Day 16: (Mon Oct 26, Week 10) Project Pairing

Notes for 2026-10-26.

New Assignments

  1. New pair assignment, due Mon Nov 2: Exercise: Proof-of-Concept Demonstration, i.e. an early prototype for the final project. Please have the device ready to demo in class and submit documentation to Assignment 8 Shared Folder.

  2. Be sure you are submitting complete documentation for each assignment: I always ask for video, photo, and a paragraph or so of reflection and analysis.

Agenda

  1. Review results for Exercise: Automatic Puzzle

  2. Project ideation and pairing, in several steps.

  3. Three minutes: please write down three things which spark joy for yourself. Be as specific as possible.

  4. Five minutes: each person will share one of their ideas.

  5. Three minutes: please write down three public campus locations in which you envision someone encountering a machine you make. Be as specific as possible.

  6. Five minutes: each person will share one of their locations.

  7. Ten minutes, in table groups: please discuss your ideas and develop a list of three to five concepts, including:

    • where would your machine or machines be placed?

    • who would encounter them there?

    • in what way would it spark joy?

  8. Ten minutes: each group will share two of their ideas.

  9. Time permitting: shuffle groups and repeat.

  10. Pairing discussion, and balloting if needed.

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Breakout Idea Results

  • Peekaboo Robot (for Doherty basement)

  • Wind Kinetic Sculpture (for Scaife patio)

  • Spinning Disco Mirror (for outdoor theater near Purnell)

  • Rainbow Twirler (for NSH-GHC bridge)

  • Spinning Dog Toy (for the tennis court slope)

  • Modular Marble Run (for the Fifth Ave Commons)

  • RoachBot (for the Doherty B level)

  • Barking Dog Bot (outdoors)

  • Drink Mixer (for the De Fer line)

  • Music Box (for either the CFA Great Hall or a bathroom)