by Jinnie Templin | Mar 20, 2015 | MA Project, Process, Projects, Reflection
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″] I’ve been working on creating these toyls (toy-tools) with simple circuits and using interesting materials that prompt playful interactions. As I was creating them and started sharing them, I realized that they were...
by Jinnie Templin | Jan 22, 2015 | MA Project, Process, Projects, Research
Paper circuitry is something I’ve only worked with tangentially before, and I’ve always thought it was a really cool idea. I chose paper circuitry as a medium to explore primarily because I was interested in the idea that paper is something you find in...
by Jinnie Templin | Jan 15, 2015 | Process, Projects, Reflection
For Graduate Critique, we were given an assignment to make a media representation of our creative praxis. I was struggling a bit as the only non-fine arts student in the class, so I went with what I’m good at- stories. I decided to take this opportunity to teach...
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,...
