Tomorrow is the big day, we are presenting our final research findings in Timkin Hall to fellow students, professors and a panel of judges. Although we are more than prepared, and have practiced many times, I am nervous! I am worried that I will forget my lines (though we do have Keynote presenter notes for [...]
Tonight was hella fun. I got my flexible resistors in the mail, and I was super excited to start playing with them. I followed the instructions from the Sparkfun Electronics website on how to hook up a simple circuit. First i had to solder some wires to the resistor. Then I had to connect the [...]
So I’m working on a prototype for programming class. We are required to do the following: integrate API data, such as weather stats, wire up a physical control for interaction, and visualize said interactions on a projection. I had started thinking I would pull sunrise and sunset time and make an alternative clock that would [...]
I haven’t been to a live Pecha Kucha event. Not yet. Which is surprising, considering how popular it is. Thousands of people all over the world gather in darkened theaters to hear presenters talk about an experience, a practice, or a phenomena that is important to them. The format, to show 20 slides, each for [...]
Whew! My research team has finally completed our interviews for the urban gardening project. It has been a big effort to organize and conduct the interviews, and we have gathered an amazing amount of information on our subject. I have a few hours of organizing the notes ahead of me, in preparation of the synthesis [...]
I love the simplicity of this infographic by David McCandless. The visual design has a clean light quality that is a pleasure to take in. The gradient blues draw the eye downward towards the black cityscape silhouettes. They are easily recognizable as they trace the iconic buildings of each major world city. If only [...]