For the inspiration of Oliver and Harry Potter, we decided to make a wand for our final project. It was a dream of the child side of me, as a loyal, young believer of the wizard world to make the…
Recitation 9: Media Controller
In this recitation we are to design a physical media controller. I thought of making a manually controlled photo editor. I borrowed from the code my professor introduced in class and added the Ardiono-Processing communication. This is the effect: Photo…
Recitation 8: Serial Communication
In this recitation, we did an exercise of serial communication: to send multiple datas from Arduino to Processing. The goal was to make a Etch A Sketch. I started with circles first, hoping that they would be able to connect…
Final Project: Essay
PROJECT TITLE Wand: 11” long, holly, Phoenix feather core PROJECT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE I am a Harry Potter fan, and have always fancied having a wand that could cast magic. With the skills I learned at interaction lab this is…
Recitation Documentation: Arrays
This week’s recitation is a bit challenging, we’re playing with arrays—huge numbers of items instead of one. This is the function I created: void deathlyHollows(float x,float y, color c) { //stroke(253,254,138); stroke(c); strokeWeight(3); fill(0); triangle(x, y-size, x+sqrt(3)*size/2, y+size/2, x-sqrt(3)*size/2, y+size/2);…
Final Project Proposal
Old: Starry Night: use Processing to micmic the born of stars and project it in a dark space. The user can tune the color of the stars that’s being produced by turning switches. It would make a wonderful atmosphere. Constellation:…
Final Project Research
For my final project, I’d like to create an experience that involves interaction with the environment but focuses on experiencing rather than instant interaction and response. As Ernest Edmonds points out in his article “Art, Interaction and Engagement”, “the psychological…
Recitation Documentation: Processing Animation
I made two versions of animation playing with the random attribution of colors. One is called “moon”. Here are some works it generates: The user would see a white circle(the moon) at the center of the screen at the…
Introduction to Robotics: Climbing robot step one
I intended to build a robot that can climb on tilted surface. It should contain three main parts: the feet(suckers), the legs(server) and the head(arduino). The feet should be able to attach onto tilted surface and the legs should be…
Mid-term Project Reflection: Escape Box-Nora-Oliver
In former researches, I looked into the drawing program and the wooden mirror. They are both very flexible and capable of doing complex changes according to the gesture and intention of the user. However, it is hard for us to…