Step 1: Design I paired up with Smile for this recitation session. Since both of us have watched the 4 minute cuttle tutorial in previous class, we move on to step 1.1 directly. Step 1.1: Stand Design For this step, Smile took the role of Student A, and I took the role of Student… Read more Recitation 9: Digital Fabrication
Sort the Trash! Statement of Purpose The readings and my research on successful interactive projects inspired me to make my final project to have longer interaction and deeper engagement with the users. Setting my midterm project(interactive trash bin) as the basis, I wanted to make an installation that educates people who don’t know how to… Read more Final Project: Proposal Essay
Task #1 Step 1: Use Arduino to send two analog values to Processing To send two analog values from Arduino to Processing via serial communication using potentiometers, I first build the circuit. There is nothing hard or special in this step, so I moved on quickly. Then, I opened the “SendMultiple value” example and write… Read more Recitation 8: Serial Communication
Project I: Feed It & Make It Sing! This project is a shooting game which people throw the carrots into the feeding basket inside the cage. Underneath the basket is the screen with a rabbit displayed using processing. The player will have to throw in the carrots for a certain times to be able to… Read more Final Project: Three Project Proposals
Task#1: Test the NeoPixel Step 1: I built the circuit by connecting the NeoPixel strips to the Arduino with 3 jumper cables. Step 2: Since I have downloaded the FastLED library in the class, I skipped this step and moves directly to step 3. Step 3: I tested the NeoPixels to… Read more Recitation 7: Neopixel Music Visualization
Interactive Project I: “Play Me Light Me” Link to the video: https://www.manamana.net/video/detail?id=1840912#!en Play me Light me is an interactive installation directed by Kaleidoscale Marcom in Beijing that is mainly composed of light and sound. A piano is placed in the public facing a wall of lights, and when a user presses the keys on the… Read more Final Project: Preparatory Research and Analysis
Recitation: Animating Poster for IMA Show In this exercise, I learned how to use push() & pop() and translate() functions. The push() function carries the code setting or condition and transformation I wrote, while the pop() function sets everything back to the original setting. Together, the push() and pop() functions allows me to perform the… Read more Recitation 6: Animating and Interactive Poster
Image I chose: Why I chose it There was a Halloween event the day we had our recitation class. I was thinking to draw a halloween related image, however when I scrolled through my phone, I did not found any picture I took that was scary or horrific. So, I decided to draw the image… Read more Recitation 5: Processing Basics
Trashes In – Sarah Ding – Professor Rudi Context and Significance: My previous research for group project deepens my understandings on the process and meaning of a successful interactive project. During an interaction, the communicators interact physically, emotionally, or in both ways involving three fundamental steps: listen, process, and reply. Throughout the process of… Read more Midterm Project: Report
Throw the Trashes!-Sarah-Professor Rudi My Conceptual Sketch: Project Explanation The idea came to me when I tried and failed to throw the used tissue from my bed into the trash bin, so I decided to make a mini game out of it. The player have to make sure that they can throw all the… Read more Midterm Project: Individual Project Proposal