Now that I know what I want to do, I need to to concentrate on what do I need to create this interactive artefact. If I decide to use a sensor of any kind I will need to plug it to a device, which will control and collect data from it. That is called a [...]
Tutorial
DIY Tengu on a breadboard What is Tengu? A little cutie little Led Matrix. It is a small little smilly face made of LED who reacts to music. I found it very appealing indeed. And here is the link to the tutorial. http://tinkerlog.com/2007/10/22/diy-tengu-on-a-breadboard/ Arduino with Led Matrix controlled by a video cam If [...]
Group Work
After the workshop, we tried to have constructive meeting with the group to share researches and ideas. We found the concept of chain reaction in a way difficult. Some ideas have been suggested, but our restricted knowledge refrain us. I suggested the creation of a blog, in which everybody will be able to get access [...]
Physical Computing
I found this French website, which give a very good and clear overview of what are the multimedia tools out there, and what we can do with them. (I suppose you have to translate the page) http://www.pingbase.net/scouvj/doku.php Arduino Our Tutor is very keen on the Arduino Microcontroller, first of course is a very affordable little [...]
