Sep 23
murderNYC: new yorkers would kill for your apartment The digital to digital mashup features homicide data for NYC overlaid on a map of the five boroughs. The first screen shows a visual representation of murder rates in New York over the last ten years. (We’re declining!) The gradients are relatively accurate, but definitely not mathematically …
Sep 23
I am really fascinated by the culture of gamification. I consistently notice changes in my personal behavior when I’m keeping track and that directly feeds into a gamification system. If I’m wearing a pedometer, I will walk more. If my friends are also, I will walk wherever I need to walk in order to defeat …
Sep 23
SIRP – Auto Race Riot Presentation in Power-Point Format
Sep 23
1. UNDERWATER ROBOT Having seen these mechanisms, I really want to create a water-related project soon. The fact that everything is water-prove gives the whole package/interface a very friendly and inviting nature. I kind of hope there are cameras that are attached to them. 2. MUSEUM OF INTERESTING THINGS: CALCULATOR This old, vintage creation seems …
Sep 23
This project is about Physical-Digital Mashup which combines weather data with alarm clock. Here is my prototype !
Sep 23
After a hours train to get Queens, which is really a long journey, the world maker’s faire really suprised me. This is my first time to attending make faire, and after I entered the park The first project I noticed was a Ecosystem tool key called Mannahatta2409.org, that is a tool that models carbon , …
Sep 23
Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops Response In the Reading, ‘Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops’, the author says that showing datas of people’s behavior affects them to change their behavior. I think it is because they can be stimulated by tracking their behavior. It reminds me the way of losing weight that people who …
Sep 23
Interesting Interfaces: The first one that I’d like to mention, and coincidentally, the last item I saw (and also spent the most time viewing) was a thesis project from one of our own: Paweena Prachanronarong’s Blockuits. A full description can be found on her portfolio website at: http://www.lovepaweena.com/portfolio-01.html. I choose this exhibit because, as I …
Sep 23
1. Sir Walter Cooler This Sir Walter Cooler from Microsoft was interesting to me because the machine shows emotional expression, which I am interested in, to give information of water needs to users. It tried to catch users’ attention by showing color on the board and also a man’s voice to encourage users to drink …
Sep 23
Reading Assignment – Week 5 Day 1: Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops While I could agree, or at least do not have evidence to refute the technical results implied in this article I do not agree with some of the psychological implications that are not addressed as thoughtfully in this article. The first …
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