{"id":1156,"date":"2020-09-04T01:01:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2020-09-04T01:02:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:02:46","slug":"class-2-notes-3-sep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Class 2 notes, 3 Sep, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Introductions and Admin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Introduce ourselves and describe what we want out of the class<\/p>\n<p>Class blog \u2014 I have to \u201cpromote\u201d you after you sign on for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>A10 cannot be used outside of class time. I\u2019ll see if I can create a \u201cclass time\u201d for MTI<\/p>\n<p>kits are available: https:\/\/bookstore.web.cmu.edu\/SiteText?id=73598<\/p>\n<p>How do we handle the end of the semester?<\/p>\n<p>Pick My Office Hours<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Discuss<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>revisit tigoe\u2019s page \u2014 what was physical interaction and what was reaction? Do you see any themes in projects that aren\u2019t allowed? is there something you\u2019re tired of seeing?<\/p>\n<p>reading assignment \u2014 what makes something interactive?<\/p>\n<p>does interaction require emotion or just the appearance of emotion? When do we go from \u201crobot\u201d to \u201cuncanny valley\u201d to \u201chuman\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Musicians and DJs working a crowd \u2014 who is interacting and who is driving the interaction?<\/p>\n<p>so what is physical interaction? When\/where did it start?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Physical Interaction History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Beekeepers &#8211; explain the complexity of a hive and how we\u2019re only just now (past 20 years) discovering how bees vote to make hive-wide decisions. \u201cHoneybee Democracy\u201d is a great introduction to how science works and how to write about science: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Z6Y9yL<\/p>\n<p>Alchemists &#8211; trying to make things happen with substances they don\u2019t understand. If you don\u2019t know about elements and that lead and gold are elements, what decisions are making to interact with substances? People knew that honey bee \u201cpropolis\u201d helped prevent infection thousands of years before we discovered bacteria. Sometimes working in ignorance still leads to progress.<\/p>\n<p>New music and dance styles based on sampling and analog synths: Moog, ARP 2600, hip-hop. Early hip-hop was limited to record players and mics; early synths were insanely expensive and shared at fancy studios. Grand Wizard Theodore *invented* scratching: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHCOIK_fICU<\/p>\n<p>Console games with physical feedback, Rez Trance Vibrator: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/9\/25\/13046770\/rez-trance-vibrator-ps2<\/p>\n<p>Dance Dance Revolution from arcades to console games<\/p>\n<p>Driving assistance with vehicles: AI? Interaction? What if the car won\u2019t let me turn, start, or stop? How can I disable safety features?<\/p>\n<p>Flight assistance software in commercial aircraft. Is autopilot interactive?<\/p>\n<p>Flight assistance for military aircraft: self-guiding drones, incoming missile warnings for helicopter pilots. Interaction or reaction?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Near-future Interaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>the focus of this class &#8211; we\u2019re prototyping for five years out<\/p>\n<p>interacting with intelligent systems that we don\u2019t completely understand and that can make decisions against our will or with results we don\u2019t appreciate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">car that thinks you\u2019re too intoxicated, sleepy, or incompetent to drive, so it refuses to move<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">home automation system that won\u2019t open the doors and let you leave because the particulate count in the air is hazardous and you\u2019re not wearing a mask<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">police equipment that won\u2019t let you fire at unarmed civilians \u2014 pistol trapped in a holster, safety wont go off.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">fire engines that won\u2019t engage fires that cannot be contained<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">entertainment systems that can filter content as part of mental-health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re giving \u201cagency\u201d to interactive devices: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agency_(philosophy)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNear-future\u201d is a popular base of pop-culture: MCU set a few years from now<\/p>\n<p>Blade Runner 2049 is a bit farther in the future.<\/p>\n<p>practical effects used as input devices to imagined systems of the future<\/p>\n<p>Adam Savage gets a no-spoilers tour of the Blade Runner 2049 prop shop.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Adam Savage Explores the Props of Blade Runner 2049!\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1fAk0CObPE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>show Adam Savage with prop manager, start around 4:12, skip to 14:30, skip to 18:30<\/p>\n<p>This is not new, in the past we talked about the future and technology. \u201cDesign for Dreaming\u201d, released in 1956, is all about the future. It\u2019s also all about the sexism in the 1950s, so you can skip to these points, to get the important points: start at 3:30; skip to 6; skip to 8<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Design for Dreaming (1956)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1gKl-mwMyck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Good drama is about storytelling \u2014 what if interactive devices are characters in the story?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) \u2014 our super computer meets the Soviet supercomputer and they plan our future<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">2001 \u2014 HAL 9000, the ship\u2019s computer that decides it does not want to follow the plan laid out by humans<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">War Games (1983) &#8212; A computer controls all of America\u2019s nuclear weapons. Would you like to play a game? the only way to win is to not play the game.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">Alien \u2014 MOTHER, a semi-intelligent computer that controls spacecraft while humans are in cryosleep.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">ST:TNG\u2019s Data \u2014 a walking mobile phone smarter than spacecraft computers?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">(Terminator movies don\u2019t count \u2014 killing spree robots, not interaction)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\">Farscape \u2014 Moya is semi-intelligent spacecraft used by the main characters, and can refuse orders or do things because of her own desire, not that of her passengers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Assignment 2, d<\/strong>ue at 11:59 the day before class, so these are due Monday, 7 September<\/h2>\n<p>First, order your kit https:\/\/bookstore.web.cmu.edu\/SiteText?id=73598<\/p>\n<p>This is a pen-and-paper assignment to go over posting to the class blog and what a good submission looks like. If you want to make something with hardware, that\u2019s fine, but it\u2019s not required. Science fiction is ok, fantasy is not. ever. NO UNICORNS.<\/p>\n<p>1.) A smart doorbell, similar to the smart thermostat I talked about on Tuesday, or<\/p>\n<p>2.) Make a useful practical effect by giving interaction to a thing that doesn\u2019t currently interact with humans. For inspiration, watch Blade Runner 2049. Yes, it\u2019s 3 hours long but OMFG. Look at the physical interfaces between intelligent systems, replicants, humans, AI, and agency for androids.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare the presentation as you would for a crit. Look at previous classes for inspiration<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2019\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/s2018\/<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introductions and Admin Introduce ourselves and describe what we want out of the class Class blog \u2014 I have to \u201cpromote\u201d you after you sign on for the first time. A10 cannot be used outside of class time. I\u2019ll see if I can create a \u201cclass time\u201d for MTI kits are available: https:\/\/bookstore.web.cmu.edu\/SiteText?id=73598 How do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/?p=1156\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Class 2 notes, 3 Sep, 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/f2020\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}