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Sensor Walk http://www.flickr.com/photos/creatingkoan/274155440/

The first assignment for my PhysComp class was to walk around my neighborhood and note various sensors and objects that employ or interact with sensors. Unfortunately, I misplaced my camera during the walk and thus only a list is provided. Give me a break, it’s the first week!

• ITP elevators- floor buttons
• Traffic lights on Broadway and Washington
• Walk lights for pedestrian crossing off Washington Square South
• Bobst Library entrance controlled by sensor and i.d. card
• NYU  magnetic strip on i.d. card
• Metrocard strip
• Subway turnstiles
• Touchscreen interactions via Metrocard vending machines
• Metrocard scanner (check for remaining fare)
• Train signs (new train models)
• Train direction and stop display (new train models)
• ATM  keypad
• ATM entrance (bank door swipe)
• cell phone (key pad)
• iPhone/iPhone touch screen
• Pay phone key pad (off W. Broadway– you didn’t think pay phones still existed, did you?)
• Profile maker at Sony Tech Wonder Lab
• Trackpad on Macbook
• Fall sensor on Macbook
• Remote control
• Cordless phone key pad
• Washing machine dryer and stop sensors (when door is opened)
• Temperature and time sensors in convection oven
• Temperature/light gauge in freezer/refridgerator
• Electric blanket turn dial (yeah– I use it)