January 2006

This presentation was for an assignment to create an alarm clock for business travelers.

This Subway Map Analysis was performed as the initial class assignment for User-centered Design.

This is the circuit for the prototype of KidVac, a toy that amplifies a child’s inhalation using a vacuum, so that they can “suck” up objects for fun. Here’s the first draft of code for the microcontroller.

This is a first-draft prototype of a slider control for a shower. The control is intended to move easily between warm and cool, with a double-reversal of direction required to select very hot or very cold water. The control utilizes some fundamental interactive properties. Water temperature is mapped to up and down, and constrained from

Caught a showing of “Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement” on Saturday night at Bowery Poetry Club. A hot rock ‘n roll set that’s one part performance art, two parts nasty puppets and far more entertaining than a Broadway show with just as many cues. Highlights were the Chuck Bob Marley improv and the scary puppet of

In class today we discussed a project that created an audio link between the distant apartments of two close friends. Even though they were located in different cities, hearing the ambient audio from the other’s apartment created a connection that in some ways simulated the person being in an adjacent room. I wonder how creating

A new battery charger for a new semester at ITP. The LaCrosse Technology BC-900, doesn’t just have a cool name, it also features a display that shows complete information on the batter charging process. It can handle both AA and AAA NiMH rechargeables in four totally separate banks. That means while one batter fast charges,