Archive for November, 2009


Using Arduino and Processing together

Wednesday, Nov 25th, 2009 by Allison Walker | 1 Comments
Filed under: Education, General Discussion, ITP, Intro to Computing Media, Intro to Physical Computing | Tags:

Today I got up early and fooled around in Processing…for hours. I was playing with the Minim sound library, which I’d planned to use for my Intro to Computing Media project, an mp3 player. After sitting around for so long, I could how I was getting both noticeably older in age, but also wiser about [...]

Final - Wave Shield

Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2009 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: General Discussion

I got some new code from Xiaoyang last night, and actually some responses on the P-comp email list. Rigged it up this morning to realize…’Card init failure’.

Still thinking about changing my final project idea: interactive plant vs blinky lights?

Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2009 by Allison Walker | 1 Comments
Filed under: Art & Culture, Communications Lab, Education, ITP, Intro to Physical Computing, People | Tags: , ,

A discussion Monday night got me thinking about my Phys comp final again. I like the bionic gardening, but I also want something really fun. The other student I was talking with was trying to convince me to do my original-ish LED light board idea. So, at home I thought about it a little bit [...]

Using the wave shield

Sunday, Nov 22nd, 2009 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: ITP, Intro to Physical Computing, Technology | Tags: ,

Introduction: The idea behind this post was to describe how I attempted to use a wave shield to play a sound using a photocell as the trigger.
Description: Just for the record, the code for the wave shield is really confusing, but I have gotten it to work - though that was a painful process. After [...]

Using FSRs to turn on vibration motorsor

Sunday, Nov 22nd, 2009 by Allison Walker | 1 Comments
Filed under: Art & Culture, Education, ITP, Intro to Physical Computing, People, UX/IA/IxD | Tags: ,

Tonight I was working on putting together some of the pieces for my Android Pet Plant.
To make the plant vibrate, I plan to use the 1″ FSRs around the flower pot which will trigger at least 2 vibration motors. To test this out, I cut open a cardboard Diamond Crystal salt container and stuck a [...]

Intro to Physical Computing: Final Project…Rejects

Sunday, Nov 22nd, 2009 by Allison Walker | 1 Comments
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How did I come to my final idea. Well, I rejected many other ideas first. For instance…
UV-Sunlight Watch: I thought I’d try to make one of my fantasy devices. A UV-Sunlight watch that helps you get a good amount of daily sunlight. However, after some research, and learning that UV calculators really do exist, I [...]

Intro to Physical Computing: Final Project Proposal

Saturday, Nov 21st, 2009 by Allison Walker | 1 Comments
Filed under: Education, Intro to Physical Computing, Technology

This was meant to be a continuing post about my final project for Physical Computing, however I’ve finally decided on a project. I’m not sure what I’ll title it, but Android Pet Plant sort of comes to mind.
My Android Pet Plant will (hopefully) do 3 things: When you first encounter it, you can come close. [...]

Applications: What investors look for…

Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2009 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: Applications of Interactive Technology, Education, General Discussion, People | Tags:

Last night, in my Applications class, we had 3 grads of ITP discuss their experience with entrepreneurship and working together. At one point, they discussed financials and working together. They listed several personality traits that apparently investors look for…I found this useful and inspiring.
integrity
passion
experience
knowledge
skill
leadership
commitment
vision
coachability
fearless

Phys Comp Midterm: Balance board video controller

Friday, Nov 13th, 2009 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: Creativity, Education, ITP, Intro to Physical Computing, Media, Technology | Tags: , ,

For my Physical Computing midterm, I worked with Andrea Wolf and Sindy Butz to create a balance board that controls a video in Processing.
Here’s a video of me demonstrating for our class.

Balance Board Media Controller from Allison Walker on Vimeo.
The way it works: User steps on the board, which completes a switch inside the board. [...]

Applications of Interactive Telecommunications

Thursday, Nov 12th, 2009 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: Applications of Interactive Technology, Education, General Discussion, ITP, Technology | Tags: ,

This week, my group finally presented for Red Burns’ Applications of Interactive Telecommunications. My group consisted of Chris Allick, Hana Newman, and Andy Jordan. Together, we successfully worked together to produce a presentation on our reaction to Craig Newmark’s talk the previous week. Not only did the class enjoy our presentation, we also enjoyed and [...]

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