Kate Casey Interactive Art II

 The long awaited lab update😲😲😲 Lab 4:  I had to fumble through the beginning because I still have not been able to go to the lab and use the multimeter (happening Monday!!) But I watched the full lab 2 video just so I could understand the voltage divider better, and the potentiometer worked perfectly. Adding the LED was a struggle at first, but it was just wiring errors on my part, and eventually I was able to control the brightness with the potentiometer. Here is the completed setup:  I'm still struggling to comprehend why we divided by 4 to define the brightness value from reading. I assume it has to do with units of measurement, especially since I used 10k resistors for part 1 and switched to 220 for the LED. Need clarification on this. Thanks to our talk in class about PWM, though, I can see how pins 9 and 13 differ. Overall, I'm getting more confident with circuitry, and I think this will make more sense after I connect the dots with lab 2.  Lab 5: Lab 5 wen...

 Not a whole lot to write about this week as we've been snowed in... BUT we had a lecture from the creator of Ossia Score and I took down a few notes. Here they are:  Timeline features similar to adobe premiere pro which im more comfortable with  Green line = current part of score I get the functions of the software but I’m having a hard time understanding how to set up the conditionals (I think there are so many options that I’m just unclear about what we’re actually looking at) Thank you rob for asking the question we were all thinking lol The placed dots send osc messages to external sources (drag from address panel to place one) Tween feature within automation guarantees smooth transition by catching something at any value and evening it out   Mapping: taking data from sensors and turning it into visuals Define a range with data processing tab -> mapping tool Rate limiter defines how much data we want to process, usually depends on computer capabilities  ...

 This was a big week, and I'm currently playing catch-up as I'm out with the flu... We presented project sketches on Tuesday, and I definitely need more ideas. I'm currently looking more into "life sized" circuits - by this I mean I worked on an escape room where there were labeled metal hooks scattered around the room, and a series of puzzles led players to match specific ends of ropes to the hooks, creating basically a web of rope across the room. The ropes were interlaced with wire, so they closed a circuit if all placed correctly. The circuit triggered an electromagnet that opened a chest. I'm not creating an escape room obviously, but this concept could be taken in many directions, such as A large map where people can connect places of personal significance together and it would trigger a reaction of some sort (ties back to a sculpture I did a while ago about the meaning of home) A representation of human connection  An interactive obstacle course ??  Now...

  I left the building for a fire drill enrolled in one class, and I came back enrolled in another. Transformative fire drill tbh  Today we went over the syllabus and what to download before we get started Arduino - microcontroller programming  Ossia Score - I'm honestly not sure because I came in post-fire drill but I will find out!  I'm excited to learn more about technology, specifically it's implications in the physical world and how I can use it to create interactive experiences.