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Dustyn Roberts from Honeybee Robotics talks about Mars

Another fascinating speaker turns up at ITP! Dustyn Roberts, an engineer from Honeybee Robotics, came to talk about her work. Her most high-profile work so far has been to build the Rock Abrasion Tool for the Mars Rovers, still operating on the red planet.

She discussed her current project, a self-contained core drilling robot called […]

My first electronic game project – Simple Simon

I got this thing to work, and am very pleased!

It’s basically a Simple Simon game. The LEDs blink in random order, then the player has to press the buttons in the same order. If you get it right, the green light blinks (and in future, the game gets harder). If wrong, the red light […]

ITP Speakers – Exploring the Medium

One of the classes at ITP has a very interesting structure – every week there is a guest speaker, and presentations by students responding to the speaker from the previous week.

So far the speakers have been tremendously interesting: Vito Acconci and Vik Muniz. Both had a lot in common:

Extremely engaging as speakers – […]

Back to School

Today is the first day of class at ITP!

I am taking the basic four foundation classes:

Applications of Interactive Communications (taught by the chair, Red Burns) Communications Lab Introduction to Computational Media Introduction to Physical Computing

I had considered waiving one or more of them, since they cover ground that I’ve known extensively for […]

We Passion Power and Control

I went to see TheUpgrade at the Eyebeam gallery in Chelsea, featuring a presentation of three pieces developed at ITP on the subject of surveillance. Interesting emphasis in the discussion, away from the well-trodden areas of politics, privacy, security, etc. and instead exploring the joy experienced by those doing the surveilling.

The three pieces were […]