I found this Hulu.com documentary on black holes that mentions relativity and how light and time bend in response to the gravitational pull of the black hole.
I found this article on relativity, which describes how light is a constant speed in a vacuum, such as space, and is a physical boundary of motion for [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Theory of Relativity
Tactile Assistive Watch
For our first Time assignment, Alex Vessels and I prototyped the design of a watch that is intended to be used for a blind person. We thought about a few different implementations of this design, but Alex and I decided to go with a design that incorporates Braille numbers since it seemed simple and uncomplicated [...]
Exploring My Animal Self
Tuesday, Jan 26th, 2010 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: Animals, People and Things in Between, ITP
Filed under: Animals, People and Things in Between, ITP
Admittedly, for my Animals, People and Things In Between assignment, I really wasn’t sure what animal I was going to choose. I took one of the (corny) okcupid.com quizzes, and found that I was actually really satisfied with the animal I seemed to identify with most: deer.
Deer are strong, yet graceful. Humble, but not [...]
Jan 13-15: Antenna Design Workshop
Thursday, Jan 21st, 2010 by Allison Walker | 0 Comments
Filed under: Education, General Discussion, Urban Space | Tags: Antenna Design
Filed under: Education, General Discussion, Urban Space | Tags: Antenna Design
This past week at ITP, I was one of 16 lucky students to participate in a workshop on “Intervention/Interaction - Multi-person Interface” hosted by the co-creators of the awesome design firm Antenna Design. Sigi Moeslinger (ITP Alumna ‘96) and Masamichi Udagawa led the workshop over 3 days. Our task was to create an intervention of [...]
Article: “Tangible Interaction”
Thursday, Jan 21st, 2010 by Allison Walker | 1 Comments
Filed under: General Discussion, UX/IA/IxD | Tags: ACM, interactions, ITP
Filed under: General Discussion, UX/IA/IxD | Tags: ACM, interactions, ITP
The current issue of interactions magazine features a cover story called Tangible Interaction = Form + Computing, which the authors, Mark Baskinger and Mark D. Gross, describe as a combination of physical design and computing. They reference NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (ITP) as one of the first schools in the world to [...]