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Week 2 Slides
Week 2 Assignment
1) Construct TWO parallel circuits according to the following constraints:
- Use two or more LEDs on each.
- Use two different types of conductive material.
- Document how you made each one and post it to the class blog as an in-class assignment. If one did not work, hypothesize why it did not and what you would do to make it work. (This should not take you too long.)
- Bonus: Make one of them 3D.
2) Illustration project
Pick sentence or passage from a story that you like (children’s storybooks work VERY well). Illustrate one scene from that book and integrate a circuit into it using the materials we discussed in class. Post documentation to the blog and bring your final product into class.
3) Email me your group and craft for the Learn a New Craft project.
4) Bring a toy piano or an old keyboard. The Green Supply Center is a good place to start looking.
Learn a New Craft Project! (due Sept 29)
Key Dates
September 15 – One member of your group must have emailed me with names of group members and the craft you will be learning.
September 29 – Each group must be prepared to give their workshop in class.
Goal
Through this project you will learn the basic skills, techniques, and history of a craft practice. The goal of this is to experiment and try a new process without the use of embedded electronics. This could include any of the following:
- sewing (by hand or on the machine)
- embroidery
- knitting
- crocheting
- draping
- paper engineering
- woodworking
- silkscreening
- surface design / fabric printing
- etc, etc, etc
Outcomes
You will work in groups of 2-4 to design a 20-30 minute hands-on workshop or demo. Your group will give this workshop in class on September 29 to me and your peers.
Your workshop should include:
- a brief background or history of the practice
- the materials and tools needed
- an overview of the process
- a hands-on activity
- ideas for incorporating into circuit construction
Your group is responsible for ONE post documenting the workshop with links to resources.
Conductive PLA for 3D Printing
I haven’t tried this, but for those of you interested in 3D printing circuits, this seems like a good place to start. Available for sale at Adafruit.
Defining our Field of Practice
The work we will do over the course of the semester will combine many different fields. There are many terms used to describe these intersections: soft circuits, eCraft, eTextiles, computational craft, creative circuits, fashion tech, etc. As we begin our exploration into these materials and processes, let’s throw all of our assumptions, ideas, and biases out on the table by creating initial definitions of these terms.
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY is an emerging trend in fashion design and product design which focuses on making use of bodily data (such as heartbeat and temperature) with the help of technologies (such as conductive fabrics and sensors) in order to produce feedback, enhance functionality, connectedness between product and user.
Week 1 Assignment
1) Find a project that excites you and that uses the materials we looked at in class. Use the presentation you saw today in class to get started. Create a post that includes, images, video, or other documentation. Write a brief paragraph explaining what it is about this project that intrigues you.
2) Materials hunt. Find a material with interesting properties (form, ornamentation, conductivity, etc) and bring it to class. Canal Street is a good place to start, as is Mood and surrounding stores.
3) Purchase materials listed in the TOOL BOX today or tomorrow. I know shipping might take a week or so, so if you don’t have them all by next week, no worries.
4) Watch the MAKE Multimeter Tutorial Video
