In this week’s recitation class, we built three different circuits (actually are four, the fourth one is a kind of bonus circuit which we were tried to build). Continue reading →

 

1.Paragraph describing my idea for the story The Winter Market

My Inventions: Jung’s Ship:

This is a product created on the basis of Dry Dreams, and consumers input their needs through a computer, Jung’s ship is actually a program that can design dreams to create a virtual world with specific physical laws and package them into hard-wired forms（data）. Just like the plot in fiction， Consumers will translate themselves into the form of hard-wired （data）and input into the fast-wipe（computer）. Put on the trodes , reach for the stud on the fast-wipe, and use neuroelectronics（wires） will deliver the mind of the consumer into the virtual world. All the real touches in this virtual world are exactly the same as the realistic word, the consumer is the creator of this world (God). He can change the shape of objects

as he wishes, but still, obey the specific physical laws set at the time of creation (even though these physical laws were set up by the consumer himself as input in Jung’s ship). Even though this technology hasn’t been achieved, the technology to accurately record people’s dreams may be available in the near future, according to researchers in California. The technology can also record the activity of the human brain.(BBC,2018)

Problems: The issues of Jung’s ship may cause some unnecessary problems. For example, hurting others in the virtual world. Although it does not actually happen in the real world, the feedback mechanism without punishment for users’ behaviors will have an impact on users’ tendency of violence to a certain extent.

2. Paragraph describing my idea for the story Newton’s sleep

My invention: brain editor:

In this novel, scientists as rulers rule the newly built society in orbit space. I want to create a brain editor by implanting chips in the brains of each resident and connecting the brain editor to the human brain to implant the decisions of the ruler into the brains of the residents, such as laws, future plans, etc. This makes people can better understand and execute the ruler’s plan, ensure that all the individual residents will obey the general will, protect the execution of all the decisions, and implementation of effective safeguards for the interests of the collective. But to some extent, it sacrifices many people’s sense of freedom and independence for the public profits of society.

Problems: People can only act according to the decisions of scientists, which will make it even harder for religion to exist.

 

3. Paragraph describing my idea for the story The Fish of Lijiang

My inventions: Timebank

In the article, the description of capitalists through the use of the time of the working class to create wealth and use the technology to extend his life made me think of I once saw a movie “In time”. My design is to create a machine “the time bank” which can be used to store the time of pain or happy time in the “time bank”. Both the painful and joyful experiences of the working class under oppression can be classified and stored in the “time bank”. It will help relieve the burden on the human brain and reduce the damage of painful memories. At the same time in the future can also call up the happy time, immersive review the feeling at that happy time.

Problem: The unbalance wealthy between the working-class and capitalists maybe cause it’s hard for the working-class to get access to this technology and make the society more unfair and stimulate the class conflictions

 

Q1:What is the function of resistor R1 To limit the current pass into the circuits. Because if we review the whole circuit we can find that the circuits are composed of LED diodes, batteries, buttons, wires. And the diode has a limit interval of voltage. “There is a specification for diodes called the characteristic (or recommended) forward voltage (usually between 1.5-4V for LED)”(Skill Level: Beginner, & | December 02, 2010 | 42 comments. (n.d.). Led current limiting resistors – SparkFun Electronics. Retrieved February 17, 2022) For diodes if we exceed the maximum amount of voltage, the resistance will drop off and current will increase and burn the diode. Therefore, according to Ohm’s law: V=IR that use the resistors will keep current in a rationale range and avoid burn the diode.   Q2: Following the circuits to draw the diagram by yourself                                  Q3: After reading The Art of Interactive Design, in what way do you think that the circuit you built today includes interactivity? Which degree of interactivity does it possess? Please explain your answer.  In today’s project we built a little monster by me and my partner Stephen. We got a button and if you click the button the buzzer will make the sound of buzz, just like the yell of a Monster. And the lights inside of the circuits will turn on to demonstrate that the circuits are working. According to the concept in “art of interactive”, to prove this project includes interactivity, we need to separate the whole process into three steps and we assume that the person who gives the action is named “A”. Step one: “A” click the button, circuits are complete and current is flowing inside of the circuits. Step two: The buzzer and light receive the electricity. Step three: electricity powers the buzzer and light and makes it work. So in this way i think that because there is no feedback which is given by computer program. The interactive degree of our project is low.   Q4: How can Interaction Design and Physical Computing be used to create Interactive Art? You can reference Zack Lieberman’s video or any other artists that you know. I’ve read a video of an artists named Refik Anadol. He’s surreal installations is made up of millions of tiny pieces. Every point represent a piece of data that he’s fed through a neural network . He try to make the data become to pigment. And every time he input the new image or video into the algorithm and the program will achieve the process of self learning and transmit these resources into data and present it mostly on the wall of some building or sculpture。In his idea, that he used to use wind, cloud, water to inspired him and give him some inspiration which he has a idea in his mind that use the wind as a data and also a pigment. That the outlook of his artwork will change with temperature. So firstly, their team collected a one year long data of wind from Boston, which consist of dust speed, direction and even temperature. All these data combine together and show us an abstract image which were automatic design by the algorithm. He believe that this technology will help human to obtains more unexpected discovery.

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