Research: Suggested links from Sunni Mercer

SNIBBE INTERACTIVE - Social Interactive Experiences for Museums, Branding and Entertainment
Reliability of Interactive Computer Exhibits or, Why Doesn’t This @#!!#& Thing Work?
Joe Cutting advice
Sourcelab

Panhandling in Midtown

There’s a short, dark man with a long white beard, a red, yellow, and black hat, and a ring with the star and moon of Islam that takes the same train as I do, every day. I assume he lives in my neighborhood, or nearby. Two days ago I sat next to him [...]

Research: Supplies

Black Body Bag - $25.00 : Crime Scene, Forensic Supplies
Body Bag Mil-Spec + Nylon Body Bag

Research: Children’s Museums

NY Hall of Science Museum
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Brooklyn Children’s Museum: Collections Central Online
Brooklyn Kids: Wild About Plants
Children’s Museum of the Arts
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
American Museum of Natural History
Museum of the Moving Image
Paley Center for Media (Museum of TV and Radio)

Daito Manabe and his amazing dancing face.

Creates an audio visualization using electric stimulus to his face. The thing I love about this is it could be totally fake and I wouldn’t care. Great concept and super stupid looking outcome.

via Gizmodo and MAKE

TED Visualizations

After working with packet sniffing and key logging a bit in class, I was interested to take some of the database information from TED and run through through Many Eyes and Wordle.
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Meeting 2: Presentation

To Do
Write letter to holly and john — David
Set up arduino —- Sean and Yong
Set up tube + potentiometer —- Sean and Yong
Emulator + iPac —- David
Things to check
How to get 360 degrees
How long Steven can hold the button
How fast Steven can click the button
How many times Steven can click the button before being tired
How [...]

Accessible Controllers

http://www.determined2heal.org/assistive%20technology.htm#Video_games_
http://rjcooper.com/game-controller/index.html
http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/1/AGS/AGS-onehand/dragonplus.htm
http://www.quadcontrol.com/joystick.htm
PS2 controller on PS3
http://www.superufo.com/product_html/Playstation_3_PS3___PS2_Controller_Adaptor.html

Meeting 2

Testing and findings for switches:
Dexterity of thumbs has diminished from 15 minutes to 3 minutes in 2 weeks.
Much easier to raise legs than push down on legs (FSR: max 70/250)
Thumb speed: 1 second intervals
Metal toggle switch unusable
Small red push button should be used as max pressure with thumbs
FSR buttons on headrest definite possibility
Hair switch located [...]

Plantbot

The sun-seeking Plantbot by THE PLAY COALITION