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PHYSICAL COMPUTING

Spring 2012
Instructors: Ken Howell and Al Larsen

OVERVIEW:

• The course explores issues in the related areas of physical computing, ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive computing. Students will learn basic electronics principles, basic programming techniques, and the use of micro-controllers and input and output devices (potentiometers, switches, environmental sensors, LEDs, speakers, motors).
• The course works under the premise that hands-on work with the materiality and protocols of these technologies will lead to deeper understandings of their implications.
• Students will create creative media projects that critically explore the implications of these technologies.
• Labs and technical material will be in tandem with readings and lectures in technology studies and examples of critical media art practice.