Comments for Making Things Interactive (Fall, 2008) http://mti08fall.wordpress.com Class blog for CMU's Making Things Interactive, Fall, 2008 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:02:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Hexabot! by ethangoldman http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/hexabot/#comment-24 ethangoldman Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:02:30 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=671#comment-24 I happened to be watching some "Prototype This" clips (I'm totally hooked!) and I noticed that they tackled the hexabot challenge as well. While it worked fine in miniature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4wg-8Ct0Ug the full-scale model had less success: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FzBfES3Voo&feature=channel I happened to be watching some “Prototype This” clips (I’m totally hooked!) and I noticed that they tackled the hexabot challenge as well.

While it worked fine in miniature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4wg-8Ct0Ug
the full-scale model had less success:

]]> Comment on Hexabot! by ethangoldman http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/hexabot/#comment-23 ethangoldman Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:17:32 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=671#comment-23 Nice video! I particularly liked the time-lapse. Nice video! I particularly liked the time-lapse.

]]> Comment on Project Proposal – The CoaTracker by ethangoldman http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/project-proposal-the-coatracker/#comment-18 ethangoldman Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:37:42 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=567#comment-18 I need one of these (though having part of it in my bedroom so I can decide if i need a long-sleeved shirt would be great too). This reminds me of the Ambient Umbrella [ http://www.ambientdevices.com/products/umbrella.html ], which blinks its handle if rain is forecasted. I thought it was a silly idea when I first heard about it, but on several occasions since then I've forgotten to bring my umbrella because it wasn't cloudy in the morning and realized that it's not a bad idea after all! I need one of these (though having part of it in my bedroom so I can decide if i need a long-sleeved shirt would be great too). This reminds me of the Ambient Umbrella [ http://www.ambientdevices.com/products/umbrella.html ], which blinks its handle if rain is forecasted. I thought it was a silly idea when I first heard about it, but on several occasions since then I’ve forgotten to bring my umbrella because it wasn’t cloudy in the morning and realized that it’s not a bad idea after all!

]]> Comment on Feeling the World by ethangoldman http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/feeling-the-world/#comment-16 ethangoldman Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:19:03 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=537#comment-16 Here is a visualization of journal study data that seems related to this idea: http://infosthetics.com/archives/2008/10/tokyos_statistics_right_now.html Here is a visualization of journal study data that seems related to this idea: http://infosthetics.com/archives/2008/10/tokyos_statistics_right_now.html

]]> Comment on Term Project Proposal by hubbletd19 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/term-project-proposal/#comment-15 hubbletd19 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:30:49 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-15 Mark, do you have a preferred way that would like to see our proposals presented in class? Mark, do you have a preferred way that would like to see our proposals presented in class?

]]> Comment on Turn signal hat by Hat-mounted mood broadcasting device « Making Things Interactive (Fall, 2008) http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/turn-signal-hat/#comment-13 Hat-mounted mood broadcasting device « Making Things Interactive (Fall, 2008) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:59:45 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-13 [...] hat, mood, Rich Pantaleo, tri-color LED For exercise 2, I modified the same hat that I used in exercise 1. I decided to make a hat that was capable of signalling to other people the mood of the wearer. [...] [...] hat, mood, Rich Pantaleo, tri-color LED For exercise 2, I modified the same hat that I used in exercise 1. I decided to make a hat that was capable of signalling to other people the mood of the wearer. [...]

]]> Comment on LED enhanced clothing by sjstevewon http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/led-enhanced-clothing/#comment-8 sjstevewon Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:29:06 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-8 Hi, How would we connect to a power source for the arduino? I feel like I missed a detail... usb cord or power cord don't seem long enough.. Hi,

How would we connect to a power source for the arduino?
I feel like I missed a detail… usb cord or power cord don’t seem long enough..

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]]> Comment on Cute but also useful by jet http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/cute-but-also-useful/#comment-4 jet Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:43:21 +0000 http://mti08fall.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-4 One of Keepon's keepers, Marek Michalowski, spoke at dorkbot pittsburgh earlier this year. Check out the <a href="http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotpgh/archives.html" rel="nofollow">podcast</a> and see what makes Keepon a dancing machine. One of Keepon’s keepers, Marek Michalowski, spoke at dorkbot pittsburgh earlier this year. Check out the podcast and see what makes Keepon a dancing machine.

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