links for 2008-04-16
April 16th, 2008 by rbanks
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Driving a DC motor from an Arduino.
Lots more electronics stuff on this site.
Archive for April, 2008
Tree-line house
April 14th, 2008 by rbanks
I liked the idea of these vinyl stickers for a house that helps create a little privacy, whilst also creating the pleasant illusion of a tree line for the neighbours.
Design Idea: House Tattoo – Dwell Blog – dwell.com
The snaps of strangers
April 12th, 2008 by rbanks
One of the articles in Issue 28 of The Plug shows the results of tying a disposable camera to a bench in Atlanta, leaving it to strangers to fill the roll. The results show the street life around, friends, strangers, dogs. All kinds of stuff.
I don’t quite know what you’d call this research method, if it is one. Maybe a randomised ethnography? I’m not serious, but I do like this approach. We had an intern at the lab a couple of years ago from Dundee’s Innovative Product Design course called Murray Sim who had employed a range of these kind of approaches in the design of a park bench that you could send text message to. He left magnetic letters and magnetic poetry on one metal bench, for example.
From The Plug:
“I tied a disposable camera to a bench with a sign that read:
Good afternoon,
I attached this camera to the bench so you could take pictures. Seriously. So have fun. I’ll be back later this evening to pick it up.
Love, Jay / The Plug
When I retrieved the camera that night, I was happy to find that the entire roll of film had been shot. Below are the photos that were taken.”
The Plug – Stranger Photos Have Happened
REAL woodblocks
April 11th, 2008 by rbanks
This makes my little bit of tinkering feel VERY small!
Thanks Tim!
HCI 2020 report on the radio
April 11th, 2008 by rbanks
A little bit of coverage of the HCI 2020 report launch on the World Service’s “Digital Planet” radio show. Here’s the points during the show where our coverage begins:
14:10 – Being Human segment begins
14:49 – Interview with Gary Marsden begins
15:50 – Interview with Abi Sellen begins
19:40 – End of segment
“Digital Planet speaks to Abigail Sellen from Microsoft Research Cambridge, one of the authors of the report, about her work in designing a clock that tells where people are in real time; at home, at work or in transit.”
Here’s a link directly to the broadcast. I think. In typical BBC style it may “age gracefully” and not be available in a week or so.
links for 2008-04-11
April 11th, 2008 by rbanks
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Mapping the CO2 emmissions in the US down to 10 square kilometers.
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Scary list of fears from childhood to adulthood.
Jan Pettit
links for 2008-04-10
April 10th, 2008 by rbanks
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LightUp for SketchUp is a SketchUp plugin that adds realistic, realtime lighting to your sketchup models.
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Been thinking of ways of removing some noise from my daily routine.
LifeDev
Steve Zissou & friends.
April 8th, 2008 by rbanks
Lovely set. Not sure how these custom lego characters are done. I’ve seen a lot of them in the last year. Are these figures ever hand painted, or is the challenge that they are all done with real Lego parts?
YouTube – "Yes We Can" song – 2008
April 8th, 2008 by rbanks
My sister in law, Stephanie, is a brilliant songwriter, and a passionate participator in the democratic process, and the Democratic Party. She’s written the following song, “Yes We Can“, in support of Barack Obama. Really nice job, Stephanie.
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