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Dah-Ni 8:23 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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Jae Yong Jordan Lee
About me, my skills, and intention of taking Wireless Toys:

My name is Jae Yong Jordan Lee. I am from South Korea. This is my third year in Parsons’ Design and Technology undergraduate program. Most likely, I have my experience in Motion Graphics with narrative approach; and for now, I am changing my gear towards to study about User Experience Design that is based on HCI, Human Computer Interaction.

I have my skills in video editing through Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere and After Effect. Furthermore, I have my skills in integrating 2D and 3D design realm to a film. I also have an experience in Autodesk Maya, MAXON Cinema 4D, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. As I have studied in Parsons for past three years, I had chances to learn about action script 3.0 and JAVA. However, while I was taking the courses related to programming, I found myself that I have no talents in programming but I do have some talents in planning and managing UX design related projects. For example, In terms of UX Design, I would like to study about UX design that is based on HCI, Human Computer Interaction.

Intention to take this class, Wireless Toys

As I have mentioned in above information, there were many times for me to take classes that were related to coding, but I was so discouraged from the fact that Iwas not able to follow up with the instructor’s lecture of arduino and processing. Even I had a motivation to take and wanted to follow up with the class, I was not able to follow with class materials.. and I was fallen into despair while I was taking the class. I wanted to overcome with this trauma of me being discouraged when I get to time when it’s coding for physical computing by taking Wireless Toys class.

Favorite toys in my childhood:

It’s caled Top-Blade.

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kytziabourlon 8:23 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Kytzia Bourlon
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minho 8:23 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Minho Kim
My background is Digital art.

As like usual Asian boys(80’~), I remember my favorite toy was VOLTRON.
http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/2005/voltron_masterpiece_edition
and GODMARS
http://www.ishop2go.com/productUR_033_PR_0000076_Prt_en.html

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Caitlin Morris 8:22 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Caitlin Morris
_cm (DRAFT)

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theliztaylor 8:18 pm on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Liz Taylor
Background: I have a background in graphic design and studio art with some programming thrown in. Since coming to Parsons I’ve gotten involved in physical computing and soft circuits.

Why in Class: I’ve never made any objects that can communicate to the computer or each other wirelessly, so I’d like to explore how to do that.

Favorite Childhood Toy: Barbie that’s hair changed color

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naterudolph 1:03 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

I studied Film and Creative Writing at the…
I studied Film and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. I freelanced for a year after graduating, including working on the pilot for the ABC show “Revenge.”

I’m in this class because I’ve been interested in developing my knowledge of physical computing and programming and looking forward to workshopping ideas with other classmates.

My favorite childhood toy was Legos

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normandiaz 1:03 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Norman Diaz
Architect & Real State Developer

After I graduated I joined my Dad’s architecture firm as partner, but I’ve been always very interested in all emergent technologies and enjoyed designing the most.

I am in this class because I’m very interested on learning programing and physical computing. Doing prototypes and actually getting to make my ideas tangible.

My favorite childhood toy: Gamegear by SEGA

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mikesusol 12:58 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

BFA in Graphic Design. Multidisciplinary designer (print, motion graphics, 3d modeling, animation, architectural branding, experiential).

My favorite childhood toy: Legos (and fire)

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Joe Volpe 12:51 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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Joseph Volpe Greetings
1) Joseph Volpe

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3) I received a BFA in film and television with a minor in visual effects from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008 and have danced between production and tv jobs ever since.

4) What is my favorite child hood toy? Well I’ve been thinking about this toy a lot recently and I don’t know why…Monster Face!

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adamsabh 12:47 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Adam Sabh

Advertising / Graphic Design

B.A. from Loyola University Chicago/Worked at Loyola University Chicago’s Communications Department/Currently working at Madison Square Garden

I’m in this class because physical computing was my weakness coming into this semester. I see the importance of this skill, especially moving into the future, and want to become better at it.

My favorite childhood toy was an large empty cardboard box that I could make into a space ship, house, sports stadium, club house etc.

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christopherkoelsch 12:47 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Christopher Koelsch
From Los Angeles, CA, I have worked in PR/Marketing for theater and costume design for television and film. Im here at Parsons to study interactivity — namely (at least this week) for exhibit design.

I’m in this class as I wanted to learn more about user interactivity hardware (arduino and improve coding skills) – aside of the other studios.

My favorite childhood toy was the ViewMaster. To this day I still incorporate its look and operations into my websites and work.

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mikesusol 12:47 am on January 31, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Mike Susol
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Yury Gitman 4:39 am on January 27, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Major Studio Reading for Monday 30th
Read:

1)

THE COMING AGE OF CALM TECHNOLOGY
http://www.johnseelybrown.com/calmtech.pdf
or
http://nano.xerox.com/hypertext/weiser/acmfuture2endnote.htm

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2) Arduino Intro:

http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction

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3) Arduino Hook-up for your OS

http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage

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3) Programming Environment

http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Environment

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Yury Gitman 10:41 pm on January 26, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Parts List to Have for Class
Parts List, Spring 2012
1) Arduino UNO, 1 unit: [from any where]
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/11021

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2) Break Away Headers – Straight sku: PRT-00116
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/116
5 x pcs

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3) usb a-to-b cable for arduino

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4a)
Jumper Wires Premium 12″ M/M Pack of 10
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9387
1 or 2 pack
and

4b) Jumper Wires Premium 12″ F/F Pack of 10
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9389
1 Pack

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5) Breadboard
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9567
3 x pcs

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6)
3 x Super Bright Red LED
3 x Super Bright Green LED
3 x Super Bright Yellow LED
3 x Super Bright Blue LED

http://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=super+bright+led&what=products

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7)
LV-EZ1 shield
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/639

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8)
WireWrap Tool, 1 pcs
http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/996035-tool-wrap-strip-unwrap-mod-30awg-wsu-30m.html
or
http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/996034-tool-wrap-strip-unwrap-reg-30awg-wsu-30.html

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9)
Wire Warp Spool, 1 x Red, 1 x Black, 1 x Green
http://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=wire+wrap+spool&what=products

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10)
Speaker, 3 pcs
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10722

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Yury Gitman 6:38 pm on January 24, 2012 Permalink | Reply

Making Wireless Toys, Spring 2012 — Syllabus
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d8P0wjMs1ut5hAYe9-7SNjbTjch9PUIfqNmXTvcFnyw/edit

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aisencc 11:33 pm on December 22, 2011 Permalink | Reply

Safety Glasses
The concept of the Safety Glasses project is inspired by the Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses of tThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. These glasses turned completely black at the sight of any danger, to give a relaxed attitude when presented with an alarming situation.
I made a pair of glasses that cover your eyes when you are scared or nervous. These would be specially useful at the movie theater, where some graphic scenes are excruciating enough for covering your eyes. The glasses would have the pulse sensor on an earring clipped to one of the lobes. When the sensor detects an exaltation in pulse servos on both sides of the glasses will close the curtains covering both eyes. The arduino board and two demo buttons are housed in a small plastic box that fits in your pocket.

(More …)

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aisencc 11:18 pm on December 22, 2011 Permalink | Reply

Searching for the Right Channel 2
This is the improved version of the toy searching for the right channel. This is a clever way for optimizing the amount of animations a lol shield can exhibit, by making some of the led points switches. I painted it white because it matched the Mac remote I was using. Also, I added 3 other animations, CNN, a porn channel, the previous Discovery, and an alien channel. I failed to find the alien channel myself falling as a victim of my own architecture!

Enjoy!

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yongjaelee2011 11:08 pm on December 21, 2011 Permalink | Reply

Hallowbot
Hallowbot is created with three different sensors. There is a motion sensor that detects people in the room, and waking the robot with blue light in the eyes. Also, there is a photocell on the nose that detects close movement of users. The photocell triggers an animation in the mouse of the robot. The tilt sensor on the head of robot gives red light when users move an antenna of Hallowbot.

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