Papermaking and Programming

Sunday, October 23, 2011

UMass Dartmouth, in collaboration with the Papermaking Club… more

 

Microcontrollers as Material

We’ve developed a set of tools and techniques that make it easy to use microcontrollers as an art or craft material, embedding them directly into drawings or other artifacts. We … more

 

Microcontroller circuit with copper tape

Microcontroller circuit

Making a circuit with a microcontroller, battery, and LEDs connected by copper tape.more

 

Simple circuit with copper tape

LED candle

Make a simple circuit on an everyday object using copper tape, a battery, and an LED. Involves simple soldering.… more

 

Making circuits on everyday objects

Saturday, October 8th, 2011, 1 pm to 5 pm

In this workshop, you’ll add lights and computation to everyday objects using circuits made with copper tape. This easy-to-use, inexpensive material … more

 

Piezo Powered Tambourine


An electric tambourine that is completely powered by the playing of the instrument. … more

 

Animated Vines


Animated Vines is an interactive paper installation that comes to life in the presence of a viewer. Normally a static wall hanging, as the viewer approaches the vines begin to … more

 

TearDrop

TearDrop is a kit that allows people to explore the creative and practical potentials of paper-based computing. What interfaces might we build if we could sketch functional sytems directly on … more