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Maker Faire Austin 2008
NYU's ITP
Maker Stage
, Saturday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Why We Love Arduino
Arduino is the open-source microcontroller platform that's become the platform of choice for makers creating everything from functional systems to interactive art installations. Tom Igoe, author of Making Things Talk and professor at NYU's ITP program, will introduce Arduino, what it does and where it came from. We'll showcase a a variety of cool projects based on Arduino. Tom will demo a project, using an accelerometer with Arduino and Processing to move something onscreen. Nathan Seidle of Sparkfun Electronics and several students from NYU's will also present.
ITP is a two-year graduate program located in the Tisch School of the Arts whose mission is to explore the imaginative use of communications technologies — how they might augment, improve, and bring delight and art into people’s lives. Perhaps the best way to describe us is as a Center for the Recently Possible.
Web site: http://itp.nyu.edu/itp/
About the Maker(s)
Tom Igoe
Tom Igoe teaches courses in physical computing and networking, exploring ways to allow digital technologies to sense and respond to a wider range of human physical expression.
Brushbots by Christian Cerrito
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
BrushBots are tiny machines that work in tandem with the user in creating generative art. Released on top of a piece of paper, the BrushBots zoom, careen, and spin around the interior of the a simple wooden frame in wild and unpredictable patterns. The user then drops ink, paint, or liquid water colors onto the blank page, providing the Bots with a medium with which to work. As their autonomous paint brushes plow through the puddles of pigment, they mix colors and often leave beautiful patterns in their wakes. The user and the Bots work together, neither party having full control over the piece, creating a unique work of art. Brushbots allow the user to paint / draw with implicit freedom, as the composition of the work is completely out of their hands.
Butterfly Dress by Alex Reeder
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
The Butterfly Dress is an exploration of wearables, social computing and unspoken conversations. Butterflies on the dress flap in tandem with its wearer's heartbeat. The dress is beautiful and opens doors to new communication.
Digital Wheel Art by Young Hyun Chung
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
A digital drawing tool for disabled people to express themselves in artistic ways beyond their physical challenges.
FireLight by Tom Gerhardt
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
FireLight is a lighting system controlled by a candle's flame. Taking the position of 'hearth' in the modern home, FireLight can be used as an accent or main light source while still providing the organic qualities of a candle flame.
When the FireLight Candle Module is lit, the FireLight lamp immediately turns on, subtly responds to the candle flame's flickering, and turns off when the candle is blown out.
FireLight uses typical 'tea-light' candles and comes with a recharge base station for the FireLight Candle Module.
This is part of a suite of projects from ITP students and faculty.
Liquid ID Spectrometer by Eric Rosenthal
The Creative Technology Liquid ID Spectrometer is a precision instrument that accurately identifies liquids that have been included in its database. The unit works by passing narrow wavelength reference signals through a liquid sample and comparing the measured readings with a database included in the system’s memory. Liquid samples must be placed in a test tube. The identification of the liquid occurs within a few seconds and displayed on the LCD screen. The unit is equipped with a USB port. The USB port has a number of features. The USB port is used to program the unit with new liquids to be added to the database. During normal operation of the unit the USB port outputs its results to a computer. It is not necessary to connect the unit to a computer using the USB port.
Momo by Chei-Wei Wang and Kristin O'Friel
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Momo is a haptic navigational device that requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. It sits on the palm of one's hand and leans, vibrates and gravitates towards a preset location. Akin to someone pointing you in the right direction, there is no need to find your map, you simply follow as the device leans toward your destination.
Music & Fashion Coordinator
Soyoung Park
Dress paper dolls. It's not just clothes; It's music.
Music and Fashion Coordinator is a new interface for musical expression based on paper doll game.
It demonstrates the relationship between fashion and music. Each item has a different instruments' sound and beat.
Square Band by Rory Nugent
ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
The Square Band is a portable square wave synthesizer. The Square Band is worn around the wrist like a watch and includes a set of eight buttons to trigger tones of varying octaves. Additionally, a light sensor is used to change the pitch of the tone within the octave allowing for a wide range of musical possibilities.
As the Square Band is worn throughout the day, a flexible solar panel generates power that is stored within the Square Band for use whenever you choose. The Square Band is designed to be as ubiquitous as possible so that when creativity strikes you, it's no easier than just plugging in your headphones.
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