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Web Design Final – The Dismal Pirate Game
Well, here was an example of an ITP project that didn’t get as far in execution as my colorful hopes for it. The Dismal Pirate Game My plan was to make an amusing, very capricious, and very simple pirate game. … Continue reading
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Comm Lab: Animation – “Love is Non-Euclidean”
The second animation assignment and my second collaboration with Crys Moore. Since we’d already planned out an M. C. Escher adventure for our first animation, it made sense to use all that material here. The story changed quite a bit … Continue reading
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P Comp Midterm – Media Controller
The inspiration for this project was described by Phil; and the endgame was described by Alex. I’m finally getting around to describing the middle… In short, we wanted to build a display that would mimic the parallax effect of looking … Continue reading
Comm Lab: Animation – “Egg Radio”
Before I say anything else, I need to acknowledge my advisor Dan O’Sullivan for convincing me to take this class. I had built a schedule that was centered entirely around my plans for a possible thesis, and Dan gently suggested … Continue reading
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ICM Midterm (Part 2) – Dora Maar vs. the Flying Toast
An antidote to my other midterm – something fun. Dora Maar finally meets her nemesis, and battle ensues! Dora Maar vs. the Flying Toast.
ICM Midterm (Part 1) – An Agent-Based Model of a Decentralized Legislative System
This takes a little explanation. An agent-based model is a tool used in a lot of different disciplines. It’s essentially a way of examining the emergent behaviors in a complex system. An ABM creates a number of software ‘agents’ and … Continue reading
ICM – Week 4 – A More Efficient Eye Laser
Dora Maar has a new enemy: toast. Don’t ask. I think I’m working so hard I’m starting to hallucinate. This sketch has an improved eye, which now moves more smoothly, and a better programming structure. Everything is now a function … Continue reading
P Comp – Week 5 – Stupid Pet Trick
ITP has a tradition, which goes back I don’t know how far, that early on in the Intro to Physical Computing class each student builds his first production assignment, called the Stupid Pet Trick. I guess the name comes from … Continue reading
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P Comp – Week 4 – Analog Output
For some reason I always want to write “Analogue” rather than “Analog.” Is that wrong? Maybe I’m thinking of it in relation to the word Analogy. I keep having to check my code to make sure I spelled it right…. … Continue reading
Posted in Intro to Physical Computing, ITP Fall 2011
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P Comp – Week 3 – Understanding Electricity
I am waaayyyyy late posting this, because I was doing some much more interesting stuff for this class (see week 5!). But I present the following photos as evidence that I did indeed learn to use a multimeter. See that? … Continue reading