Links from class presentations

LED Shirts
flashpups.com

LEDs
http://www.superbrightleds.com/

Fish Lightening
http://www.dgkelectronics.com/led-aquarium-lighting-with-an-arduino-based-pwm-timer/

Light Programming Microcontrollers
http://www.aniomagic.com/

WaterProof USB
http://www.avalive.com/NTI/usb2-af-wtp-cs-qrfl/172017/productDetail.php?utm_source=googleBase&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=usb2-af-wtp-cs-qrfl&gclid=COTq5rOpsroCFY9FMgoddh8AMw

Quantum Tunnelling Composite
http://www.peratech.com/qtc-material.html

Magnetic Switches
http://www.iheartswitch.com/blog/choosing-right-magnetic-switch-your-project

 

 

Final Project Presentations!

For Friday, please prepare a 5-minute (or more!) presentation on your final project. This should be in powerpoint, keynote, or similar format. Use a flash drive, dropbox, or laptop to present.

* 5-10 slides
* Include inspiration images/artists/designers/projects that are relevant to your idea.
* Include digital or scanned sketches of your project- if your design alters as part of the goal, please show the change concepts.
* Include a bulleted list of the steps of your process
* Include a bulleted list of the materials/tools you’ll use/need (this is a great way to find out if your classmates have resources you can tap into)
* Include a blurb on hypothetical/ideal production costs and quantities (if this is intended as a unique piece, please discuss where you see your piece fitting into the design world- i.e. couture, designer, off the rack, runway, art, performance, etc.)
* a list of ideas/concepts that you will need to master for completion.
* Include a fallback plan- what can you do to recover your project if it doesn’t go as planned?
* Include a loose calendar or schedule of when you’d like to be where in the process.

BRING THE ENERGY!

 

Example Project- Earthquake Skirt

This student project pulls earthquake data from the US Geological Service to make a skirt “rumble” in response to real-time earthquakes. Erin Lewis programmed this using arduino.

Her blog post breaking down her idea is here:
http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/gdes3b44-fw2010-01/2011/03/earthquake-skirt-the-glamorization-of-disaster/

Her website with other projects is here:
http://www.erinlewis.ca/Home.html

A video of a knit canoe that uses fiber optics to display real-time wind patterns on Lake Ontario is here: