Monthly Archives: September 2010

Computational Media – Week 3

Posted on September 28, 2010 by alex

Conditionals In collaboration with Will Jennings… a continuation on the previous Bauhaus clocks. We added a world timezone interface that adjusts the clock’s time to the selected timezone and changes the clocks colors according to day and night: Applet and Source (Mac … Continue reading →

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Physical Computing – Week 3 (Electronics)

Posted on September 28, 2010 by alex

A basic intro to some electronic principles:

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Comm Lab – Week 3 (Sequential Images)

Posted on September 27, 2010 by alex

SUBJUGATION (Team Work) In collaboration with Sajan Ravindran… an image sequence depicting a civilization’s response to the unknown.

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Comm Lab – Week 2 (Video)

Posted on September 22, 2010 by alex

Video documentation of a prototyping process This video documents the making of a prototype for Physical Computing.

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Computational Media – Week 2

Posted on September 22, 2010 by alex

Variables… variables… variables In collaboration with Genevieve Hoffman… we reduced some earlier attempts to a series of very minimal but elegant clocks that seemed reminiscent of the Bauhaus. Applet and Source Applet and Source Applet and Source /* BAUHAUS CLOCKS – … Continue reading →

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Physical Computing – Week 2 (Fantasy Device)

Posted on September 21, 2010 by alex

eMo (myoelectric – myomechanical sensor array) This fantasy device or concept prototype describes a device that might be able sense muscle tone and muscle movement in the larynx both while a user is speaking and silent. The device employs a … Continue reading →

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Physical Computing – Week 2 (Analog in)

Posted on September 21, 2010 by alex

Analog in; tracking changes with variables Beginning with a simple potentiometer connected to analog pin 0, I was able to variably dim an LED: Next I used the photo sensor instead mapping the sensor value so that the LED would … Continue reading →

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Comm Lab – Week 2 (Reading Response)

Posted on September 20, 2010 by alex

Revisiting Walter Benjamin The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction is thought of as one of the more crucial texts for anyone that has anything to do with anything visual… or the business of culture in general … Continue reading →

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Comm Lab – Week 1 (Reading Response)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by alex

Considering EM Forster’s short story The Machine Stops is a striking account of a failed technological utopia… written by the humanist writer EM Forster in 1909. The story describes a cold mechanical future where inhabitants live in a standardized colony … Continue reading →

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Physical Computing – Week 1 (Sensor Walk)

Posted on September 14, 2010 by alex

Sensor Walk I plotted my course from my house in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to my studio… also in Greenpoint… about 15 min away… Taking note of different kinds of sensors along the way. I noted the usual suspects… ATM’s, motion sensors…etc.. … Continue reading →

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