Computation09

scholarships, competitions

Collegiate Inventors competition

Professional Development Grants

And for Cecilia, a grant for people who work with ceramics

Tony Velonis Memorial Scholarship

Presentation and papers

May 9th - Presentations -- Prototypes + video

11:15 - 3PM
11:00 - 11:15 -- Setup

May 12th - Individual meetings

May 18th - Apply to 3 events and email Yury the applications
Sheet, video

Video specs
30 - 45 secs
Title
Name
Description
Show use
For what made + date (optional)

Presentation specs
Title
Name
Description
Show use
For what made + date (optional)
Technical problems (only if it helps in the exchange process)
Future
Questions?

Residency, Commissions, Grants, Events, Conferences, Shows, Competitions

Ars Electronica
Interactivos
Figment
Transmedila
Dork bots
SIGGRAPH
IDC
Telephonica
Location 1
Young Guns
ingeniouslyfest
Walker Museum Art
turbulence - twitterlite
techtonic
callstopps.com
dumbofest
sumptee gallery
franklin furnace
ubitech
etech
rhizome
maker faire
fabrica - residency
picnic09
SXSW
eyebeam
Biennials Electronic Arts
Creative capital
Headlanes
Poptech
CES
ID Magazine

Find

the dates for show and application
application instructions
BLOG THESE

homework assigned 4/17

1. 3-4 prototypes
    -    1 implementation
    -    1 look and feel
    -    1 role

2. 3 more blogs -->

homework assigned 4/14

1.  submit to 3 or more blogs if you haven't yet
2. readings
3. design document/blueprint/specs/description

homework

•  Send project(s) to 3 blogs.

•  Develop 3 plush toy concepts (rough): 1 drawing, 1 description each.

• Post photos/videos to the blog (link to Flickr/Vimeo)

•  Group presentations

Reading / Podcast:

1)    Audio: Role of Anthropologist

2)    Malcolm Gladwell on Human Nature
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail230.html

Assignment due for March 6th

1)
Illustrate 2-3 users. Give them a name and a description. Explain why, what, and how they use your artifact and design.  Explain what role it plays in their life. Post this to the blog.

2)
Show your prototypes (Look&Feel, and etc...) and user scenarios to others (preferably your ideal users) and get user feedback. Do 4-5 hours of this user-testing and user-feedback.  Record and blog the results.

3)
Make any changes or additions to any of your prototypes or sketches, so as to better communicate the concept embedded in the prototype to your users. 

Reading Podcast:
Audio: Role of Anthropologist
Tom Kelly: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2054

Minimum of 7 Prototypes

Make a minimum of 7 prototypes. 2 minimum of "Look and Feel, Role, and Implementation."

What do Prototypes Prototype

What do prototype prototype
download Prototypes.pdf

Plug-In Time Piece, Prototype 1

Notes for Class:
Resistor Calc.
http://www.engplanet.com/content/resistorinfo.html

LED Formula:
http://www.bpesolutions.com/ledcalculator.html
LED Calculator:
One LED
http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz
Series LED
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz

Led Specs:
www.LedShoppe.com

Notes for Class:

Current limiting series resistor formula:
vIN - vLED / 30 milliamp = series current limiting resistor.

((5V - 3V) / 0.030) = 100 Ohm series resistor for a 5V supply.
((6V - 3V) / 0.030) = 100 Ohm series resistor for a 6V supply.
((9V - 3V) / 0.030) = 200 Ohm series resistor for a 9V supply.
((12V - 3V) / 0.030) = 300 Ohm series resistor for a 12V supply.

Change the mA to 0.020 if using a 20mA LED

Assignment
Read
1)  Chapter 1-4 in CODE

2)  Cradle to Cradle Design, 20mins

3)  http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/understanding-electricity

Make
Enclose your time piece so it can be:
Displayed by plugging into wall.
Has room for adding 3 switches to the outside.
Has a way to program it easily [possibly an opening].
Shows the passage of time with light.

On Blog Post:

1 sketch on Blog. Place 1 Photo of board, 1 Photo of Project (enclosed), code, and optional Video.

Class Notes - Assignments

1
What Electricity is, simple definitions, and how to use a solderless breadboard from:  http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/understanding-electricity

2
Hardware Introduction:
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardDuemilanove

Introduction to the Arduino Environment:
http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Environment

firmware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware

3
Led Blink
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Blink

Led Loop
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Loop

4
Reading:
Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/319

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Future Notes to Self:

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Basic Electrical
http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/understanding-electricity

Specific instructions for particular boards.

• Arduino Nano

• Arduino Mini

• Arduino BT

• LilyPad Arduino

• Arduino Pro

• Arduino Pro Mini

• Xbee shield

• Ethernet shield

• Digital input & output to and from a microcontroller

• Analog input & output
• Serial input & output

Assignment for 2/27/08

Order:
Code

Read:
THE COMING AGE OF CALM TECHNOLOGY
http://www.johnseelybrown.com/calmtech.pdf
or
http://nano.xerox.com/hypertext/weiser/acmfuture2endnote.htm

Read:
http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction