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This course is designed to help students define and execute their final thesis project in a setting that is both collegial and critical. It is structured as a series of critique and presentation sessions in which various aspects of individual projects are discussed: the project concept, the elaboration, the presentation, the process and time-table, the […]

Recognizing patterns is how we make sense of the world. It is this that distinguishes signal from noise, sense from senselessness, and one feeling from another. This class investigates the emotional impact of patterns in our lives, computational techniques in crafting patterns, and ways in which these patterns can be translated into experiences that can be felt.

Eric Rosenthal Todays mostly digital world also requires a basic knowledge of circuits that do not require computer processing. Analog circuits are simpler, lower cost, smaller and require less power and still perform many of the functions of digital circuits. In this course students will learn about the basic principles of electricity, components such as […]

This course is a survey of programming strategies and techniques for the procedural analysis and generation of text-based data. Topics include analyzing text based on its statistical properties, automated text production using probabilistic methods, and text visualization. Students will learn server-side and client-side JavaScript programming and build single-page web applications as well as bots for […]

Eric Rosenthal Todays mostly digital world also requires a basic knowledge of circuits that do notrequire computer processing. Analog circuits are simpler, lower cost, smaller andrequire less power and still perform many of the functions of digital circuits. In thiscourse students will learn about the basic principles of electricity, components such asresistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, […]

Aidan Nelson Over the past 3 years, we have seen many aspects of our lives thrust online. Increasingly, we are working, learning, socializing with family and friends, attending live performances and more through 2D grids of video feeds on platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet. These communication tools have become essential for remote communities […]

While the automation of religion may sound like science fiction, the foundation of this course is examples of physical religious robots already built and spanning most major religions. Their existence raises complex questions about spiritual assistive devices, religious jobs as work, technology as “miracles,” idolatry, transhumanism, sacrilegious robots vs secular robots, the role of rites for robots, and whether a robot can be a member of a religion.

In even the tiniest fragment of digital sound (especially music) there lies a multiplicity of information hidden within. Using audio analysis techniques, this data can be distilled into a vast array of characteristics that describe various different features of the sound. These include things like the loudness, pitch, or the spectrum of frequencies being detected.

There are more “free” applications and services than ever before that help us to quantify and track what we do, when, how, and with whom. The quantified self holds the promise of improving our lives, but there is an ambivalence to how these technologies are affecting our lives. This course will examine, question, and critique […]

Gregory Dorsainville The New York Times reported in the spring of 2014 that fewer High School grads haveopted to attend College, halting a trend of increasing matriculation for four plusdecades. What is going on? As education in the US experiences a shift from beingperceived as the most obvious method of higher social mobility, the viability […]

Want to make an interface that can be squished, stretched, stroked, or smooshed? This course will introduce the use of electronic textiles as sensors. Focus will be placed on physical interaction design – working with the affordances of these materials to create interfaces designed to invite or demand diverse types of physical interaction.

Art Kleiner This course explores the next few years in the development of media and related technologies, culture, and geopolitics. It uses scenario planning, a technique for making sense of complex future possibilities. The class works as a large project team, looking ahead 5-­‐10 years. We distinguish predetermined elements from critical uncertainties, identify the underlying […]

Ever make a cool platform, instrument, or some super abstract reusable code and told yourself you\’d make some actual content for it…later? Ever see an awesome camera/display/musical instrument one of your classmates has made and say, wow I\’d really like to use that thing to make something else!? Using a unique tool/framework/process invented by yourself […]

Marina Zurkow This course focuses on The Anthropocene (the proposed name for our current geological epoch, in which humans are making a significant geological impact on the planet). Following the methodology of “The Temporary Expert,” in which students combine traditional research with hands ­on experimental project development, and idea exchange with experts in the field, […]