Nest Update

Lots of branches, leaves, trash, etc. picked up and created small floor prototype
Purchased brown leather suitcase with 2 zippers + strap for container
Decided to use photocell instead of thermister or digital thermometer sensor. Covering photocell will trigger fade in/out of RGB.
Egg:
Looking at super bright RGB or the new BlinkM MaxM
Production Considerations:
Velum + Paper [...]

Umbrella Update

Found very large black umbrella that’s fixable
Found 2 smaller broken umbrellas: stripped the material from the poles and created a prototype with tape. Decided the umbrella will work best if the material that falls down when opened is unseen/packaged until umbrella is opened.
Went to Garment District and purchased 6 yards of black [...]

Hall of Witnesses Dedication

The Hall of Witnesses interactive display at Southern Nazarene University that I’ve been working on for the last couple of months was dedicated over the weekend during Homecoming. I’ve heard it went well and there were over 200 people in attendance for the ribbon cutting ceremony. I’m excited to get back to OKC [...]

ITP Winter Show 2008

It’s that time again - getting ready for the end of the year and the upcoming finals + Winter Show.

Top 4%

The last few weeks were pretty intense. Case in point:

Addison (_______) Alexander

Welcome, congrats and happy birthdays are in order for the Alexanders
and the newest addition to their family, Addie.

Research Links

Near Future Laboratory » PSX — Social Engineering Katamari Damacy
da Vinci Surgery - reverse: large to small, small to large mapping coordinate systems
modes:
single press for multiple
voice command to switch
button to switch
learning/teaching algorithms:
teaching the controller as strength, time deteriorates and per game
teaching Steven
http://www.cisst.org/research
Infrastructure thrust with basic parts descriptions: http://www.cisst.org/thrust0-overview

Diagram Sketches

Project Direction

Working Elevator Pitch:
A monitor-less physical touchscreen with accompanying display monitor that is customizable for learning, presentation, and exhibition displays.
Currently I’m focusing on young children and business to show its range and flexibility.
An intuitive physical-to-digital surface with accompanying software: a system of display board and magnetic* place-markers connected to a display monitor set up [...]

Possible interfaces

KIDS
matching:
- spot the country
- match the environment to the animal
- food
- dinosaurs
- planets
- birds
choose your own adventure *
evolution
planting: add generative flowers *
racing - rats, cars, etc. *
math *
monopoly
BUSINESS
stock market line graph
big desktop - folders, sticky notes (physical not printed),
flow chart creation
crime scene
archaeological dig
timeline
OTHER
take a pic, tattoo parlor
video cam + hairstyles
where would you like to bomb [...]