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Getting the Romantic Light Sensor from chapter 3 of Building Wireless Sensor Networks took be an exorbitantly long time. But here it it! The first problem I ran into was that the router XBee COMPLETELY stopped communicating with my computer through the … Continue reading →

This semester at ITP I am really excited to be taking NIME: New Interfaces for Musical Expression. On the first day of class, out professor, Greg Shakar, asked for us to create a musical instrument in one week, and prepare a … Continue reading →

Below are the slides from my presentation of the concept for the Real Lighting Network System. This was created for the Imagining Sensitive Buildings assignment for the class Sensitive Buildings at ITP. I started off the presentation by talking about … Continue reading →

Coincidentally I decided to reactivate my Netflix account over te weekend. Upon doing so, I was asked to describe how often I watched what type of movie genres. I was then introduced to a page full of recommended movies and … Continue reading →

I thought it would be interesting to generate poetry using Craigslist Missed Connections postings. I think there is something often sweet and romantic about these posts, and they tend to sound very poetic in their own right. Looking at the … Continue reading →

We soldered together all the lights to make the three parallel strips of red, green, and blue. Since the red leds are rated for 2-2.5 volts, and the blue and green ones are rated for 3-3.6 volts, we will need … Continue reading →

Our original concept was to use fluorescent bulbs, but after some research we discovered that since it is actually extremely difficult to dim fluorescent lights, we will instead be mimicking fluorescent lights with LED strips within frosted plastic tubes or behind paper. For the very initial … Continue reading →