In the future the lamp is not only for lighting the environment, but also for creating personalized environment. The lamp has human's mind. It is just like a buster who likes to explore the world and hear stories. They can learn stories by themselves from internet and narrate that stories to users through the environment they created.
LAMP HAT
I use head as a switch button for turning on/off, every time someone put this hat on the it will light up. You can wear this hat at night and day time. When you need the light at night you just put the hat on then you will see the light. I use LED strip rap around this hat where it connect to the circuit inside the hat.
“Kick!”
I chose to embody the word “kick” and felted a little adidas soccer shoe. I then attached it to a servo and coded the servo to rapidly move forward about 45 degrees, like a kick, and then slowly move back to its initial position. I then attached a button that I made out of felt to the circuit and coded it to “kick” the foot when pressed.
Check out the video below!
felted soccer shoe
Pieces of the button
Finished Button
Stand for the foot
Completed foot
Behavior Story_Wave
On his first day of fifth grade, Bob, decided that he was finally going to say hello to his kindergarten crush, Beca. The only problem was that Bob was so shy he could never muster the courage to actually speak to Beca. So, Bob did what Bob does best, and built a waving robot to do the talking for him.
Unfortunately, when he used it at school Tess, the girl sitting in front of Beca, thought the wave was meant for her. Tess walked over and started talking to Bob….and never stopped. The two lived awkwardly ever after.
The story about this doll is when this doll being alone, it will scream but when someone play or touch his hand then he stop screaming.
Hello, I’m a maker, designer, artist, learner
Identity can be complex, titles such as craftsperson, coder, educator and engineer seem to imply a professional identity that I wouldn’t identify with. Whereas maker, learner, gamer, storyteller seem more descriptive of activities on would enjoy doing. Thus I’m a maker if I like to make, but not a craftsperson if I like to craft.
My favorite tool is a smoke machine! Remarkably versatile when combined with lights to create all sorts of atmospheres.
I enjoyed the craft learning exercise, I think it reinforced the community aspects of traditional craft learning using shared knowledge. Which is something different and important than the same knowledge conveyed via a youtube video.
Identify myself
Maker – My background is Architecture and because I had to do a lot of 3D models so that it made me like to make physical stuff. As well as I love to build thing by myself.
Designer – I think because I stay in the design field for many years then I can express myself as designer.
Learner – I am open and ready to learn a new thing also there are many new things happen everyday waiting for us to learn.
Hacker – Because something we cannot create something new and we have to look to other people works to make us understand the process. And it is a short cut to build something.
Craftsperson – I love to get my hand feel the texture and build a physical thing. Mostly I love to do wood, paper ad others except yarn. When I was young, we have a class that every student needed to do knitting but at the time I cannot do it, so my mom did that for me. From that moment I feel I am quite not get into yarn process.
My favorite tool is CUTTER because when I was studying undergrad, I had to do many architecture models and we don’t have a laser cut to do the pieces for us. So cutter is the most important tool for me. It is easy to use especially this brand, fit for my hand and very sharp. Also I still using it for almost 7 years.
Learning craft in class is very fun for me and because people in class teaching to each other, it make me into the process and not boring. If there is no this teaching process, I might not try to learn by myself for all of the crafts. The thing that frustrating me is we should have more time to learn about the process. It was a starting point to me to know many knows of handcraft that I will not going to learn by myself. I got the idea about each craft which is very good to me. And one more important thing that I gain from those process is if I have to do a serious project about those crafts, I will find someone to help me with that.
How do I classify myself?
When I first started to answer this question, I identified with nearly every role on this list. However, when I thought about it a bit more, I realized that I probably need to be more focused in my work. After some careful consideration, I chose to identify most with maker, learner, and coder.
I consider myself a maker because I have always enjoyed working with my hands. Sometimes the term “maker” can be analogous to the word “artist”, while other times it’s more akin to the term “designer.” It can even encompass the word “craftsperson.” So, for me, “maker” is the most appropriate term. It all depends on my intention and focus. I’m also not sure that distinctions between “artist,” “designer,” and “craftsperson” really matter and believe that these probably should be more fluid.
When I was a kid and would point out something I wanted my mom to get me at the store, she would just say “We can make it!” and then we’d wander over to the local craft or fabric store and do just that. When I was young, I explored knitting, sewing, metalworking, woodworking, weaving, pottery, wood-working, etc…. I think that making has always allowed me to be imaginative and creative.
I also think of myself as a learner. Making and learning go hand-in-hand. As a maker, I have constantly needed to learn new techniques to get the results I wanted. Making is all about solving problems, and the best way to do this is to learn.
I am so thankful to DT for helping me to really move forward with my understanding of code to really become a coder (or maybe just web developer/designer?). I discovered HTML during take-your-daughter-to-work day in 1998. I learned the basics of front-end web development and then spent hours and hours in front of the computer to build and maintain a number of pages on free websites like gURLpages.com and geocities.com. I remember learning tips from friends I made online and teaching my own html tricks to others as well.
Sharpie and Post-its
I’d probably say my favorite real-world tool is a sharpie and post-its. I think that conceptual stages of any project are the hardest for me. Sharpies allow me to get my thoughts down quickly. The ease at which I’m able to write with a sharpie allows me to quickly explore and discard ideas that may not work. Post-its allow me to move and reorganize my ideas so they work in a logical flow.
Teaching/Learning a New Craft Session
I really enjoyed learning and teaching needle felting last week. It’s a craft that I didn’t know much about, but see a lot of potential for. I am the type of person that really likes making small, inanimate little beings, however, in the context of physical computing, I see a lot of potential uses for it. I found the process to be somewhat soothing, even though it often resulted in pricking my fingers. I was surprised by the amount of control I seemed to have over the shape and overall product.
I also enjoyed thinking about the many other possibilities of crafts that I could incorporate into my own work, like crochet, weaving and woodworking. This activity also made me think about other, related processes that may not have been taught in class, but could potentially be useful things to look into, like wet felting and metalworking. The biggest takeaway for me was the ease at which we learned something new and that’s an important thing for me to remember!
I identify myself as
Reflect on your experience learning a new craft (both independently and from other people in class) and teaching it to other people : I absorb a new craft well either indepentently or from other people. It is dynamic between other people and I is what shapes my disposition to learn a new craft. Interacting with others helps me learn better and faster because I use a sense of hearing and sight while looking at what other people do. Also, I can ask questions when I am stuck with some part. I can get constructive feedbacks and more information from other people who have more experience than me. I absolutly learn a new skill better when I teach it to others. As I teach people a new skill, I have to be knowledgeable with it so as to give the best instruction to them. Later, because of the effort to deliver it, the skill become a part of me.
For my craft, I decided to learn needle felting. There are many amazing needle felters out there like this one:
Needle Felted Shiba Inu by http://kittenblackua.deviantart.com/
The supplies you will need to do felting are:
1. Felting needles:
Felting Needles
2. Wool roving:
Wool Roving
3. Something to shape your
Something to shape your piece, in this case, an egg cup…
For my first foray into needle felting, I created a simple mushroom:
Instructions:
1. Grab your piece of wool roving.
Wool roving
2. Find something that will shape the wool into what you want. In this case, I’m using an egg cup to give me a nice rounded mushroom top.
I’m using an egg cup to shape the wool roving
3. Start poking the wool with your needle.
Use the needle to poke the wool
4. The wool will eventually condense and come together.
Condensed wool mushroom top after about ten minutes of poking
5. Once we have the shape we want, we can add details to it. Here, I have shaped little spots for the top of the mushroom and just poked those until they become attached to the rest.
Adding spots
Mushroom Spot
Continue creating forms and adding details with these methods!