Category Archives: Manxue Wang

Daniel Shiffman, Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing, Manxue Wang, Projects, Shan Jin, Tom Igoe

Taste Your Drawing!

Manxue Wang, Shan Jin

Taste Your Drawing!

http://www.manxuew.com/?p=376

Description

Project Introduction & Video

Project Process

Mapping your drawing to different kinds of drinks, and then make an Alcoholic beverages for you.

In this project , we want to make a cup of alcohol beverage by mixing the proportionate colors drinks according to the paintings in real time so as to offer a new way to appreciate audiences’ painting’s connotation. Different flavors in drinks may present people’s different feeling and may offer people totally different experiences to their own paintings.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

Introduction to Physical Computing, Karthik Patanjali, Manxue Wang, Marcelo Cespedes, Projects, Tom Igoe

Tharp – Laser harp + theremin

Karthik Patanjali, Marcelo Cespedes, Manxue Wang

A musical instrument that is a cross between a laser harp and a theremin.

https://vimeo.com/112033910

Description

Named Tharp ( THeremin + hARP), this musical instrument borrows the strings with defined frequencies from a harp and the ability to bend a string without touching a fret, from the theremin. It has six virtual laser strings that the user plucks with one hand and a distance sensor that enables the user to bend a pre-chosen string. For ease of use, the instrument is tuned in open D tuning. The screen has a corresponding visualization for the sound the instrument plays.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing