I really don’t know why, but in college my good friend Dan became obsessed with clam gum. An odd obsession of course because clam gum didn”t exist. I guess he just thought it would be funny if it did. As of today, Clam Gum is real. For my 7 in 7 project I hacked a […]
For my first 7 in 7 project I created a prototype for a proximity maintenance device. This is a radio-enabled bracelet or necklace worn by two individuals who do not want to become separated in a crowd. As long as the devices can maintain radio contact, nothing happens. However if the individuals move far enough
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7 in 7 is bold scheme to do seven creative projects in seven days. The Resident Researchers at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program are pioneering this venture beginning June 8th, 2008. The mandate is as follows: Do a creative project every day for seven straight days, starting Sunday, June 8th Projects must be completed in a
Just finished putting together Limor’s $22 Wave Shield for Arduino. This shield snaps on top of the Arduino microcontroller board, creating a ridiculously easy way to get audio playback into physical computing prototypes. The Wave Shield will play back uncompressed .wav files of any length from a regular SD card, either over headphones or through
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The May 15th edition of BBC World’s Click program covered the release of the Botanicalls Kit in their News beat. This is the second time the BBC has touted Botanicalls to the English-speaking world of leaf-lovers and hopefully we can keep them all as perennial fans now that they can buy a kit.
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The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is featuring Botanicalls as part of its Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit. The Smart Home is a real, three-story modular and sustainable “green” home in the Museum’s own backyard to teach about the ways, big and small, that visitors can make eco-friendly living a part of their
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Botanicalls is continuing with open source initiatives on several fronts. We’re applying for the Rhizome commission and members should remember to vote…for us…so that we can continue to bring humans closer to the natural world. There’s also serious work underway to make kits available to the public, spurred along by an upcoming exhibition in Chicago.
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Robofest is a “day-long event for youth exploring the creative world of robotics.” Kate, Jenny, Max and I were asked by Vision Ed Inc board president Marianne Petit to be judges for the DANCING WITH THE ROBOSTARS competition at Sony Wonder Technology Lab in New York City. The five competing teams of children each built
I delivered an updated version of my Designing Attraction talk on Friday evening, as part of the Speaker Series that we host. There were a some slick signs up in advance of the talk, and it was publicized online as well, so I was pleased to serenade a decent crowd. Designing Attraction is a class
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This summer I’ll be teaching a graduate class called Sociable Objects at NYU that includes pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about the XBee radios including ZigBee. Here’s the course description: Sociable objects are devices that share. They can talk to each other, gain information about their context and react accordingly. Recent advances
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