April 2012 archive

Apparently “girls around me” app’s mission was to avoid “the ugly ones” – so says the creator

i so didn’t want to post it in “cool projects” category… but it isn’t an announcement nor student work…Jonah, we need another post category! haha.   http://www.cultofmac.com/158764/developers-behind-girls-around-me-stalking-app-explain-themselves-exclusive-interview/

In Class Brainstorming: Elevators

Group #1: Jeremy, Kasia, Vanessa We chose option #1, to critique and improve the interactions provided by an existing product Product: Elevators User/Context: Blind people using elevators Interaction: The only affordance provided for a blind person in an elevator is the braille that is below each button used to select the floor. But if this …

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anonymous made connections

We would like to propose a phone app and as our inspiration missed connections on craigslist/dateing website. This is an anonymous text message. when you sign in you give you dating profile or what not based on how you sign up. you can see if anyone else is on the network in proximity but it …

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Final Project NEW – “The Effects of Campaign Contributions”

As the next presidential election nears, I would like to explore how industries and companies contribute to political campaigns and what effect these contributions have on decision making and government policy. In short, I would like to show people some aspect about campaign contributions through a series of visualizations and interviews. Breakout: campaign contributors by …

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Precedents – Bioreactor

http://www.uva.co.uk/work/volume#/10 http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/dimensions-dimensions/images/issue4/Biofence-full.jpg   i’ve gone back to my original idea in regard to creating a bio-reactor. i learned a lot in the workshop over the week and created a basic prototype of what i’d like to create. my project will be an interactive sculpture, which functions as both a curtain as well as an air …

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final project – precedents

In doing some further exploration of this project, I am beginning to realize that having the idea for something is only a starting point. Once you begin incorporating other people into the project to begin its development, idea will shift and change; in other words the idea has little to do with the actual execution …

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Final Project, Part 3

More updates to share

Precedence and stuff: wearable/ interactive/ public/ private/ stuff

Hussein Chalayan:                                                   FLYNN TABBOT: COLOUR PICKER                                   what I am thinking of working with …

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tossin around ideas

Having just received my alcohol sensor in the mail I have begun to do some tests on the readings and best practice for its use.  Ideas i have for this are endless but i feel they fall short making any sort of strong statement.  One idea i have looked at is a driving game that …

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Final Project: Part 2

Two videos to share. I went back to Barcade for some inspiration. Here is an example of how NOT to play marble madness. Notice the gingerly strokes of the trackball. No! If you want to win this game you have to spin that trackball like a mad-man. http://youtu.be/T0oHSa3KNvA   Next is a video just demoing …

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