Category Archives: Projects

Benedetta Piantella Simeonidis, Gabriel Andrade, Introduction to Physical Computing, Projects, Yining Shi

Atmospheric Sound Lamp

Yining Shi, Gabriel Andrade

Atmospheric Sound Lamp has three paper mache lamps which will emit warm light and activate atmospheric sounds when they're touched by users.

http://www.yining1023.com/?p=392

Description

Atmospheric Sound Lamp is a physical instrument that combines two sensations – sound and light – to bring an atmospheric experience. It is made of three white paper mache lamps on a rack. When people touch a lamp, it will emit warm light and play cosmic sounds. More specifically, the light that comes out from the lamp case with many cuts creates many small shadows in the room. The volume is determined by the area of the touch, and tune depends on the length of the touch. In addition the paper mache provides a crafty texture that encourage touches from people. People could touch two or three lamps, or touch the lamps in different orders to play with the sound and also enjoy the warmth. For adults, these lamps will bring a peaceful meditative warm experience; for kids, they will increase their curiosity on light and sound.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing

Gladys Chan, Jung Min Hong, Live Web, Projects, Shawn Van Every

The Great Fish Race

Gladys Chan, Jung Min Hong

Control your fish with your mobile, and race your friends under the sea….

http://thefishrace.tumblr.com

Description

Feeling fidgety and have nowhere to go?

Come under the sea and race with some roe!

Synchronize your mobile with any computer

Get set at the starting line in your browser

Simply pivot your phone forward and back

Tear through the tide! Stay ahead of the pack!

Twisting and turning, you'll enjoy the adventure

Of this aquatic grand prix with many a sea creature!

Classes

Live Web

Christopher Kairalla, Jiwon Yoon, Projects, Redial: Interactive Telephony

Voice Selfie

Jiwon Yoon

Take voice selfie using low tech. When you call me, I will take a photo of your voice and send it to your phone.

http://www.jiwonyoonworks.com/?p=660

Description

A voice contains different information from text itself when people say something. We can feel someone’s feeling, status, mood from voice. As we have different faces, we all have different voices.

There are some phones that only exist for making a phone call. People can’t use internet with those kind of phones. Even some of cheap dumb phones don’t have any camera on them. Front camera is the optional feature for low cost phone because it can increase the cost.

This system allows users to take selfies without camera. It only relies on the basic function of telephone which is making a phone call. Asterisk gets user's voice information and python generates the image based on the voice components. Users will receive the image via MMS. If you have a dumb phone, this system is perfectly working for you.

Classes

Redial: Interactive Telephony

Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Building for Learning, Michael Oneppo, Projects

Imagination Codes

Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Michael Oneppo

teaching children design thinking and creativity using math and code

http://imagination.codes

Description

Our poetry module uses physical objects and an online componant to teach children about natural language processing by helping them create a generative poem. They learn parts of speech, historical contexts of poetry and an introduction to algorithms and natural language processing.

Classes

Building for Learning

Data Art, Jer Thorp, Pedro Galvao Cesar de Oliveira, Projects, Sam Lavigne

Case Study

Pedro Galvao Cesar de Oliveira, Sam Lavigne

Case Study is a tool for the military to analyze literary and philosophical texts using weaponized natural language processing software. The project is housed in a spy briefcase.

http://lav.io

Description

Case Study analyzes and produces visualizations of literary/philosophical texts and interpersonal communication using weaponized natural language processing software originally developed by the military. The parsing software, which finds and tags geopolitical events and world-historical actors in news articles, was originally intended to be a tool to help governments make predictions about global trends and material conflicts. In Case Study, we use that same tool on literary and philosophical texts rather than news articles, producing visualizations that frame literary, philosophical and interpersonal events in the language of geopolitics and the military.

The project is housed a “spy briefcase” containing a screen that shows realtime visualizations, and allows users to control various parameters of the analysis.

Classes

Data Art

Abhishek Singh, Benedetta Piantella Simeonidis, Introduction to Physical Computing, Projects

Peeqo – The Productivity Bot

Abhishek Singh

Peeqo is your desktop robot buddy that helps you stay productive through the day

http://peeqo.com

Description

Peeqo is a tiny desktop robot that keeps you on track to get your tasks done and motivates you to stay productive through the day. All you need to do is plug him in and fill up your tasks for the day. Everytime you check a task off your list, peeqo rewards you with a high five and allows you to play with him. You can play with him by petting him, making him dance, sing or ask him yes and no questions(sort of like a magic 8 ball). He’s also insanely cute! Research has shown that a cute bot can get people to do things that they normally wouldn’t. When he thinks it’s time for you to go back to work, he’ll begin to get angry and become non responsive. I believe robots like Peeqo can change the way we interact with technology. Can we switch from a tool-based relationship to one of partnership.Can we go beyond drop downs and menus and design technology around emotion? Peeqo is an attempt at answering those questions and at making technology feel human.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing

David Tracy, Live Web, Projects, Shawn Van Every

Peregrine

David Tracy

A remote-phone controlled, wearable camera that broadcasts its content over the web.

http://www.blog.davidptracy.com/?p=540

Description

Peregrine uses a remote phone's gyrometer to control a camera mounted on a user's shoulder. As the remote phone is rotated, its gyrometer values are sent to a server which relays the values to a wireless arduino to control the rotation of a servo motor. A smart phone is mounted on top of the servo and is rotated according to the remote phone's gyrometer value and streams video content back to the client. Think of it as a motorized, wearable, remote controlled surveillance camera.

Classes

Live Web

John Farrell, Live Web, Projects, Shawn Van Every

PANORAMA

John Farrell

An interactive web chat application which lets users tell stories about places, in those places.

http://www.jefarrell.com

Description

The project is designed as both a supplement to and new take on typical internet (mostly text-based) chat. When telling stories to friends, many revolve around places that one of the two parties hasn't been. My project drops both users into google streetview at the user-specified location. There, users can take advantage of head tracking to virtually look around the street view panorama, providing an entirely new context to the story. Streaming audio and drawing tools augment the chat experience.

Classes

Live Web

Benedetta Piantella Simeonidis, Eli Zhang, Introduction to Physical Computing, Maria Fang, Projects, Tommy Payne

Sky Forest

Tommy Payne, Eli Zhang, Maria Fang

Sky Forest is an interactive hanging light installation captivating people and fostering connections through touch and sound.

http://wp.nyu.edu/skyforest

Description

Sky Forest features a meticulous composition of capacitive materials which create a connection between a light source and the user. The piece features lengths of LED light strips and soft fabrics which foster the interaction of touch and play. Three artists working collaboratively conceived the hanging installation which people of any age and height can interact with. By interacting with capacitive sensors the user learns the behavior of the piece which bears some semblance to clouds in the natural world.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing