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December 11, 2008

Final: Serenity Hat

For my final project for Rest of You, I built a hat that helps you maintain serenity by sensing when your expression changes from placid to animated and vibrates a soothing motor at the base of your skull to remind...

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October 30, 2008

Log Your Computer

This week's assignment was to log your computer, as a way of gaining insight about yourself through the time you spend with the machine. I installed a key-logging application on my computer, which stored all the keys I hit over...

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Get Out There

Our assignment this week was to do something we wouldn't ordinarily do or haven't had time to do. There have been a ton of gallery shows and installations I've been meaning to go see this semester, but my schedule keeps...

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September 18, 2008

Sensing Breath

This week's assignment was to "read some unintentional actions of your body." Using a stretch sensor, I created a device to monitor my breath rate, with the goal of helping to visualize my breathing and use it as a tool...

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