Author Archives: alex

Thesis – Week 06 (Progress)

Posted on February 27, 2012 by alex

Extracting EXIF data from images for clusteringI was able to use the Python image library (PIL) to extract time and GPS location data from a test image set. The test set is comprised of roughly 500 images from various devices … Continue reading →

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Making Pop Up Books – 簡潔なバブル経済学

Posted on February 24, 2012 by alex

簡潔なバブル経済学 (A Brief Lesson in Bubble Economics) I began this book by looking at the bellows of my old Polaroid Land Camera. I thought it might be fun to try to take that accordion mechanism and incorporate it into a … Continue reading →

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Thesis – Week 05 (progress?)

Posted on February 23, 2012 by alex

The Algorithmic Display of Ranked Information I’m a believer in the strategy: When faced with obstacles, switch to something else… More often than not a seemingly unrelated perspective offers an unseen inroad. I had been struggling to understand how an unsupervised or … Continue reading →

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Thesis – Week 03 (progress)

Posted on February 13, 2012 by alex

Using OpenCV to detect and extract faces My thesis will be utilizing different tools to sort and filter images. Among them, face detection and face recognition. OpenCV has a robust set of  optimizations for face and facial feature detection based on the … Continue reading →

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Making Pop Up Books – Modular Systems

Posted on February 8, 2012 by alex

Experimenting with Modular Systems: “Loops” I wanted to begin thinking about collapsible modular building systems. —Not really a pop up book by definition, but I have been interested in books that can be modified by the user / reader. Using … Continue reading →

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Making Pop Up Books – 2 to 3 Page Book

Posted on February 3, 2012 by alex

Sublinear As my first pop-up book I began by experimenting with V-folds, understanding the maximum achievable height for tower-like structures. I soon realized that 4 equally spaced towers were the outer edges of what could be a solid but collapsible … Continue reading →

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Understanding Genomes – Silk Fibroin Protein (part III)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by alex

Experimental Applications of Silk Fibroin Protein From 10 grams of raw silk cocoons we yielded approximately 140ml of fibroin solution. We have now begun a series of experiments to understand the material properties of fibroin through various processes and applications. … Continue reading →

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Design for UNICEF – Replayables

Posted on December 13, 2011 by alex

Replayables Modular Play Systems Replayables is a collaboration with Becky Kazansky, Erica Newman, Ju Yun Song, and Eunyoung Kang Replayables was developed as a project for Design for UNICEF, an ongoing collaboration between ITP and UNICEF originally organized by Clay Shirky. … Continue reading →

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Understanding Genomes – Silk Fibroin Protein (part II)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by alex

Preparation of purified silk fibroin protein solution from Bombyx mori silk cocoons A Collaboration with Eszter Ozsvald This project found inspiration from previous research on silk protein by Fiorenzo Omenetto and a paper; Regenerated Silk Fibroin from B. mori SilkCocoon … Continue reading →

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Understanding Genomes – Silk Fibroin Protein (part I)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by alex

Applications of silk fibroin protein derived from genetically modified maize. A Collaboration with Eszter Ozsvald Project Abstract Silk fibroin protein is a proteinaceous fiber produced by the Bombyx mori silkworm in the formation of cocoons. Silk fibroin has specialized properties … Continue reading →

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