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Endless Winter

Jeffrey Park, Pan Pan

Capture and manipulate snow using ultrasound sensors and blower fans. Have fun with snow while staying warm indoors!

http://www.jeff-park.com/2016/12/05/winter-show-proposal-endless-winter/

Description

Pan and I like the idea of controlling nature, and we wanted to create an art display that was both beautifully serene and amusingly interactive. After several iterations of ideas, we decided to build a window display in which viewers can control snow depending on where they stand relative to the piece. Our project uses ultrasound sensors to detect proximity, which in turn activates blower fans to turn on. These blower fans will blow fake snow within the display to recreate a wintry scene.

Depending on our progress of our project, we may use a projector to augment the wintry scene.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.003

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'Composite';

Alejandro Matamala

A personal tool to create graphic design composition from a collection of internet and scanned images and an interactive intervention of random users.

http://itp.matamala.info/blog/icm-and-pcomm-final-wip

Description

I like to collect images, either from the internet or scan them. This project is meant to be a tool for me. A tool to help me create and design new images based on the ones I have plus shapes made from random users. Something like an interactive digital collage. The context of this tool should be on an exhibition where the visitor could play with the device while they are creating new images. The device is a set of instructions and the images are created after the selection of 2 of 4 options given by the device and an interactive sketch draw by the user. The final composition is outputted in the screen and the user has the possibility of post the image in twitter and/or saves the image to a book, intended to be created for each exhibition where the device. This project is being made for the Intro to Computational Media and Intro to Physical Computing Class ITP Fall 2016. It only requires a vertical screen.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.003, Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.003

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Virtual Batting Cage

Alex Fast, Grant Henry , Katie Takacs

Do you think you can get a hit off of a Major League Pitcher?

http://www.alexfast.net/2016/11/29/virtual-batting-cage-updates/

Description

Grant Henry, Katie Takacs and I have designed a virtual batting cage where you can attempt to get a hit off of a Major League pitcher. Not only can you face off against five professional pitchers you can physically feel what it's like to get a hit as the bat has been equipped with a vibrating motor sensor. Users will also be wearing a batting helmet to help them toggle between pitchers should one prove too difficult. After all, it won't be easy as the pitchers will throw everything in their 2016 arsenal. We've taken all of the statistics available to us to map each pitch including it's movement along the X axis and it's average MPH. Not too familiar with the game of baseball? We've included an easy and hard mode – that can be toggled between with the interactive FSR-equipped home plate, to introduce you to the fundamentals of the sport. Regarding space and equipment request: we would need an area roughly the size of that featured in the video (a corner of a room would be ideal) and aside from the equipment we provide – a bat, the grass batting box w/ homeplate, the helmet – we would just need a projector.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.003, Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.003, Intro to Fabrication

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LASER CATS!!!

Dong Chan Kim, Jennifer Lim

Human users are invited to take on the ultimate cat challenge: catch the laser.

http://www.jlimetc.com/studio/#/laser-cats/

Description

LASER CATS!!! is a two-player game in which one user challenges the other to catch a red laser.

In rest mode, a looping video of cats chasing lasers is projected on a blank wall. This video demonstrates the heights of elegance to which human users can only aspire.

In play mode, Player 1 dons two large paw-shaped gloves that are outfitted with solar cells. The solar cells are connected to an Arduino that sends a signal each time the solar cell catches the laser. With each catch, a linked P5 sketch registers a point and plays a “meow” sound.

Player 2 dons a laser headband on which is mounted a red flashlight and two cat ears. Player 2 controls the movement of the laser by shaking his/her head.

The game consists of two rounds of play, fifteen seconds each, during which Player 1 attempts to catch the laser controlled by Player 2. Between the two fifteen-second rounds is a seven-second rest period.

Once the two rounds are finished and Player 1 receives his/her high scores, the two players switch roles: the chaser becomes the controller, and v.v.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.002, Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.006, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.003

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penetralia

Miao Tian

Revealing an inner landscape that one hides from public sights.

http://www.miao-tian.net/2016/11/16/pcom-final-week-two/

Description

A recent personal experience inspired me to create a installation that represents a secret place inside everyone’s heart. It is a rich and vibrant place but it is difficult for other people to enter. we feel safe and comfortable in this secret world but it is not entirely positive because shadows and darkness do exist. However, it is possible to glimpse parts of one’s inside world if you spent a little more time and love.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.001, Intro to Fabrication, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007

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Eternal Cloud

Eve J Weinberg

"A sci-fi story disguised as a startup." <br /><br />
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http://eternalcloud.net

Description

The Year is 2045. Welcome to your new Neural Neighborhood®. Eternal Cloud asks it's users ‘Did your actions in 2016 make you a desirable candidate for our new digital society in 2045?’

The impetus for the project stemmed from reading of Jaron Lanier, Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, and Neal Stephenson.

Eternal Cloud questions the humanity of algorithms, takes place in a post-global-warming digital world, and proposes new paradigms for the internet.

Classes

Project Development Studio (Danny Rozin), Project Development Studio, Designing for Data Personalization