Melissa’s Documentation Blog

Our project essentially boiled down to an interactive art exhibition, derived from the second story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin. The short story included an anecdote about a child locked in a basement, to which the happiness of the town depended on. One of our members, Ricci, thought … Continue reading Group Research Project: Report

  int SENSOR_PIN = 2; int tiltVal; int prevTiltVal; int count=0; void setup() { pinMode(SENSOR_PIN, INPUT); // Set sensor pin as an INPUT pin Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { // read the state of the sensor tiltVal = digitalRead(SENSOR_PIN); // if the tilt sensor value changed, print the new value if (tiltVal != prevTiltVal) { … Continue reading Recitation 3: Sensors

I began this recitation with some difficulty. Before, my partner in class had been the one to connect the Arduino Uno to his computer, upon doing so for the first time on Friday, I was unable to find the port on the software. After restarting my laptop and checking the device manager, I was able … Continue reading Recitation 2: Arduino Basics

The Veldt- Ray Bradbury In “The Veldt”, an possible interactive artifact would be the described kitchen. The story depicts how there is a machine that is able to provide the family with all their meals, and accommodate to family’s desires. That would not be currently possible in our would as AI is not yet advanced … Continue reading Group Research: Read

I define interaction to be the a dialogue, with one party providing a prompt and allowing another, separate party to respond in the manner of their choosing. In “The Art of Interactive Design”, Crawford define interactivity to be “a cyclic process in which two actors alternately listen, think, and speak” (5). Crawford, here, provided the … Continue reading Group Project: Research

Task 1: Step 1: My partner and I started trying to build our circuit on the breadboard. We we were only able to get as far a putting in ground and positive to the breadboard and connecting the circuit to a power source. We asked for help from a professor. She guided us in deciding … Continue reading Recitation 1: Electronics and Soldering