“Pillow Talk” by Little Riot

The aim of Pillow Talk is to connect couples in long distance relationships by wirelessly transmitting their heartbeats to one another via special pillows. How it works is each partner has a wristband they wear to bed and a small

“Active Exhaust” by Roush (2015)

The IoT is so exciting because of its potential to make our lives better in so many areas; everything from advertisement to agriculture can be improved tremendously if given the ability to connect the internet. IoT also offers the opportunity

“Vinduino” by Reinier Van der Lee Vineyard (2015)

With California going through its fourth consecutive year of drought, local farmers of even plants with the lowest water needs have been forced to cut back on their water consumption. Vineyard owner Reinier Van der Lee has created the Vinduino,

“Portable Environment Monitor” by Radu Matisan (2015)

This project allows its users to effectively detect temperature, pressure, dust, carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, and three kinds of harmful radiation (alpha, beta, gamma); it even makes use of the ESP8266 Wi-Fi module (could it be any more perfect?).

Pgh area grants

A few local grants: Pittsburgh Foundation Creative Development Grant Spark Fund Awesome Foundation Studio for Creative Inquiry Small and Big Grants CMU SURF Grant Another list of grants form the School of Art: Here Things to understand about the call