Syllabus
LECTURE: MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM | LAB: WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM |
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1/19 Introduction of the course | |
1/24 Activity Theory and TUI | 1/26 Intro to Physical Computing |
1/31 Tangible Bits | 2/2 Digital I/O with Arduino Boards |
2/7 Taxonomy of TUIs: Containers, Tools and Token | 2/9 Sensing: Potentiometers |
2/14 Calm Computing and Ambient Media | 2/16 Sensing: Force sensors and photocells |
2/21 [holiday] | 2/23 Output: Piezo speakers |
2/28 Human Centered Design | 3/2 Output: DC motors |
3/7 Midterm Project Review | 3/9 Output: Servo motors |
3/14 Adrian Freed (CNMAT) | 3/16 Output: Simple mechanics |
3/28 Hayes Raffle (Nokia Research Center) | 3/30 Synthesis: Invent a music instrument (group work) |
4/4 Design and Innovation | 4/6 Synthesis: Invent a music instrument (group work) |
4/11 Daniela Rosner | 4/13 Final project progress report and critique |
4/18 Final project progress report and critique | 4/20 Evaluating TUIs |
4/25 David Merrill (Siftables) | 4/27 Summary |
5/2 Final Project Exhibition I | 5/4 Final Project Exhibition II |