analog input labs
I wanted to move the switch to somewhere functional, so I converted the project into an occupied/available bathroom sign, modeled here by Donna. When the door was locked the light turned red.
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Switch Open:
Switch Closed:
I just saw that Ezer also made an amazing occupied sign! But with more applications: http://www.ezerlonginus.com/?cat=4
Going on a walk around my neighborhood with an awareness for sensors, I noticed more obvious sensors where there were less people. For example, on Bedford Avenue, where there were lots of people during my walk, I mostly noticed card swipe sensors, buttons, light sensitive street lights, and those loud door beep sensors in stores. When I went toward the water to Kent Ave, where there are mostly large warehouses, a park, and fast traffic, there were all sorts of truck beeps and back up sensors, this thing:
and a lot of these:
So even at night when there is nobody in sight you can feel watched and metered.
I ended my sensor walk swiping my way into the subway:
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1st PhysComp lab
How this blog is organized:
As usual, the blogs are listed by date. In the categories on the right I have placed my class and reading notes under Notes, and projects are located under Projects. The other links on the right categorize the blogs by classes I have taken at ITP, which include
Physical Computing
Introduction to Computational Media
Applications
Personal Power Generation
and currently
Data Representation
Learning Bit by Bit
Redial: Interactive Telephony
HTML5
Dataflow Programming