1. RESPONSIVE NCRC
Evan Kerrigan & Munaf Assaf // SI 791
April 24, 2012

2. OVERVIEW
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Background
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Signals
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Concept
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Equipment
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Prototype
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Plan of Action

3. BACKGROUND
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Project Scope
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Design and prototype a responsive, collaborative workspace for the University of
Michigan’s new NCRC facility in partnership with fabrication students and faculty in
the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
“Honest Signals” Framework
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Activity
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Consistency
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Influence
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Mimicry

4. SIGNALS
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Human
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Motion
Speech
Environmental
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Electromagnetic Fields
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Light
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Temperature

5. CONCEPT
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Measuring Collaborative “Energy”
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Motion
Speech
Honest Signals Visualized
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Activity
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Consistency
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Influence (?)

6. CONCEPT

7. EQUIPMENT
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Arduino Processor
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Infrared grid network (Dozen nodes)
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LEDs
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Microphone grid network (Dozen nodes)
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Projector
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Wires

8. PROTOTYPE DIAGRAM

9. PLAN OF ACTION
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Purchase minimal equipment
Adapt code from existing Arduino musical visualizations
(e.g., Instructables)
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Adapt musical visualization to react to both IR sensors & microphones
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Collaborate with Architecture School to develop a fabrication strategy