Unravel The Code class
The Jupyter Notebook is an open-source web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and narrative text. That means you can program CircuitPython in it! You can also use Jupyter Notebooks for many other programming tasks, including processingJS. In fact, you should go through the "classic notebook"… Continue reading Using Jupyter Notebooks with arduino (CircuitPython)
If you use a feed-reader (so 2000), i.e. rss reader, you can find the whole-class feed as http://unrvl.net/wprss .
We often want "muscles" in our projects. But, servos (and motors) are large, power hungry, noisy, and rotate (rather than pull directly). Pneumatics seem to require a bulky, power hungry, noisy pump. Memory metal has some nice scale, but is also power hungry (and hot). Piezo (film) seems promising, but is weak and requires high-voltage… Continue reading Muscles
Last year I saw a digital spinning machine, project HILO, and talked with weaver who built it, Sara Diaz Rodriguez. I was excited by the engineering (arduino driven), and we talked about working together. The project & Sara Diaz Rodriguez was at DDW again with the next generation machine (all opensource!). Looks like I'll go… Continue reading Notes from DDW Part 1
Is this why you should do a CPJ? The link is a nice interview too. the bulk of the 7 years of the project was the flies sitting in their environment slowly getting used to new conditions. I kept the flies for a year under a Titan analog orange light before testing for adaptation. modelled… Continue reading A CPJ Example (and fruit-flies on Titan)
This, FilmArray, is an automatic PCR & analysis machine for respiratory diagnosis. requires just 2 minutes of hands-on time, with a total run time of about an hour. From a swab. They have other panels. The machine is targeted to health stuff (diagnosis), but it begs to be hacked. Only $%0,000 dollars per machine? Surely… Continue reading Automagic PCR
Via MetaFilter, In 1999, Channel 4 sent Pulp's Jarvis Cocker around the world to investigate outsider art and interview its creators; the result was a fascinating three-part series: Part one (France). Part two (US). Part three (Mexico, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and India). A full list of the featured sites (some of which no longer exist)… Continue reading Video Series: outsider art
At Boston Cyberarts, an exhibition of algorithmic art till October 28. We often describe the Boston Cyberarts Gallery as an exhibition space for those who regard code as their creative medium. ... all of the artists in this exhibition have developed creative systems for processing information that are simultaneously illuminating and emotive. Should I bother… Continue reading exhibition of algorithmic art
It's for clothing a black, tight-fitting full body suit covered in 350 white markers [take] photos with a smartphone. The company's algorithm then turns those images into an accurate 3D scan of your body, allowing you to order precisely-fitting clothes Can we hack it to get access to the 3d model? I wonder if the… Continue reading 3D Body Shape Capture
Math, modeling, water tanks, to figure out how mangrove roots work to resist storms. Via eurekalert.org. mangrove root systems even have the ability to dissipate tidal energy through unique hydrological flows and divert the energy of water ... robust network of roots that can withstand extreme environmental conditions. modeled the complex mangrove roots as a… Continue reading Artificial Mangrove
Watch the frenetic behavior. “It’s called a one-degree-of-freedom structure, in which you just need to turn one crank and the whole thing moves in the way that you want,” Demaine explains. “It lets you transfer just one degree of freedom into a whole complicated motion, all through the mechanics of the structure.” This is an… Continue reading Self-folding tiny origami robots
MICA has a whole office. helping MICA Students and Alumni become successful entrepreneurs. Meet with MICA's Entrepreneurship Evangelist to discuss your business idea and next steps. Seed Funding ("Upstart") Stephanie Chin is scheduled to give a presentation to UNRVL
LiveTag (via slashdot) new smart tags that harness reflected Wi-Fi signals ... copper foil printed onto lightweight paper-like material ... had to experiment with many different combinations of shapes, sizes, and materials for the LiveTags and run all those combinations through computer simulations. ... the smart tags only work within a three-foot range of Wi-Fi… Continue reading RFID Circuit Bending
Pretty "fab" stuff is in Albuquerque We use complex emergent phenomena to craft bits & atoms into toys & games from an infinite Universe of possibilities. Through the power of custom software, nature inspired algorithms and digital fabrication tools, we transform natural materials into beautiful artifacts of computation. What do they do? You can't tell from… Continue reading They Make Pretty Stuff, I Guess
in Why Love Generative Art? (via kottke.org) I see a clear line of influence on generative art starting from Cézanne and shooting straight through.... a simplified definition of generative art ... some non-technical examples of how generative art works ... history of generative art Relevant, of course, to The Sympathy of Things.
Kinetic Folding Door designed by Warwick Turwey Why not? It's origami. Can't find real source. Saw it on boingboing.
Columbia Mini Maker Faire 2018: Event Date: October 7, 2018 We particularly encourage exhibits that are innovative, interactive and that highlight the process of making things. No project is too silly. pplication Schedule Priority Round: Closes September 7 at 11:59pm EDT. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 2nd Round: Closes October 1 at 11:59pm EDT… Continue reading Mini Maker Faire [sic] Columbia
In the paper Origami - inspired Cellular Metamaterial with Anisotropic Multistability we create a family of origami-inspired cellular metamaterials which can be programmed to have various stability characteristics and mechanical responses in three independent orthogonal directions. ... Our study provides a platform to design programmable three-dimensional metamaterials significantly broadening the application envelope of origami. Metamaterials… Continue reading DIY Metamaterials from Origami
A tool for simulating origami by Amanda Ghassaei This app allows you to simulate how any origami crease pattern will fold. Actually, it's a "solver": iteratively solving for small displacements in the geometry of an initially flat sheet due to forces exerted by creases. Does it work? Is it useful? How does it help you… Continue reading Origami Simulator
Via boingboing: The very clever Electron Plumber figured all this out and built an LED "candle" that goes out when you blow on it, using the LED itself as a sensor that detects voltage drops (caused by cool air, caused by blowing) Realizing a side effect can be exploited is cool. In various incarnations of… Continue reading Its Own Sensor: Side Effects
Via boingboing.net: to portray the sense of conscious emotion ... Takayuki Todo made a small plastic head with simplified static facial features ... it can only tilt and turn its head, roll its eyes, and move its eyebrows. It's surprising that it works well with such simply elements. It used to be a thing at… Continue reading Expression With the Minimal
Chibitronics makes circuit stickers and other tools for paper circuits, which blends circuit building and programming with arts and crafts. It’s a friendly way to learn, design and create your own electronics. Looks at least like a good way to explore making a circuit, and learn some basics. Is it good for making a real… Continue reading Chibitronics: The Lego of Electronics?
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