So while I’m getting the circuit worked out for the initial sound-sensing object for my thesis, I made a quickie Processing app that displays most of what I want the sound sensor to show. Right now, it just fades slowly when it’s clicked (showing how it would react if it picked up sounds), which [...]
I’ve been sorta-kinda testing my peak-finding code in Processing (in Eclipse), which serves as the basis of my thesis idea: that detecting the sounds that cross the pre-set threshold and causing a change in the color of an object will be useful in personal and public health and life monitoring.
(That’s the short, simplified, mostly garbage [...]
So here I am, back from ETech in San Diego, and facing my thesis again. The good news is that I had some fantastically inspiring talks and learned a ton about people doing wonderful things in similar spaces to my thesis, most notably the OpenSpime folks, Tod Kurt’s fabulous BlinkM’s and a pile of [...]
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(Photo swiped from Scott again)
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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In other happy prototyping news, I finally got Eclipse up on my machine and happily running Processing sketches (thank you Adam Parrish). So, I can now do [...]
Thursday, February 21, 2008
As I’ve noted in earlier documents, my thesis plan is to create a series of devices which allow people to explore the urban spaces around them through the use of ambient monitoring devices. These devices will be built, tested and disributed to users in stages — partly so I can start with lower-tech ideas [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Jay
Jay is a 31-year-old chef who lives with his girlfriend in the Upper West Side section of New York City. He works a hectic schedule at a French bistro across town on the east side, but he loves the work and his city life in general. He’s found himself more tense lately; more [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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I’m know I’m quite far behind in posting my thesis thoughts and progress, but I’m behind in everything these days, so here we are.
What you’re looking at here [...]
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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Lots and lots of reading.
It’s good, now that I finally feel like I’m working on something I really want to do, and I keep finding more relevant reading. [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2008
…insanity to be posted shortly.