This week’s class was initiated by a documentary, one that has been on my top to-watch list, Paris is Burning (1990). “Paris is Burning” is a culturally significant documentary that immortalizes the vibrant ball culture of marginalized LGBTQ+ communities in New York City during the late 1980s, offering a poignant exploration of race, class, gender, […]
This week, our assignment was to create a wireless circuit using sensors and actuators. Using the sensor that we created in the previous class, we were able to control a strip of neopixels wirelessly. To do so, we needed two micro:bit devices, each connected to the sensor and the neopixels. In the previous class, I […]
This week, Professor Margaret Minsky held a sewing workshop in our class to familiarize us with how to use a sewing machine and construct a tangible item we can use, such as a drawstring bag. It was my first time using a sewing machine, so I was really excited as I’ve always wanted to learn […]
For this week’s class, we learned how to create a sensor. When the sensor is pressed, sound can be produced. It was quite challenging because we had to read a circuit diagram which I have not done in a long time. In this week’s assignment, we are assigned to “create a wearable device that […]