Monday/Wednesday 7:15 to 10:15

 

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Week 1

9/5
Monday

 

Labor Day

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9/7
Wednesday

 

Barney, Don, David: Introduction to the class:

 

Delineation of the 3 areas of concentration

Expectations: Assignments and show

Possible strategies and models

 

Barney: Computers and the Hybrid Lab

Don: Power & Control and Electro Safety

David: Fabricating Electromechanical devices

 

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Week 2

9/12
Monday

 

Videos

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9/14
Wednesday

 

Materials

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Week 3

9/19
Monday 

 

E&M

 

Electricity and Magnetism

 

cats and lightning

lodestones and the north pole

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9/21
Wednesday

 

Intro to Max/MSP/Jitter

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Week 4

9/26

Monday

 

Artist Presentations

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9/28

Wednesday

 

Basic Construction  

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Week 5

10/3

Monday

 

Toy Hack 

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10/5
Wednesday

 

Chaotic Motion Assignments Due:

 

Here are some examples from the Chaotic Motion Assignment from Interface 2000.

 

Identify and bring in for a class presentation something that moves unpredictably - it can be mechanical, a household object, fabricated or found. Don't forget heat rises, light is very fast and gravity tends to make things fall. One caveat however, this project should be a combination, collage or construction of multiple components. For instance, a toy or a balloon in and of itself would not suffice, but an interaction between the two would.

 

“Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin”

   -John von Neumann

 

hotbits

 

Chaitin

 

Definition of Randomness R1: A random finite binary string is one that cannot be compressed into a program smaller than itself,

   that is, that is not the unique output of a program without any input, a program whose size in bits is smaller than the size in bits of its output.

Definition of Randomness R2: A random n-bit string is one that has maximum or near maximum complexity.

   In other words, an n-bit string is random if its complexity is approximately equal to the maximum complexity of any n-bit string.

 

 

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Week 6

10/10
Monday

 

MAX/MakeBoard(input) 

 

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10/12
Wednesday

 

 

Sensors+Measurement

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Week 7

10/17
Monday

 

H-Bridge   (Arduino) motor | controller

 

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10/19
Wednesday  

 

Power 

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Week 8

10/24
Monday

 

Random Sign Up

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10/26
Wednesday

 

Max/Makeboard(output) + (Arduino)

 

Preliminary Proposal Due (Posted to your Wiki page by the night before your meeting)

Individual Meetings

 

 

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Week 9

10/31
Monday

 

Individual Meetings

 

Please follow Final Project Proposal Guidelines.

 

     1. 7:20 Pam

     2. 7:35 Anabel

     3. 7:50 Denali

     4. 8:05 Nicole

     5. 8:20  Alyce

     - 8:35 break

     6. 9:00 Brian A

     7. 9:15 

     8. 9:30 Jorun

     9. 9:45  Stacy

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11/2
Wednesday

 

General Strike! class optional.

 

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Week 10

11/7
Monday

 

Machining

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11/9
Wednesday

 

Sourcing Materials

 

http://www.ladyada.net/wiki/

http://www.halted.com/

http://www.sparkfun.com/

http://www.mcmaster.com/

http://www.mouser.com/

http://www.jameco.com

 http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/

http://www.metalsupermarkets.com

http://www.servocity.com/

http://www.solarbotics.com/

 

Don"s Electrical Links

 

New:

Aniomagic

Inventables

Seeed

Liquidware

 

Barney's Interface Links

 

Leah Buechley's Links

 

Laetitia Sonami's

Wearables links

Interactivity Links

 

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Friday

11 | 11 | 11 Exploratorium Field Trip 3:00

 

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Week 11

11/14
Monday

 

Project Presentations

 

Final Project Proposal Guidelines.

 

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11/16
Wednesday

 

Lab

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Week 12

11/21
Monday

 

Lab

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11/23
Wednesday

 

Lab

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Week 13

11/28
Monday

 

Progress Report

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11/30
Wednesday

 

Lab

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Week 14

12/5
Monday

 

Lab

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12/7
Wednesday

 

Final Critique

 

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Week 15

12/12
Monday

 

Lab

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12/14
Wednesday

 

Install

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12/16
Friday

 

INTERFACE SHOW!!!

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