Category: Weekly Breakdown

11/23

Fall Break no Class 

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Assignments for next week

• •  Project 02 Critical Wearable (final) bring supplies to work in class. 
  • Reading 08: Heather Suzanne Woods, “Asking more of Siri and Alexa” (last reading!) 

11/16

• HCI LECTURE
• DC Motor Control Lab (made a separate post) 

Assignments for next week

• • Continue working on Project 02 Critical Wearable (final)
  • Reading 08: Reading 08: Heather Suzanne Woods, “Asking more of Siri and Alexa”

11/09

• Reading Discussion: Jarrod Knibbe, et. al, “Skill-Sleeves: Designing Electrode Garments for Wearability.”
• Presentations: Assignment 04: Soft Interface 
• Solar Lab:
  • Using a multimeter 
  • Calculating power for your project
  • Solar Basics 
  • Some hook-up options 

Assignments for next week

• • Project 02 Critical Wearable (final project): Post sketch, bill of materials and concept to Discord. #Project02; Comment on at least one other person’s Project 02 post.  << your sketch should be detailed! what materials are you using? how are you connecting them? where are they doing on body?  identify all known components, and note things that still need be tested, compared, or decided on.
  • Assign 05: Design a wearable for a non-human  <canceled, to devote more time to final project, but please look through these slides, particularly from slide 56 on.
  • Bring batteries for battery pack (wearables kit) and battery powered junk, (ie, small toys, fans, old tech like CD player)  for next week’s lab. 

11/02

• Reading 06: Lee Jones et. al, “Wearable Bits: Scaffolding Creativity with a Prototyping Toolkit for Wearable E-textiles.”
• Lab: Soft Switch 
  •  E-Textiles continued, Sewable LED’s and creative circuit completion/gesture integration
• Discuss final project 

Assignments for next week

• • Assignment 04: Soft Interface due 11/09
  • Reading 07: Jarrod Knibbe, et. al, “Skill-Sleeves: Designing Electrode Garments for Wearability.”

10/26

•  Project 1 presentations – 5 min to present, 5 min for feedback  >>> 5 more to complete !! 
• Lecture & Lab: E-textiles

Assignments for next week

• • Reading 06: Lee Jones et. al, “Wearable Bits: Scaffolding Creativity with a Prototyping Toolkit for Wearable E-textiles.”
  • Be prepared to continue working on eTextiles Lab next week, begin thinking about Assignment 04, soft interface 

10/19

•  Project 1 presentations – 5 min to present, 5 min for feedback 

Assignments for next week

• • Reading 05:  Mann, Steve, “Sousveillance,” AND “Wearable computing: Toward humanistic intelligence.”  << cancelled for time but you’re more than welcome to still complete 
  • Complete the Lab from Week 6 , test out capacitive touch if you haven’t yet on Circuit Playground 

10/12

• Reading 04: Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts, “Chapter 09: Through Google-Colored Glass(es)
• Lab 1: Soldering
  • Maker Space Soldering Guide
  • More info from Maker Space   
• Lab 2: Introduction to Circuit Playground 
• Distribution of Circuit Playground Wearables kit 

Assignments for next week

• •  Project 1 (midterm) due next week. 
  • Reminder to check out the Resources Page for troubleshooting and moving your Arduino skills further

10/05

• Guest lecture! Francesca Rosella, Cute circuit 
  • Zoom link:  https://nyu.zoom.us/j/94820371244 

• Reading 03: Goodyear et al., “Young People’s Use of Wearables.”

Assignments for next week

• Continue work on Project 1 — Begin Prototyping 
• Reading 04: Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts, “Chapter 09: Through Google-Colored Glass(es),”
• Bring Nano Kit to Class

 

 

09/28

• Reading Discussion 02: Natasha Dow Schüll, “Data for Life”
• Assign 03: Motor Study Share-Out
• LAB: Wireless communication using BLE (apps + code)

Assignments for next week

• Reading 03: Goodyear et al., “Young People’s Use of Wearables.”
• Project 01: Post sketch, bill of materials and concept to Discord. #Project01
• Comment on at a least one other person’s Project 01 post
• Watch Troubleshooting & Solderless Connectors.  and/or read through the Slides) 

09/21

• Present Assign 02: Low-Tech Wearable  
• LAB: Arduino Nano overview continued.
  • Review 
  • Servo motor control. 
  • Motor control in combination with sensor data. 

• Distribute Wearables Class kit, please bring to class in subsequent weeks. There are lockers available if you want to store stuff, check for an email from Kazi.

Assignments for next week

• Reading 02: Natasha Dow Schüll, “Data for Life”
• Assignment 03: Motor Study
• Watch Benedetta’s video on variable resistors, (at least first 12 minutes for photo cell explanation)