Category Archive: Spring 2010

02 May

Have You Seen Me?

Have You Seen Me?

The Life Dress has three types of tiles: the master tile, the router tiles, and the light tiles.  The master tile controls the rest of …

 
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29 Apr

Materiality [Final]

Materiality [Final]

I have done a lot of experimentation with silicone as an insulator and a tactile material but these have all involved working with molds where …

 
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26 Apr

Bonsai Bakery [Final]

Bonsai Bakery [Final]

There are many approaches to food and social roles associated with them. There is the domestic housewife, recognized only for her spotless living room …

 
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25 Apr

Life Dress [LED Blowout!]

Life Dress [LED Blowout!]

You know the expression “father know’s best”? Of course you do. While I hate to admit it, it is so true. You …

 
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24 Apr

The Shorts

The Shorts

The episode in which Elizabeth discovers there IS such a thing as magic and it is the kind that happens when you have a short …

 
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23 Apr

Life Dress [Shorts]

Life Dress [Shorts]

While all the columns have been successfully soldered together, I came across a rather unwelcome surprise: about a third of my tiles had electrical shorts—an …

 
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21 Apr

Life Dress [Columns]

Life Dress [Columns]

With the squares done.  The next step is to begin connecting them all together.  For this part, I have cut and attached all the tiles …

 
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20 Apr

Schrödinger [Bonsai Duck]

Schrödinger [Bonsai Duck]

Interactivity Interactivity is not reactivity. It is frequently confused as such, but distinct. Reactivity is a direct causal reaction to input. You flip …

 
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20 Apr

Life Dress In The Qube

Life Dress In The Qube

I still don’t know how these people got my name, but a few months ago I got a call from a representative for the new …

 
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19 Apr

Life Dress [Tiles]

Life Dress [Tiles]

I have been horribly remise.  My lack of posts is, by no means, an indicator of lack of progress.  For the past few days, I …

 
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