How can we move things in a helpful, accessible way?
Why do things move? How can we express emotion?
American Sign Language (ASL) is not English as we speak English, or like they speak in books. (The wiki entry goes in to deep linguistic details.)
Emotional, artistic expression is done solely through movement. These examples have audio for people who can’t read ASL:
ASL poetry Sign off Finals – “drop it like its hot”
Cardi B, Bodak Yellow ASL Interpretation
From “Hamilton: Can you sign as fast as Daveed Diggs can rap? “Guns and Ships“. “Alexander Hamilton” by a performance group with correct costumes.
ASL in entertainment
Troy Kotsur, a deaf actor, was hired to play a Tusken Raider and create their sign language.
Expression through artistic grammars
Bill Shannon has invented a new vocabulary for dance performed with canes.
- Music video for RJD2’s “Work it Out“
- Commercial for VISA
- “Body Language“, an autobiographical short film
- The Shannon Technique, his vocabulary of dance
Demo Using transistors and diodes
- rotate a DC motor
- use a solenoid
- use a servo
Fritzing sketch, compressed with gzip: arduino-IRLB8721-simple.fzz