Binary Glove Originally uploaded by Professor Shiny. A tool for teaching binary finger counting. You hold up the correct finger representation of a binary number and the chip translates to decimal on the 7 segment display. This was a lot of fun to build, and a lot of work too. Very rewarding to have the […]
Lab3-2 Originally uploaded by Professor Shiny. Resistors in the analog circuit seem useful for changing the behavior of the associated sensor. My glove project might need this, but I’m not sure if it will be important. You can also note that I’ve added various capacitors to smooth out the voltage. Had to find out for
Lab3-1b Originally uploaded by Professor Shiny. The serial circuit goes to the computer screen via 9600 8-N-1. Memories of my “high-speed” modem setup from 1992 flood back to me. This looks like it will be really useful for debugging. I wonder if doing a USB interface is any more difficult?
This demanding reading asks us to recall Marxism, Freud and an era that predates the current pervasiveness of film. Ironically, it discusses the dilution of art out of context, because it must itself be read out of context. I think Benjamin would have appreciated Marshall McLuhan’s concept of media as message. He clearly states that
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Sensor Glove Originally uploaded by Professor Shiny. This is a prototype of the sensor glove for my binary finger counting project. The flex resistors are sewn directly to the glove. I only was able to obtain three working ones this week, so the little finger and thumb still need to be done. The little finger
We saw Robert Smithson’s “Floating Island” on the Saturday when it opened at Pier 46. Most of the time was spent waiting. Pier 46 is covered with Astroturf, making it an ideal venue to wait for an artificial floating island. In fact the artwork seems to be about artifice. After several rounds of free virgin
Marshall McLuhan has always struck me as one part visionary and one part kook. His argument that the “message” of a particular technology is the change it introduces into human affairs. Certainly this is a brilliant observation. There is not only an effect from what a train delivers, but also effects resulting from the speed
Binary Game Originally uploaded by Professor Shiny. This project was to create a binary number game. The red light blinks between one and fifteen times. Then switches (in this case highly economical bare wire contacts) are closed to match the number in binary. So for 5, the first and third switch would need to be
