Class Notes – Making Things Interactive

Arduino memory / p5.js

jet Townsend — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:48:21 +0000

If you apply power to the Metro through the power jack, you can disconnect/reconnect from p5.js. There’s a tiny power switch between the USB port and power connector that needs to be flipped to handle external power.

Connect Arduino to computer, download sketch.
Disconnect Arduino, collect data
Connect Arduino to computer, run p5.js connection and read data

Here’s a simple Arduino sketch and p5.js script: memory-example

Hunt Closure

jet Townsend — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:06:25 +0000

The Library will close at 6pm Thursday 19 April.

The Library will open 8am-6pm, Friday 20 April, and 10am-5pm on Saturday 21 April.

24/7 opening resumes at 9am on Sunday 22 April and will continue until 6pm on Tuesday 15 May when vacation opening hours begin.

Course Notes, 5 Apr 2018

jet Townsend — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 02:07:43 +0000

The assignment is here. If you have anything to contribute for final projects please post them in the “Looking Out” category.

Furniture

The Chair: Rethinking Body, Culture, and Design, by Galen Cranz

Nomadic Furniture: D-I-Y Projects that are Lightweight and Light on the Environment , by Papanek and Hennesey

Wearables

Adafruit guide.

Sparkfun guide.

Instructables.

Miscellaneous

Crowd-supported choose-your-own-story

Class notes, 3 Apr 2018

jet Townsend — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 02:02:05 +0000

Update of the timing sketches: class-9-updated.

p5.js example sketches: class-10

Assignment: have a short story (1-3 paragraphs) we can turn in to a proposal on Thursday.

Class notes, 29 March

jet Townsend — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:29:40 +0000

Reading assignment, try to finish by 10 April, In Praise of Shadows.

Assignment: write a short (~1 page) story about a final project. Don’t concern yourself with how it’s implemented or what it would cost, focus on a story of an interaction. (This can become the proposal for your final project.)

Rough calendar:

3 Apr – How to write a proposal

5 Apr – Review proposals for final project

10 Apr – work day

12 Apr – work day

17 Apr – rough crit

19 Apr – no class

24 Apr – work day

26 Apr – work day

1 May – crit + class show

3 May – crit + class show

Class Notes + Exercise, 20 Mar

jet Townsend — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:40:02 +0000

If you weren’t ready for today’s crit, please present on Thursday.

Exercise: Find and investigate an interesting physical interaction project and write a paragraph or two about how it works and what you learned from your investigation.

Reminder that we have a list of resources, let me know if you’d like anything added:

Our Friends Electric – blogs, news, etc

Class Notes, 6 Mar 2018

jet Townsend — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 18:24:16 +0000

Bruce Sterling and the future of design

Bruce Sterling talk at 5pm, 7 March, Kresge.

Bruce Sterling’s closing keynote at IXDA

Bruce Sterling: Closing Keynote from Interaction Design Association on Vimeo.

Bill Baxton’s collection of Interactive Devices

https://www.microsoft.com/buxtoncollection/browse.aspx

Science Fiction and Interaction Design

William Gibson, “Neuromancer”

William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, “The Difference Engine”

K. W. Jeter, “Dr. Adder”

Blade Runner 2049 at Row Theatre

Class notes, 15 Feb

jet Townsend — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:56:13 +0000

Intro to object oriented programming and p5.js

class-10

Class Notes, 13 Feb 2018

jet Townsend — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:22:48 +0000

There was a bug in the code I displayed (but did not run) during class. I’ve attached two working examples of using timers instead of delay(): class-9

Assignment for Thursday: get an IFTTT account that, prefer a disposable one.

Class notes, 8 Feb 2018

jet Townsend — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:38:42 +0000

Notes for class-7