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My Pleasure

By Paragini Amin, on December 13th, 2011%

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Midterm – roadblock

By Paragini Amin, on November 1st, 2011%

My midterm goal was to make my harness wireless and sturdier than the first prototype. I was able to upload my sketch to the Arduino Pro Mini. I was also able to read in from Bluetooth. Sadly, I wasn’t able to figure out how to build the circuit with the flex sensors. I had the Arduino . . . → Read More: Midterm – roadblock

Virtual Reality

By Paragini Amin, on October 25th, 2011%

Human behavior is fascinating and will always be fascinating since it seems we can never know absolute truth. That’s what I found most interesting about the Professor’s study and presentation at Harvard. In terms of how we can control and modify behavior using virtual reality systems, I’m a bit wary. This reminds me a bit of . . . → Read More: Virtual Reality

Key Logging

By Paragini Amin, on October 25th, 2011%

I’ve been collecting my strokes on my laptop for roughly one week. I’m still working on the code, but my idea is to see how often I use words that refer to myself (I, me, my) versus words that refer to other people (you, they, them). Below is a preliminary histogram of the words I typed . . . → Read More: Key Logging

Bends

By Paragini Amin, on October 4th, 2011%

I’ve decided to make a wearable that captures information from bends in the spine during sex. The wearable will be similar to a strappy leather harness. I’ll attach three flex sensors to key points along the strap that traces the spine. I plan to also sew on loops in discreet places for a partner to pull . . . → Read More: Bends

Sexcapade update

By Paragini Amin, on September 27th, 2011%

I’ve done a lot of brainstorming for the next bits of information I’d like to capture from a sexual encounter. It’s been difficult to figure out what type of sensors I would use. Maybe the class can help. Here is a rough list of my ideas:

- ***bends: capture the amount of bend from the neck, back, . . . → Read More: Sexcapade update

Captured Sex

By Paragini Amin, on September 20th, 2011%

I affixed an arduino with an accelerometer attached to it onto a harness. I asked a male partner to wear the harness during a sex session with his female partner. The arduino sat at the middle of his buttocks. These two graphs show the X, Y, and Z data captured from the event, which was 12 . . . → Read More: Captured Sex

Illusionary mash-up

By Paragini Amin, on September 13th, 2011%

What are you missing from what is really there? How can exposing that be interesting or useful?

I’m not sure I’m missing anything. I believe my perception has it’s limits, and I’m okay with that design. It’s a great way for us to invent all of these modes of communication in effort to find out what we . . . → Read More: Illusionary mash-up

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