We will start class today the lecture below:
Laura Anderson Barbata Lecture
Thursday, October 2, 4:30pm
2235 Nancy Nicholas Hall
School of Human Ecology
1300 Linden Drive
The lecture for Hany Farid has been cancelled today so we meet back up in the classroom after the lecture.
Due: For Class October 7th, 2014
Pitch a project that you think someone should do (not necessarily you). Make a post in which you describe:
Also include one piece of concept art. This art could be a sketch, a photo, a video, and so on.
In class you will make this pitch to the rest of the class. Remember to think big and not worry about the practicality of what you present. You don’t need to know how to do or make what you pitch. Just choose something that you think would be a beneficial to have made.
Choose the Assignments for the posting category.
Here is a function that may be useful for many of the projects.
map(value, fromLow, fromHigh, toLow, toHigh)
http://arduino.cc/en/reference/map
Here is a diagram of how this function works
The function takes a value that is in the range of fromHigh to fromLow. It then remaps the value to toHigh to toLow.
One very nice applicatin of this technique is for remapping analog input to analog output.
This may be really useful for items such as the RGB LED that work by driving a signal low.
On Thursday, Artist Laura Anderson Barbata will give a talk to students interested in hearing more about her upcoming Spring 2015 UW Arts Institute Interdisciplinary Arts Residency. The talk will be at 4:30 so we will start our class there.
http://gizmodo.com/this-mobile-dialysis-machine-will-clean-your-blood-on-t-1638758181
This article is about the invention of a wearable dialysis machine for individuals who suffer from kidney disease. I found this article interesting because while it seems a lot of wearable technology is used to make life easier in fairly superficial ways, this technology uses wearable computing for medical purposes. While it is hard for me to assess the success of this project, it will hopefully give patients who suffer from kidney disease a lot more mobility and freedom.
I was looking for wearable technology on google and then I found this contest promoted by intel. Unfortunately, they are already in the final phase, but you guys can take a look for inspiration to the final projects.
https://makeit.intel.com
Description
It’s about a bagpack which has a solar panel attached and this panel charge a battery which can be used to recharge other devices. It comes with an USB cable and seven different adapters.
Why I selected it
Because is a pretty useful device specially for people who travels a lot and don’t have close outlets, like a trip to a forest or a desert.
How well you think the project accomplishes its objectives
Very well. The rechargeable battery can be used as a reserve energy source to charge phones, cameras, GPS and other devices that requires energy.
Link to the video: https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/1274659/video-432428-h264_high.mp4
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324375300/vest-a-sensory-substitution-neuroscience-project?ref=category
Dr. David Eagleman and Scott Novich from Baylor College of Medicine are working on developing a vest designed to convert sounds into vibrations that can be felt by the person wearing the vest. The vest will help deaf people process sounds in a similar way that a cochlear implant would, but in a way that will be thousands of dollars cheaper.
This particular project interested me because my sister is studying to be a sign language interpreter. The success of this project could potentially make her career path obsolete in the future, which she’ll be excited to hear!
Even though it could eliminate the need for interpreters, I think the vest is a great exploration of the versatility of human senses and could really benefit those who are blind, deaf, etc.
High5: Promoting Interpersonal Hand-to-Hand Touch
for Vibrant Workplace with Electrodermal Sensor Watches
http://nclab.kaist.ac.kr/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/High5_Camera_Ready_final.pdfa7a05
This work was presented at UBICOMP 2014. The authors present a system designed for detecting and rewarding interpersonal, hand-to-hand interactions such as “high-fives,” in order to promote a more cheerful and vibrant workplace atmosphere. Users wear smartwatch-like devices, which use acceleration and skin potential to detect when users high-five each other. Each user is then awarded “high-five points,” which encourages them to high-five each other even more. This presumably continues until everybody’s hands have open wounds on them from all that high-fiving.
What makes this work interesting is that it focuses on characterizing and supporting social behaviors, rather than purely physical ones, as is the case with most wearables. Furthermore, hand movements are particularly challenging from technical standpoint, since they have many degrees of freedom and lots of subtlety. We humans are naturally very adept at classifying that subtlety into concrete communicative intents, but teaching a wearable computer how to do it is a whole new ball game. Any researcher who makes tangible progress in that direction deserves a major high-five:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasongui/meet-vigo-the-very-first-energy-gauge-for-you?ref=category
Vigo is the first wearable device to quantify your alertness. With this data, Vigo can do cool things like nudge you when you’re dozing off or give you recommendations about when to take smarter breaks. With Vigo, staying alert and being your best has never been easier.
I am having so busy days now and I think it will help me to concentrate what I have to do in smarter ways.
I think the project accomplishes its objectives very well because I think many people who wants to work or study smartly will wants it.