by Jinnie Templin | Nov 20, 2014 | Process, Projects
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″] WorkToy is a desktop toy and internet of things object made with a Spark Core. WorkToy sits on a platform that acts as a button- recording whether or not the toy is on the platform. Many of the libraries and even the...
by Jinnie Templin | Nov 20, 2014 | Process, Projects
JavaBean isn’t your average coffee cup- JavaBean is equipped with a LightBlue Bean microcontroller that connects via bluetooth to your computer and tells you how much coffee you’ve consumed today. The LightBlue Bean device rests in the underbelly of the...
by Jinnie Templin | Nov 17, 2014 | Process
For me, the highlight of the MediaLive 2014 performances was Nick Briz. Nick introduced the concept of lock-in to me: when an element of technology becomes “locked-in” as the norm and a basis for which all technological elements after it are built upon,...
by Jinnie Templin | Nov 17, 2014 | Process
Casey Reas’ Processing workshop focused on pixel manipulation. While many of the functions Casey discussed were things I had heard of and/or seen in code before, his explanations helped me understand how to work with images in Processing in a way I hadn’t...
by Jinnie Templin | Nov 11, 2014 | Process
After quite a bit of tinkering and experimenting, I was able have a Google Spreadsheet retrieve the button state from my Spark Core once a minute and append a row to the spreadsheet with the value of the button state as well as a the timestamp of the retrieval. I used...
