This article was a great introduction to limitless possibilities of interaction design. In my first project, i felt very clueless  as to what I should build as I couldn’t get creative. However, these projects gave me a lot of ideas for my upcoming projects.

At first glance, this article seems like  simple list of all many interesting projects on physical computing. However, when reading it, I noticed that writer also talks about why the interaction in a  given project makes sense. For example, he says “Musical instruments are great physical interaction projects because you can;t think about your actions when you make music, you have to think about the music.” He proceeds to describe some music based projects that use gloves and force sensors that facilitate intuitive interactions. By contextualizing an interaction, we can give meaning and substance to the interactive projects that we build instead of just making it for the sake of building something “cool”.