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Week Three: Transgression

This week, we're reading Chapter 1 of *Unruly Speech* by Saskia Witteborn. Witteborn frames transgression as a way of defining the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. Beyond that, she argues (through those she references) that it is necessary for …
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October 3, 2023

Week One: Emergent Strategy & Research

Our summer intensive is over and a new semester begins. Whereas this summer we had five weeks in-person to do and make everything, we’ll be spending 15 weeks on Zoom, going deep. Here in …
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September 13, 2023

Pulse Clock Prototype, Bill of Materials

Blog your idea for next week and come up with a prototype for playtesting. Prototype can be anything that communicates the overall concept of the project as well as key interactions. Be as realistic …
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August 3, 2023

Pulse Clock, Part One.

Previously... (Spent two days trying to get the LED ring to work without any discernible progress) Moving on to pulse sensor - this ended up being fairly straightforward. Using Pimoroni Max30101 checked out from …
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July 31, 2023

I/O Device – Potentiometer-Dial-Light-Ringy-Thingy

For this session, our mission is to come up with a simple application using digital and/or analog input and output to a microcontroller and make a device that allows a person to control light, …
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July 27, 2023

Exploration 03: Process Research

or “digging through archives of other people's work to find work that makes you want to do work.” Curiosity Syllabus In our last EM class, we spent some time working on a curiosity syllabus. …
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July 26, 2023

Arduino + P5.js—Serial Communication

Part 1: Lab (what we did on our own) https://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/labs/labs-serial-communication/lab-webserial-input-to-p5-js/ Part 2: Class (what we did in Tuesday session)
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July 26, 2023

Analog(ue) and Digital Inputs and Outputs

Dimming a Light with a Potentiometer For our lab, Digital and Analog In with an Arduino, we connected our Arduino through a potentiometer to an LED. Side note: I still don't know what a …
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July 24, 2023

Project 01 – Adventures in 3D Printing

Before we Begin My brain is fried. I know it'll get better as the course goes on, but right now it's hard to think coherently. Apologies in advance to anybody who has the misfortune …
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July 19, 2023

Interface Lab Week One: Back to the Breadboard.

Last year, I came to ITP Camp with the goal of learning enough physical computing to finally complete my Timefeel project. A month later, all I had was an exploded Arduino and shattered dreams. …
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July 18, 2023