minutes total per group.

Group A presents final projects.\\

Group B presents final projects.
25 minutes per group.
Documentation of final projects due for both Group A and Group B.

15 minute total per group.

15 minute total per group.

25 minutes per group.

25 minutes per group.

Final projects breakdown

WEEK 11

Group A presents first prototype.

WEEK 12

Group B presents first prototype.

WEEK 13

Group A presents final projects.

WEEK 14

Group B presents final projects. Documentation of final projects due for both Group A and Group B.

GROUP A:

1. Heather + Amanda
2. Amy + Mike
3. Aram (+ Mitch)
4. Oscar
5. Jody
6. Jiaxin + Feihu

GROUP B:

1. Jen
2. Seanita (+ Estie, EunJung)
3. Jae (+ other)
4. Tom (+ Kacie)
5. Bryan
6. Borna

Jen - techblog@jengrier.com: I'm thinking of making a portable, sturdy box that gives textural feedback via a built-in microphone. New ideas are on my blog!

• Code for the Xbee terminal is online here, and the one for sending a sensor value through the Xbees is there. --from Tom Igoe's Making Things Talk book.

• Hoffman, Visual Intelligence, ch. 7, pp.172-184 (in coursepack)

Week 9: Communication Protocols and Final Project start

• Decide what you your final project will be (group or solo).

Be prepared to present your concept and a technical description to the rest of the class.

• No formal labs but
  • Code for the Xbee terminal is online [[http://www.makingthingstalk.com/chapter6/30/ | here], and the one for sending a sensor value through the Xbees is [[http://www.makingthingstalk.com/chapter6/30/ | there]. --from Tom Igoe's Making Things Talk book.
  • Rob Faludi's blog often has notes on Xbee radios.
  • The Xbee manufacturer's site
  • Still want to do a lab? Try a different type of protocol and do the Midi lab

Read

• Hoffman, Visual Intelligence, ch. 7, pp.172-184 (in coursepack)

Jen - techblog@jengrier.com: I'm thinking of making a portable, sturdy box that gives textural feedback via a built-in microphone. A changing surface of some kind is needed... but I'm not a fabrication wiz, so I'm not sure. I hoping to avoid a huge investment in tiny solenoids! I welcome your advice and input.

Heather - heather.rasley@gmail.com:

Heather:

• After reading this article, I was inspired to come up with a system that would be a kind of a Choose Your Own Adventure that also shows you all other possible outcomes in real time. So, say, you have the option to move a cube on the table, and there is a red, blue and yellow cube. Sensor output would be sent to Processing, which would display an analogous action in a main view in Processing, along with the other possible actions in a smaller view in the bottom corners. This data would be stored and a visual composition of all of your actions created. It would continue in this way until short stories of actions and non-actions are created.

e-mail heather.rasley@gmail.com if you want to talk about any of this stuff

Heather:*After reading this article, I was inspired to come up with a system that would be a kind of a Choose Your Own Adventure that also shows you all other possible outcomes in real time. So, say, you have the option to move a cube on the table, and there is a red, blue and yellow cube. Sensor output would be sent to Processing, which would display an analogous action in a main view in Processing, along with the other possible actions in a smaller view in the bottom corners. This data would be stored and a visual composition of all of your actions created. It would continue in this way until short stories of actions and non-actions are created.

• I also really like the idea of a mixtape bracelet that would be constructed with conductive fabric and use something like the minim library in processing to stream mp3s when certain portions of the bracelet are touched. Ideally, this would be wireless, but there could be some interesting interfaces and ideas that assume the wearer is at his or her computer.

"e-mail heather.rasley@gmail.com if you want to talk about any of this stuff"

Heather: After reading this article on the probable existence of a parallel universe, I was inspired to come up with a system that would be a kind of a Choose Your Own Adventure that also shows you all other possible outcomes in real time. So, say, you have the option to move a cube on the table, and there is a red, blue and yellow cube. The data about which was moved would be sent to Processing, which would display an analogous action in a main view in Processing, along with the other possible actions in a smaller view in the bottom corners. This data would be stored and a visual composition of all of your actions created. It would continue in this way until short stories of actions and non-actions are created.

Jen: I'm thinking of making a portable, sturdy box that gives textural feedback via a built-in microphone. A changing surface of some kind is needed... but I'm not a fabrication wiz, so I'm not sure. I hoping to avoid a huge investment in tiny solenoids! I welcome your advice and input. techblog@jengrier.com

Student Thoughts

""Student Thoughts:""

Jen: I'm thinking of making a portable, sturdy box that gives textural feedback via a built-in microphone. A changing surface of some kind is needed... but I'm not a fabrication wiz, so I'm not sure. I welcome your advice and input. techblog@jengrier.com

Student Thoughts: Jen: I'm thinking of making a portable, sturdy box that gives textural feedback via a built-in microphone. A changing surface of some kind is needed... but I'm not a fabrication wiz, so I'm not sure. I welcome your advice and input. Thanks!?

Week 7: Mideterm final round

• Physical Computing chapter 12

• Start thinking about your final project as a group or solo, we will go around the table informally to hear what each one has in mind. Post ideas or notes on this page if you wish.
• Lab: Controlling a motor, due this week

Week 7: Mideterm + Transistors/DC Motors

• Digital output:Transistors and Relays: switching higher-current devices (light bulb and switch)
• Motors and Inductance:
• DC motors
• Steppers

Make sure you read

• Norman, Design of Everyday Things, ch. 1 (in coursepack)
• Norman, Emotional Design, Chapter 1, "Attractive Things Work Better".

• Midterm final presentation + user testing report : post final documentation on the Midterm page as a group.

Over the next 2 weeks:

• Lab: Controlling a motor

Week 6: More Serial + Materials

• Physical Computing chapter 10

• Nørretranders, User Illusion, ch. 6, "The Bandwidth of Consciousness" (in coursepack)

• Midterm prototype continued + user testing round 1 : post work in progress on the Midterm page

Week 5: Serial

• Serial output: Sending bytes out
• Serial interpretation: ASCII
• Serial to desktop: Into Processing
• Physical Computing chapter 7 (again)
• Myron Krueger, "Responsive Environments", in Packer & Jordan, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality, ch. 12, pp. 104-120. (in coursepack)

• Midterm initial prototype : post work in progress on the Midterm page
• Lab: Serial output and Talking to Processing

Week 4: More Analog

• Analog output: Devices that create analog motion or sound. (servo, freqout, PWM)
• Physical Computing chapter 7

• Presentations Due: midterm assignment descriptions and observations
• Lab: servo/analog out

Notes

Sign up for a shop saftey session.

Week 3: Analog

Post links to your observation assignments!

Week 3: Anlog

Read

• Memory and variables: Decimal, binary, hex.
• Analog input, what an ADC is.
• Physical Computing chapters 5,6
• Norman, Design of Everyday Things, ch. 1 (in coursepack)
• Norman, Emotional Design, Chapter 1, "Attractive Things Work Better".

• Presentations Due: Observation assignment: Present and discuss observations.
• Lab: Analog in; tracking changes with variables; practical jokes

Notes from class:

Tom | Jen

Brian | Feihu | Seanita

Observation Assignments

Observation Assignments*************

Observation Assignments

Brian | Feihu (aka Tiger) | Seanita

• Physical Computing book, chapters 4,5

Physical Computing book, chapters 4,5

To first get setup with the Arduino, you can use these detailled instructions from the Arduino website: for MacOSX, for Windows, for Linux

+ Check out the Conflux festival this week-end.

Notes from class, questions, discussions

Check out the Conflux festival this week-end.

Week 2: Interactivity & Microcontrollers

Read and check out

• Microcontrollers: what they are, different types, levels.
• Intro to Arduino and first program.
• Digital Input and Output
  • Physical Computing chapters 4,5

Assignments

• Lab: first Arduino program
• Begin Observation assignment

Notes from class

• Intro to Electronics lab
• Put documentation of your first lab online. Use this wiki space direcly or post a link there to your personal journal.

• Read in Physical Computing: introduction, chapters 1-3

Tuesday 9:30 am - 12 pm

Latest info

Week 1: Welcome and introduction

To do list:

• Get setup with a NY netId, email, webspace etc...
• Join the physical computing mailing list.
• Sign up for a shop safety session.
• Choose your shop cleanup days.
• Sign up for an artist presentation day.

Lab & Assignments

• Intro to Electronics
• Read in Physical Computing: introduction, chapters 1-3
• Read Crawford, The Art of Interactive Design, chapters 1 and 2 (note: you will need to sign into NYUHome to view this. From your NYUHome home page, click "Research" then "books24x7.com" then search for this specific text.)

Mouna Andraos's class, fall 2007

• Intro to Physical Computing
• class Page

Class hours:

• Tuesday 9:30 am - 12 pm

Office hours:

• Tuesday 12:30 pm - 2 pm. These hours might be modified as the semester goes.

I am available for help or to discuss individual ideas, questions, or concerns in person or by email. I will usually respond to any email within a few hours. My address is mouna(at)missmoun(dot)com