2nd Field Trip

Announcements Travelling today to the Princeton University Art Museum Ben’s Research Resources Project Status Please notify me of any issues you may be having with your projects. I’ll be available Tuesday morning, 11/25 to meet in my office if you need any assistance. Otherwise, please email me to set up an appointment time. Homework Assignment  Exhibition […]

Final Project Studio Time

Announcements Ben’s Research Resources Wednesday, Nov 12, 2nd Sarnoff Lecture Friday, Nov 21, 2nd Field Trip – Princeton Art Museum Kathleen Weber passed this on to us: Decoded Fashion Prototype Status Updates Teams present your project status Studio Time Continue working on prototypes. Homework Assignment 12a (5 points) Create a new page in your Design Notebook, label it […]

Initial Prototype Demos

Announcements Ben’s Research Resources Wednesday, Nov 12, 2nd Sarnoff Lecture TBD – Friday, Nov 14, 2nd Field Trip – Bucks County Children’s Museum Initial Prototype Demonstrations Present Prototypes Studio Time Continue working on prototypes. Homework Assignment 11a (5 points) Create a new page in your Design Notebook, label it with next week’s class date (Nov. 14, […]

Ben’s Project Feedback

Dear Mark, Thank you for bringing your class to the Sarnoff Collection last week to discuss their interactive exhibit projects. Emily and I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the creative ideas and new technologies that the students wish to incorporate into our long-term exhibition. Based on their preliminary proposals, I have started to compile some resources […]

Research Sources

RCA Technology-Related Research Resources Radio Age Archive:  This website contains PDF versions of RCA’s in-house publicity magazine from 1942 through 1957. It is especially useful to see what technical or commercial accomplishments the company wished to publicize and the marketing strategies it used. RCA Engineer online index: This online database contains articles from 30 years […]

Prototype Progress Reports

Announcements Friday, Nov 7, 1st Prototype Demos Wednesday, Nov 12, 2nd Sarnoff Lecture Friday, Nov 14, 2nd Field Trip – Bucks County Children’s Museum Research Sources & Contact emails Functional Prototype Progress Reports Present Functional Prototype Prototypes Studio Time Continue working on prototypes. Homework Assignment 10a (5 points) Create a new page in your Design Notebook, label it with next […]

Final Project Presentations

Announcements Cameron Uhlig from Camagine Design will be speaking to today about Cinemapping and iWalls Wednesday, October 29, 1st Sarnoff Innovation Lecture Functional Prototypes Present Functional Prototype Concepts to Emily & Ben @ the Sarnoff Study Center Presentation Cameron Uhlig will present his work with Cinemapping & iWalls Homework Assignment 9a (5 points) Create a new page in your […]

Final Project Assignment Discussion

Announcements Next week Friday we’ll be presenting our Functional Prototype concepts to Emily Croll Cameron Uhlig from Camagine Design will be speaking to us next week about CineMapping and iWalls Wednesday, October 29, 1st Sarnoff Innovation Lecture Functional Prototypes Present Vision Documents General Discussion Iterative Development – fail early, address the biggest unknowns, risks first Examine & […]

3d Scanning & Printing

Announcements Mid-Semester Progress Reports – need all outstanding Design Notebooks, 1st Exhibit Critiques & Vision Documents in by midnight, Oct 16 in order to process mid-semester progress reports. Richard Cox will be demonstrating IMM’s Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer, our Makerbot Digitizer, and supporting software. Wednesday, October 29, 1st Sarnoff Innovation Lecture Homework Discussion Let’s go around the room and […]

Natural User Interfaces

Announcements Frank Migliorelli, Director of Digital Experience at the New York Public Library, is our guest speaker today and will be presenting this week’s Brown Bag Lunch Project Vision Statements due in 2 weeks (Friday, Oct. 17) Homework Discussion Let’s talk about your 1st Exhibition Critiques. Trend: Natural User Interfaces According to Wikipedia: “…a user interface that is (1) […]