Physical Computing
In this class, I learned a hell of a lot about electronics and physical computing. Now I can't stop busting things open to see what I can pull out of them. Keep a close eye on your peripherals when I'm around.
Some work:
Audio Graffiti
For my midterm project, I hacked the sink in our 10th-floor bathroom.
The sink had an IR sensor with an exposed control box. I cracked that open, split off the power and sensor-data lines, and got it trigger a light show under the sink and play a sound sample from a speaker I attached under the porcelain. I left a record button hooked up to it, and, pretty soon, people were recording their own strange sounds and messages that would play every time someone went to wash their hands.
| Attachment | Size |
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| audiograffiti.ogg | 1.25 MB |
Enter The Dragon
For our physical computing final, each pair of students had to complete a link in a chain reaction, receiving an input from the previous team and producing an output for the next team.
Here's our AC/DC-playing, silver-painted-goat-skull, black-polycarbonate dragon. Our only design consideration: Make It Metal!
| Attachment | Size |
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| dragon.ogg | 1.48 MB |
Metal-Head Goat Skull
This is the goat skull that was part of the physical computing final project. Inside its sinuses is a halogen bulb hooked up to a relay. He really lit up the room!
