A project for Golan Levin's electronic design and art studio at Carnegie Mellon University in Spring 2010. http://golancourses.net/2010spring/01/27/project-1-moving/
This document discusses the development of an idea for a film sequence by a student group. They initially considered doing "The Loner" but combined ideas into a new concept where a woman wakes up alone in a house where people should be. They decided the climax would be discovering a missing baby from its cot. They discussed different ending options and locations to film. They also began looking for a female actor and making plans for props, storyboards, and scheduling now that their idea is finalized for a final pitch.
This report details an experiment conducted on a racing car coil spring at the University of Bolton. Measurements were taken of the spring before it was placed on a spring deflection rig. Forces were applied to the spring in increments and the displacement was recorded. A graph of force versus displacement showed a linear relationship. Hysteresis was observed between the experimental readings and calculated displacement at 500kg of force. Coil springs for racing cars must be designed to withstand high weights and are more expensive to produce than springs for normal road cars due to required specifications.
This document discusses helical springs, leaf springs, and columns and struts. It provides details on:
1) Deflection calculations for helical springs under axial load and twisting moment using energy methods. Stress calculations for open and closed coil springs.
2) Design and load calculations for leaf springs used in vehicles. Assumptions made for semi-elliptic and quarter-elliptic leaf spring shapes.
3) Buckling behavior of columns and struts. Calculations for buckling loads using slenderness ratio and considerations for end conditions.
This document analyzes helical compression springs used in the rear suspension of two-wheeled vehicles. It presents analytical calculations and finite element analysis to determine stresses and deflections in springs made of hard carbon steel and chrome vanadium steel with circular and rectangular cross-sections under various loads. The results show that chrome vanadium steel springs have lower deflections than hard carbon steel springs under the same loads. Chrome vanadium steel is also concluded to be a better replacement material due to its lower cost and ability to work efficiently with less maintenance.
The document discusses stress concentration and fatigue failure in machine elements. It defines stress concentration as irregular stress distribution caused by abrupt changes in cross-section shape. Stress concentration factors are introduced to quantify the maximum stress compared to nominal stress. The document also discusses endurance limit and fatigue strength testing methods. Factors that affect fatigue strength like material properties, surface finish, size and temperature are summarized. Methods to evaluate and reduce stress concentration in designs are provided.
Design 101
http://goo.gl/wIql8w
Week 2
Machine Element Design New Approach
Course Objective
===============
This is a fundamental course to discuss the criteria of Mechanical Design for both machine elements design and product design .
The course will discuss the design as a process in making a lot of products by terms of manufacturing , sustainability and environmental aspects
The Course is online and free to all
Instructor
Mohamed Mostafa Adam
This course was presented by PED 2016
Production Engineering Department - Faculty of Engineering - Alexandria University - Egypt
This document discusses helical springs and U-clamps. It defines springs and their main uses which include exerting force, providing flexibility, and storing energy. The most common spring materials are discussed along with the types of springs including helical, flat, and special shaped. Helical springs are further broken down into open coil, closed coil, torsion, and spiral varieties. U-clamps are metal clamps used to mount pipes and are made of stainless steel or mild steel for durability.
This document discusses the design of helical springs against static loading. It defines what a helical spring is and its functions of storing and releasing energy and absorbing shock. The key design considerations for helical springs are described such as required space, forces, tolerances, costs and environment. Formulas are provided for calculating stresses in the spring from torsional and direct shear forces. Common spring materials and effects of end treatment are also summarized. Buckling is discussed and the formula provided. Parameters calculated by the design module are outlined such as spring dimensions, load rating and stresses. Spring testing machines are also briefly mentioned.
This document discusses the development of an idea for a film sequence by a student group. They initially considered doing "The Loner" but combined ideas into a new concept where a woman wakes up alone in a house where people should be. They decided the climax would be discovering a missing baby from its cot. They discussed different ending options and locations to film. They also began looking for a female actor and making plans for props, storyboards, and scheduling now that their idea is finalized for a final pitch.
This report details an experiment conducted on a racing car coil spring at the University of Bolton. Measurements were taken of the spring before it was placed on a spring deflection rig. Forces were applied to the spring in increments and the displacement was recorded. A graph of force versus displacement showed a linear relationship. Hysteresis was observed between the experimental readings and calculated displacement at 500kg of force. Coil springs for racing cars must be designed to withstand high weights and are more expensive to produce than springs for normal road cars due to required specifications.
This document discusses helical springs, leaf springs, and columns and struts. It provides details on:
1) Deflection calculations for helical springs under axial load and twisting moment using energy methods. Stress calculations for open and closed coil springs.
2) Design and load calculations for leaf springs used in vehicles. Assumptions made for semi-elliptic and quarter-elliptic leaf spring shapes.
3) Buckling behavior of columns and struts. Calculations for buckling loads using slenderness ratio and considerations for end conditions.
This document analyzes helical compression springs used in the rear suspension of two-wheeled vehicles. It presents analytical calculations and finite element analysis to determine stresses and deflections in springs made of hard carbon steel and chrome vanadium steel with circular and rectangular cross-sections under various loads. The results show that chrome vanadium steel springs have lower deflections than hard carbon steel springs under the same loads. Chrome vanadium steel is also concluded to be a better replacement material due to its lower cost and ability to work efficiently with less maintenance.
The document discusses stress concentration and fatigue failure in machine elements. It defines stress concentration as irregular stress distribution caused by abrupt changes in cross-section shape. Stress concentration factors are introduced to quantify the maximum stress compared to nominal stress. The document also discusses endurance limit and fatigue strength testing methods. Factors that affect fatigue strength like material properties, surface finish, size and temperature are summarized. Methods to evaluate and reduce stress concentration in designs are provided.
Design 101
http://goo.gl/wIql8w
Week 2
Machine Element Design New Approach
Course Objective
===============
This is a fundamental course to discuss the criteria of Mechanical Design for both machine elements design and product design .
The course will discuss the design as a process in making a lot of products by terms of manufacturing , sustainability and environmental aspects
The Course is online and free to all
Instructor
Mohamed Mostafa Adam
This course was presented by PED 2016
Production Engineering Department - Faculty of Engineering - Alexandria University - Egypt
This document discusses helical springs and U-clamps. It defines springs and their main uses which include exerting force, providing flexibility, and storing energy. The most common spring materials are discussed along with the types of springs including helical, flat, and special shaped. Helical springs are further broken down into open coil, closed coil, torsion, and spiral varieties. U-clamps are metal clamps used to mount pipes and are made of stainless steel or mild steel for durability.
This document discusses the design of helical springs against static loading. It defines what a helical spring is and its functions of storing and releasing energy and absorbing shock. The key design considerations for helical springs are described such as required space, forces, tolerances, costs and environment. Formulas are provided for calculating stresses in the spring from torsional and direct shear forces. Common spring materials and effects of end treatment are also summarized. Buckling is discussed and the formula provided. Parameters calculated by the design module are outlined such as spring dimensions, load rating and stresses. Spring testing machines are also briefly mentioned.
Compression Spring is a type of Helical Spring which is open. When force is applied axially, this compression spring offers resistance. These springs are made of metal and are efficient to store energy. Copy the link given below and paste it in new browser window to get more information on Compression Springs:- www.transtutors.com/homework-help/mechanical-engineering/compression-springs.aspx
The document discusses different types of springs, including compression, tension, and torsion springs. Compression springs get shorter under load, tension springs stretch under load, and torsion springs experience a rotational force under load. Each spring type has specific applications, such as compression springs in automotive and aerospace industries, tension springs in robots and locks, and torsion springs in clothes pins and garage doors. In conclusion, springs are elastic devices that deform when a force is applied to store and release energy for various applications.
Springs are elastic bodies that can be twisted, pulled, or stretched by an applied force and return to their original shape when the force is released. There is physics behind springs in that when stretched or squashed, a spring creates an opposite force to return to its initial position. Springs are manufactured through processes like winding, grinding, calibration, and coating and can be made from materials like steel, titanium, and copper. Common types of springs include helical tension springs, compression springs, torsion springs, leaf springs, and gas springs. Springs are widely used to avoid vibration, apply forces, and control motion in machines.
1) Springs are elastic elements that deflect under load and return to their original shape when unloaded. They come in various shapes and are classified by type, with helical springs being most common.
2) Helical springs are used to absorb shocks, store energy, measure forces, and control motion. The main types are compression and extension springs.
3) Springs are designed based on factors like the wire diameter, mean coil diameter, and spring index, which determines stresses and deflection. Proper design ensures springs function reliably under various loads.
Spring tutorial for beginners - Learn Java Spring Framework version 3.1.0 starting from environment setup, inversion of control (IoC), dependency injection, bean scopes, bean life cycle, inner beans, autowiring, different modules, aspect oriented programming (AOP), database access (JDBC), Transaction Management, Web MVC framework, Web Flow, Exception handling, EJB integration and Sending email etc.
The document discusses different types of springs including their materials, applications, advantages, and designs. It provides details on helical, leaf, volute, beam, and Belleville springs. Formulas are given for calculating stresses in helical compression springs based on wire diameter, spring diameter, shear modulus, and applied force. Key aspects of helical spring design like space requirements, forces, tolerances, and environmental conditions are also outlined.
This document discusses different types of springs, including helical springs (tension, compression, torsion, and spiral) and leaf springs. It provides details on their construction, materials used, and applications. Helical springs store energy through twisting or stretching and release it when unloaded. Leaf springs are arc-shaped lengths of steel that provide dampening and spring functions in vehicles. Springs are commonly used to apply and control forces, measure weights, store potential energy, and reduce shocks and vibrations.
Presentation on the fragmentation of online identities, the inadequacy of the personal branding metaphor and the idea of the multiverse as a new metaphor for thinking about online identity. For a transcript of the keynote, see this blog post: http://academic.stedwards.edu/socialmedia/blog/2011/11/16/negotiating-multiple-identities-on-the-social-web-goffman-fragmentation-and-the-multiverse/
Locked Out in London (and tweeting about it) - version with my notesSylvain Carle
Last year I talked about how people sucked at naming places.
This year I was talking about anecdotes about us humans and what we tweet about, and where.
All my examples are from Needium, our platfrom that matches needs expressed to a location and to businesses that can answer them.
This document discusses the growth of location-based services and spatial networking. It notes that by 2015, around 2 billion smartphones will have been purchased in the previous 3 years, enabling companies to know people's locations. Spatial networking allows real-time communication and collaboration with others nearby, even if unknown. Maintaining a personal location history will become common, and this can reveal shared interests between individuals and psychographic profiles of places. Privacy is a core concern of spatial networking.
The document discusses the use of neural networks and deep learning techniques like word2vec and seq2seq models to develop representations of language that computers can understand without explicit symbolic representations or rules. It notes that while these techniques have achieved success, computers still lack a grounded understanding of language and the ability to reason about language based on real-world experiences and commonsense knowledge.
From Natural Language Processing to Artificial IntelligenceJonathan Mugan
Overview of natural language processing (NLP) from both symbolic and deep learning perspectives. Covers tf-idf, sentiment analysis, LDA, WordNet, FrameNet, word2vec, and recurrent neural networks (RNNs).
041408 Linden Labs Past Present And Future Metanomics TranscriptRemedy Communications
Metanomics is a weekly Web-based show on the serious uses of virtual worlds. This transcript is from a past show.
For this and other videos, visit us at http://metanomics.net.
Build, Branded and Coded - Placemaking in the Digital EraTom Beck
Our experience of place has always been a mash-up of the personal, social, natural, and manufactured environments. But what happens when an always-on layer of digital technology is added to the mix? This presentation explores three major themes at the intersection of placemaking and digital media and challenges us to consider the evolving role of design in a world were everything has the potential to become an interface.
The document discusses the limitations of building location-based services that solely focus on a user's location. It summarizes that location often fails to account for:
1) A user's preferences over proximity
2) The multi-layered nature of places in a person's life
3) A user's experience and knowledge
4) Relevance, timeliness, and meaningfulness of information
5) Appropriateness when considering privacy and data quality issues.
The key message is that services should be built for people, not just locations, in order to provide truly useful and personalized information.
The document discusses six major digital trends for 2017:
1. Technology is getting smaller and closer to our bodies through wearables and implanted devices.
2. Mobile devices are becoming the primary way most people access the internet.
3. The internet is becoming more invisible as it is embedded into everyday objects.
4. Technology is learning how to see through advances in computer vision and image recognition.
5. Technology is getting smarter through machine learning and artificial intelligence.
6. Technology is starting to communicate directly through conversational interfaces and chat platforms rather than just responding to human queries.
The document discusses George McClellan and Robert E. Lee's roles as commanders during the American Civil War. It notes that McClellan was initially successful but was very cautious, which allowed Lee's outnumbered forces to escape on multiple occasions. Lee was an effective strategist who dealt several defeats to McClellan's larger Union army through maneuvers and dividing his forces. The relationship between the two commanders is analyzed in terms of how McClellan's cautious nature contrasted with Lee's bold strategies.
Positive Disruption in the Enterprise: How Infusion Approaches New Technology...MongoDB
This document discusses Chris Friel and his role as a Distinguished Engineer and Technology Strategist at Infusion in New York. It provides examples of projects Infusion has worked on to accelerate and transform businesses for clients around the world, including a project for MetLife to build a "wall" application to aggregate customer data from 80 systems into a single view. The document outlines Infusion's design thinking process from discovery to design to building, launching and optimizing solutions, and emphasizes that data drives continuous improvement of products and services.
The document discusses troubleshooting SQL error 824. This error occurs when there is logical damage to a database page, preventing access to database objects and files. Potential causes include corrupted database pages, filter driver issues, or hardware failures. Recommended solutions include checking for database page corruption, updating or disabling filter drivers, or using third-party database repair software to automate the repair process.
This is a presentation that I gave that 2011 RISE University day at the University of Texas - a one day event held on the UT campus for undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be.
Battle for the Planet of The Apes A perspective on Social Software and Soci...Matt Jones
This document provides a summary of Matt Jones' presentation on social software and networks. Jones discusses how social tools have evolved from mainframes that everyone shared, to personal computers used in isolation, and now back to shared tools and data through social networks. Jones presents on Dopplr, a social travel tool he co-founded to increase "happy little coincidences" by showing users others using the tool who share upcoming trips. He argues social tools should focus on more than just "friending" and amplifying real-life relationships over creating an online persona. Jones envisions tools that better support all social roles and make invisible usage patterns visible to continuously improve based on collective usage.
Compression Spring is a type of Helical Spring which is open. When force is applied axially, this compression spring offers resistance. These springs are made of metal and are efficient to store energy. Copy the link given below and paste it in new browser window to get more information on Compression Springs:- www.transtutors.com/homework-help/mechanical-engineering/compression-springs.aspx
The document discusses different types of springs, including compression, tension, and torsion springs. Compression springs get shorter under load, tension springs stretch under load, and torsion springs experience a rotational force under load. Each spring type has specific applications, such as compression springs in automotive and aerospace industries, tension springs in robots and locks, and torsion springs in clothes pins and garage doors. In conclusion, springs are elastic devices that deform when a force is applied to store and release energy for various applications.
Springs are elastic bodies that can be twisted, pulled, or stretched by an applied force and return to their original shape when the force is released. There is physics behind springs in that when stretched or squashed, a spring creates an opposite force to return to its initial position. Springs are manufactured through processes like winding, grinding, calibration, and coating and can be made from materials like steel, titanium, and copper. Common types of springs include helical tension springs, compression springs, torsion springs, leaf springs, and gas springs. Springs are widely used to avoid vibration, apply forces, and control motion in machines.
1) Springs are elastic elements that deflect under load and return to their original shape when unloaded. They come in various shapes and are classified by type, with helical springs being most common.
2) Helical springs are used to absorb shocks, store energy, measure forces, and control motion. The main types are compression and extension springs.
3) Springs are designed based on factors like the wire diameter, mean coil diameter, and spring index, which determines stresses and deflection. Proper design ensures springs function reliably under various loads.
Spring tutorial for beginners - Learn Java Spring Framework version 3.1.0 starting from environment setup, inversion of control (IoC), dependency injection, bean scopes, bean life cycle, inner beans, autowiring, different modules, aspect oriented programming (AOP), database access (JDBC), Transaction Management, Web MVC framework, Web Flow, Exception handling, EJB integration and Sending email etc.
The document discusses different types of springs including their materials, applications, advantages, and designs. It provides details on helical, leaf, volute, beam, and Belleville springs. Formulas are given for calculating stresses in helical compression springs based on wire diameter, spring diameter, shear modulus, and applied force. Key aspects of helical spring design like space requirements, forces, tolerances, and environmental conditions are also outlined.
This document discusses different types of springs, including helical springs (tension, compression, torsion, and spiral) and leaf springs. It provides details on their construction, materials used, and applications. Helical springs store energy through twisting or stretching and release it when unloaded. Leaf springs are arc-shaped lengths of steel that provide dampening and spring functions in vehicles. Springs are commonly used to apply and control forces, measure weights, store potential energy, and reduce shocks and vibrations.
Presentation on the fragmentation of online identities, the inadequacy of the personal branding metaphor and the idea of the multiverse as a new metaphor for thinking about online identity. For a transcript of the keynote, see this blog post: http://academic.stedwards.edu/socialmedia/blog/2011/11/16/negotiating-multiple-identities-on-the-social-web-goffman-fragmentation-and-the-multiverse/
Locked Out in London (and tweeting about it) - version with my notesSylvain Carle
Last year I talked about how people sucked at naming places.
This year I was talking about anecdotes about us humans and what we tweet about, and where.
All my examples are from Needium, our platfrom that matches needs expressed to a location and to businesses that can answer them.
This document discusses the growth of location-based services and spatial networking. It notes that by 2015, around 2 billion smartphones will have been purchased in the previous 3 years, enabling companies to know people's locations. Spatial networking allows real-time communication and collaboration with others nearby, even if unknown. Maintaining a personal location history will become common, and this can reveal shared interests between individuals and psychographic profiles of places. Privacy is a core concern of spatial networking.
The document discusses the use of neural networks and deep learning techniques like word2vec and seq2seq models to develop representations of language that computers can understand without explicit symbolic representations or rules. It notes that while these techniques have achieved success, computers still lack a grounded understanding of language and the ability to reason about language based on real-world experiences and commonsense knowledge.
From Natural Language Processing to Artificial IntelligenceJonathan Mugan
Overview of natural language processing (NLP) from both symbolic and deep learning perspectives. Covers tf-idf, sentiment analysis, LDA, WordNet, FrameNet, word2vec, and recurrent neural networks (RNNs).
041408 Linden Labs Past Present And Future Metanomics TranscriptRemedy Communications
Metanomics is a weekly Web-based show on the serious uses of virtual worlds. This transcript is from a past show.
For this and other videos, visit us at http://metanomics.net.
Build, Branded and Coded - Placemaking in the Digital EraTom Beck
Our experience of place has always been a mash-up of the personal, social, natural, and manufactured environments. But what happens when an always-on layer of digital technology is added to the mix? This presentation explores three major themes at the intersection of placemaking and digital media and challenges us to consider the evolving role of design in a world were everything has the potential to become an interface.
The document discusses the limitations of building location-based services that solely focus on a user's location. It summarizes that location often fails to account for:
1) A user's preferences over proximity
2) The multi-layered nature of places in a person's life
3) A user's experience and knowledge
4) Relevance, timeliness, and meaningfulness of information
5) Appropriateness when considering privacy and data quality issues.
The key message is that services should be built for people, not just locations, in order to provide truly useful and personalized information.
The document discusses six major digital trends for 2017:
1. Technology is getting smaller and closer to our bodies through wearables and implanted devices.
2. Mobile devices are becoming the primary way most people access the internet.
3. The internet is becoming more invisible as it is embedded into everyday objects.
4. Technology is learning how to see through advances in computer vision and image recognition.
5. Technology is getting smarter through machine learning and artificial intelligence.
6. Technology is starting to communicate directly through conversational interfaces and chat platforms rather than just responding to human queries.
The document discusses George McClellan and Robert E. Lee's roles as commanders during the American Civil War. It notes that McClellan was initially successful but was very cautious, which allowed Lee's outnumbered forces to escape on multiple occasions. Lee was an effective strategist who dealt several defeats to McClellan's larger Union army through maneuvers and dividing his forces. The relationship between the two commanders is analyzed in terms of how McClellan's cautious nature contrasted with Lee's bold strategies.
Positive Disruption in the Enterprise: How Infusion Approaches New Technology...MongoDB
This document discusses Chris Friel and his role as a Distinguished Engineer and Technology Strategist at Infusion in New York. It provides examples of projects Infusion has worked on to accelerate and transform businesses for clients around the world, including a project for MetLife to build a "wall" application to aggregate customer data from 80 systems into a single view. The document outlines Infusion's design thinking process from discovery to design to building, launching and optimizing solutions, and emphasizes that data drives continuous improvement of products and services.
The document discusses troubleshooting SQL error 824. This error occurs when there is logical damage to a database page, preventing access to database objects and files. Potential causes include corrupted database pages, filter driver issues, or hardware failures. Recommended solutions include checking for database page corruption, updating or disabling filter drivers, or using third-party database repair software to automate the repair process.
This is a presentation that I gave that 2011 RISE University day at the University of Texas - a one day event held on the UT campus for undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be.
Battle for the Planet of The Apes A perspective on Social Software and Soci...Matt Jones
This document provides a summary of Matt Jones' presentation on social software and networks. Jones discusses how social tools have evolved from mainframes that everyone shared, to personal computers used in isolation, and now back to shared tools and data through social networks. Jones presents on Dopplr, a social travel tool he co-founded to increase "happy little coincidences" by showing users others using the tool who share upcoming trips. He argues social tools should focus on more than just "friending" and amplifying real-life relationships over creating an online persona. Jones envisions tools that better support all social roles and make invisible usage patterns visible to continuously improve based on collective usage.
Esta es la segunda edición de la revista hecha por IDEO.
Se trata de una revista seria sobre cómo ser menos serio ;)
En sus páginas pueden leerse las sabias palabras del Dr. Seuss, conocer a dos hermanos rusos construyendo espacios modulares con robots y explorar el Arte Japonés del "Chindogu" o "extrañas invenciones"
Síguenos en https://www.facebook.com/wif.ideas
How much are you controlled by your social and cultural programming? Too much. Override default settings and reclaim control of your social life! Talk given at blinkBL_NK in Singapore in November 2010
Metanomics Transcript May 27 2009, Measuring Value in Virtual WorldsDoug Thompson
This document summarizes a discussion from the Metanomics podcast about virtual teams and organizations.
1) Tony O'Driscoll from Duke University kicks off the discussion by looking at recent NSF research on virtual organizations and sociotechnical systems. This research examines how and when virtual organizations can enable scientific and educational work.
2) The main guest, Dr. Mitzi Montoya from NC State University, then presents her research on measuring the effectiveness of virtual worlds using her scale of "perceived virtual presence." Her research finds that the more present users feel in virtual worlds, the greater the effectiveness of training, collaboration, education, or presentations.
3) The discussion concludes by considering which industries
(date is wrong, sorry, it was January 28th, 2023)
So many intelligent robots have come and gone, failing to become a commercial success. We’ve lost Aibo, Romo, Jibo, Baxter, Scout, and even Alexa is reducing staff. I posit that they failed because you can’t talk to them, not really. AI has recently made substantial progress, speech recognition now actually works, and we have neural networks such as ChatGPT that produce astounding natural language. But you can’t just throw a neural network into a robot because there isn’t anybody home in those networks—they are just purposeless mimicry agents with no understanding of what they are saying. This lack of understanding means that they can’t be relied upon because the mistakes they make are ones that no human would make, not even a child. Like a child first learning about the world, a robot needs a mental model of the current real-world situation and must use that model to understand what you say and generate a meaningful response. This model must be composable to represent the infinite possibilities of our world, and to keep up in a conversation, it must be built on the fly using human-like, immediate learning. This talk will cover what is required to build that mental model so that robots can begin to understand the world as well as human children do. Intelligent robots won’t be a commercial success based on their form—they aren’t as cute and cuddly as cats and dogs—but robots can be much more if we can talk to them.
Make things people want verses make people want things. Technology and the minutia of bullshit that proclaims to promote it get's uncovered and tortured by Steve Price, along with some examples of great things.
The document discusses the concept of "X-fication" or "X-ization", which refers to the transformation of a place, society, or event into something resembling the trademark offerings of company X. Specifically, it removes anything negative or unappealing and replaces it with an idealized and tourist-friendly version. Disneyfication is given as an example, referring to the transformation of places into versions resembling Disney theme parks. The document also mentions authors who have written about urban transformation and the homogenization of space that can result from such processes.
Citizen Volunteerism and Urban Interaction Designsbisker
Solomon Bisker is an interaction designer and computer scientist interested in using design and technology to reimagine shared public spaces. He discusses three key ingredients for community-driven urban interaction design: advocacy, self-organization, and self-production. Bisker advocates for citizen volunteerism and grassroots efforts to engage communities through open hardware and software. He explores how individuals can design technologies to observe and influence their environments, and how autonomous technologies could engage public spaces on behalf of communities. Bisker's work applies these themes to design platforms that support advocacy, self-organization, and self-production by citizens.
Pencils and Pixels: Sketching and Interaction Designsbisker
Pencils and Pixels:
An Exploration of Physical and Digital Sketch Techniques for Tangible Interaction Design, by Solomon Bisker
Prepared for Methodologies of Visualization (Design Drawing I) in Fall 2009, Carnegie Mellon University
Telecom Triptych - AboutFace, SeeNA and Sports Trainersbisker
The document describes three mobile citizen science projects:
1. A "DNA Detector" that detects and decodes DNA within 30 meters of a phone, allowing users to discover organisms as they travel or in their daily lives.
2. An "Activity Wristband" that measures a user's movement via Bluetooth to their phone to gauge skill levels in real time for sports training or competition matching.
3. An "AboutFace" app that shares users' emotions through facial expression analysis to provide a diary and encourage social interaction through mood sharing within social networks.
The document summarizes observations from a site visit to the North Shore under the Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh. It notes that 64% of traffic travels westbound, 30% walk while 14% run or jog, and 54% bike. Most people, 65%, are with others. Design ideas were brainstormed that aim to tie the space, its users, and an upcoming G20 summit. The group envisioned ways to activate the area.
Design concept delivered for "Learning Sustainability" and the workshop sponsors, the Province of Brescia, Italy. Class audited while a research assistant of the MIT Mobile Experience Lab.
10. Ben Fry
Me (Thanks to Ben Fry)
Step Five: Plot loca0on informa0on in Processing
Much of the visualiza0on code came from reverse‐engineering Ben Fry’s “Zip Decode”,
leSng us plot both ci0es and zipcodes easily, and adding a Resume object model.