Archive for December, 2008
4in4
4in4 is underway! Steven, Rob, and I hosted a DriveBy last night to get things started. For those who couldn’t make it to the meeting: 4in4 is an event during which ITP students, resident researchers, and faculty are invited to create four projects in four days. This event is based on two previous events: 5-in-5 [...]
Velas Photos
I need to add a layer behind the screen to diffuse the LEDs, but the glowing looks amazing in a darkened room.
Music for Public Restrooms
For the last week of CommLab our assignment was to take an earlier project and improve it. I decided to work on the audio project I made with Paul Paradiso: Music for Public Restrooms. We were inspired by Brian Eno’s intention in making Music for Airports: namely, to make a rotten experience better. So, we [...]
PComp Final– Velas Code
The Arduino code for Velas is here. It includes Alex Leone’s notes on the TLC5940 Library. I tried to comment as thoroughly as possible, but please contact me if you have any questions.
Pcomp Final– Velas Presentation
This is a short summary presentation I made to accompany my final project for PComp and ICM. Please download the PowerPoint file in order to view this presentation as it is intended. Unfortunately, SlideShare does not support slide animations, and it has some problems with formatting.
I will upload images and code in the next [...]
My Application to ITP
I was talking to a few classmates the other day about the applications process to ITP. We were all curious to hear about each other’s approaches– What did everyone write about? What did they focus on as the reason they wanted to be here? What did their portfolios look like? Had their work changed since [...]
PComp Final– Parents, Children, and Triggers
I got my paper screen back from the AMS last Wednesday, and the laser cutting looks great. I also got multiple LED drivers daisy-chained together and lighting multiple LEDs. My code was starting to get unwieldy, though, so I met with Rory again to get some help organizing it. We ended up scrapping a bunch [...]