Syllabus

Lecture – Mondays Lab – Wednesdays
8/24 Introduction to the course
8/29 Activity Theory and TUI 8/31 Lab 1: Intro to Physical Computing
9/05 Holiday 9/07 Lab 2: Digital I/O with Arduino
9/12 Tangible Bits 9/14 Lab 3: Sensing: Potentiometers
9/19 Taxonomy of TUIs 9/21 Lab 4: Sensing: Force sensors and photocells
9/26 Calm Computing and Ambient Media 9/28 Lab 5: Output: Piezo speakers
10/03 Human Centered Design and Innovation 10/05 Lab 6: Output: DC motors
10/10 Midterm Project Review 10/12 Lab 7: Output: Servo motors
10/17 Midterm Project Review 10/19 Lab 8: Output: Simple mechanics
10/24 VR and Mixed Reality 10/26 Lab 9: Synthesis: Invent a musical instrument
10/31 Cesar Torres 11/02 David Mellis
11/07 Nikolas Martelaro 11/09 Liz Goodman
11/14 Final project progress report and critique 11/16 Final project progress report and critique
11/21 Noura Howell 11/23 Holiday
11/28 Evaluating TUIs 11/30 Summary
12/05 Final Project Exhibition Day 1 12/07 Final Project Exhibition Day 2