ITP

  • 10.02.09
    Picture 1 Avdrop

    Here’s a little project from 1 in 1 for ITP30. http://cwwang.com/avdrop/ I want people to be able to drop their avatars into an open space and drag as far or close as they want to others. or something like that. here’s something. drop your avatar in and get close to Red.
  • 05.06.09
    thermal01 Thermal Clock

    We rely heavily on our vision to identify change. We see sand accumulating at the bottom of the hourglass. We see the minute hand rotate clockwise. How would our sense of time change if we cast time to another sense? Thermal Clock is a timepiece that positions heat along a bar over a 24 hour [...]
  • 05.05.09
    picture-1cinematic Cinematic Timepiece

    Time is our measure of a constant beat. We use seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, etc. But what if we measured time against rituals, chores, tasks, stories, and narratives? How can we use our memory, prediction, familiar and unfamiliar narratives to tell time? As a child, I remember using the length [...]
  • 05.05.09
    img_2566 Time in Six Parts

    Time in Six Parts is a series of attempts to unravel and re-present time through alternative perspectives.  The hope is to demystify scales of time that are out of our immediate reach and explore new approaches to marking time.
  • 05.05.09
    _dsc1847 Counting to a Billion

    As a child, I remember challenging myself to count to 1000, 1 million, or 1 billion. I don’t think I ever made it. Why do we aimlessly count? How long would it take to count to a billion? Counting to a Billion is a device created to fulfill the desire to count. The electronics consists [...]
  • 03.21.09
    dsc01729 1 Hour Sprocket Clock

    How accurate does a clock need to be? Most household clocks display time with 3 mechanical movements; the hour, on a 12 hour cycle; minutes past the hour; and seconds past the minute. How crucial is it for us to know how many seconds are past the minute? Do we need to know the exact [...]
  • 01.07.09
    sfe-0015-printad03-make momo <3 sparkfun

    Sparkfun ads featuring momo in the January issue of Circuit Cellar, the Feb issue of Servo and March issues of Make and Nuts & Volts
  • 12.11.08
    confession 21st Century Confession Booth

    The 21st Century Confession Booth is a service for anyone to anonymously unload the burden of a sin or secret. Confessions can be dropped off by entering them on the web at confessionbot.com , by calling 718-406-0483, or by finding one of our public confession microphones. Messages are anonymously transcribed and posted to twitter.com/confessionbot. Behind [...]
  • 12.07.08
    icantstop I can’t stop thinking of you (too)

    icantstopthinkingofyou.com redirecting to icantstopthinkingofyoutoo.com redirecting to icantstopthinkingofyou.com redirecting to icantstopthinkingofyoutoo.com with Celina Alvarado
  • 11.25.08
    picture-21 P.Life V2

    plife at IAC from che-wei wang on Vimeo. P.Life is a large scale interactive screen designed for the IAC’s 120′ wide video wall. In the world of P.Life, Ps run across the 120′ screen frantically moving material from one house to another. Along the way, Ps exchange pleasantries (based on text message inputs) as they [...]
  • 11.20.08
    Elevator P Elevator P

    Elevator P interprets random conversation in an elevator into poetry and publishes them immediately on twitter. Using a hidden microphone, Elevator P captures unexpected chatter, un-staged and raw. The interpreter elevates mundane elevator conversations into beautiful flowing poetry capturing the deep essence of each dialogue. Haiku Poetry. http://twitter.com/chatterbot
  • 11.07.08
    turf-bombing Turf Bombing

    Turf Bombing is a location-based war game which rewards and encourages traveling to and learning about different neighborhoods.
  • 10.23.08
    thenewvote The New Vote

    TheNewVote.com is a location-based SMS polling system and place to post photographic proof of election day votes.
  • 10.16.08
    Text Sandbox Text Sandbox

    Text Sandbox is a set of inline editable text boxes for your editing pleasure. Enjoy.
  • 10.09.08
    pixel01 Pixel Sandbox

    Pixel Sandbox is a live pixel whiteboard. Click on a pixel to change its color and draw something. Together.
  • 10.02.08
    Tilt Sensor to Live Web Tilt Sensor to Live Web

    Tilting my laptop changes the background color of a div element on a webpage. [Live Tilt] An applet reads tilt sensor values from my laptop, posts them to sensorbase.org, then a webpage running ajax reads the sensor values and changes a background color. LIVE. It’s super slow right now because I can’t figure out how [...]
  • 09.24.08
    p02 P.Life

    P.Life is a large scale interactive screen designed for the IAC’s 120′ wide video wall. In the world of P.Life, Ps run around growing, living, and dying, as the landscape continuously changes creating unexpected situations challenging their existence. Scenario Screen fades from black to dawn and rising sun along a horizon. The bottom third of [...]
  • 08.09.08
    img_1402 Chaam

    Our instructable on Chaam is up! Play! Charles Amis is the inventor of Chaam. Chaam from che-wei wang on Vimeo.
  • 04.13.08
    tetherlightr01 Tetherlight

    Tetherlight is a hand held light that perpetually points at its sibling. Two Tetherlights constantly point at each other, guiding one Tetherlight to the other with a beam of light. Tetherlight: Prototype 02 Rotation from che-wei wang on Vimeo. The devices are each equipped with a GPS module, a digital compass, and a wireless communication [...]
  • 04.13.08
    shining Feedback Playback

    FeedBack PlayBack is an interactive, dynamic film re-editing/viewing system that explores the link between media consumption and physiological arousal. This project uses galvanic skin response and pulse rate to create a dynamic film re-editing and veiwing system. The users’ physical state determines the rhythm and length of the cuts and the visceral quality of scenes [...]
  • 04.13.08
    img_09451 GSR Reader

    Galvanic skin response readings are simply the measurement of electrical resistance through the body. Two leads are attached to two fingertips. One lead sends current while the other measures the difference. This setup measures GSR every 50 milliseconds. Each reading is graphed, while peaks are highlighted and an average is calculated to smooth out the [...]
  • 04.08.08
  • 03.12.08
    dsc00465.jpg Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton : Ankle Support

    The ankle support is a low profile sleeve around the foot and a strap at the heel to connect to the air muscle. A shorter 12″ muscle connects the ankle support to the calf. The calf attachment is now constructed out of a single piece of leather with nylon reinforcement at the top to prevent [...]
  • 03.12.08
    dsc00406.jpg Air Muscle Connection

    The most common point of failure in all the test have been the connection at the collar around each end of the air muscles. The inflation of the muscle along with the tension force rip through the threads around the collar, so I’ve reinforced those points with rivets with some room to expand.
  • 03.12.08
    dsc00453.jpg Exploded Air Muscle

    This is what happens when you pump compressed air directly into an air muscle without a pressure regulator. Good thing I wasn’t wearing it when it exploded.
  • 03.12.08
    dsc00388.jpg Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton : V 01 Test

    After the first round of testing, I realized assisting jumping with pneumatics is nearly impossible. The size of the tubes and tank necessary to get a high enough cfm to actuate the air muscles at the speed of jumping seems too large for a lightweight wearable application. So, I’m going to concentrate on assisting walking. [...]
  • 03.11.08
    bigmac2.jpg Same Food Same Poison

    So if the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention is somewhat true, is it simply the established economic ties between countries that prevent wars? How about the shared experience of eating the same food? Listening to the same music, watching the same movies, speaking the same language, wearing the same clothes? Could a globalized culture [...]
  • 03.03.08
    homer_drool.png With Other

    How can we share our unmitigated desire for sex, eating, and drinking? Drooling, like blushing is often beyond our control. Good food, or just thinking of tasty food can make people drool. With Other is an amorphous teledrooling device. It comes in pairs, soft, and shaped like a smooth pebble. Each is equipped with a [...]
  • 02.29.08
    musclesuit01.jpg Soft Pneumatic Suit : Prototype 01

    I finally have a full assembly of all the major components sewn with thick canvas and leather. The small scuba tank provides the air pressure, controlled by an Arduino and solenoid valves. The basic operation of pneumatic muscle works. Air pressure at about 100psi inflates the muscle, creating a contracting motion of about 2 inches, [...]
  • 02.18.08
    pneumatic-muscle-solenoid-valve-test.jpg Pneumatic Muscle : Solenoid Valve Test

    I finally got the solenoid valve hooked up to an air compressor and and arduino board. Air pressure is regulated at 100 psi. It looks like I’m going to need bigger pipes to get more cfm for faster muscle actuation. The shorter muscle has an over sized braided sleeve, which I thought might help the [...]
  • 02.11.08
    trust.jpg Trust Vision

    1 Why should I trust you? Because you sound trustworthy? Smell trustworthy? Look trustworthy? How do we measure trust? Trust Vision is a personally biased trust measuring video camera. As each frame is presented, a face or faces within the frame are superimposed with trust ratings based on previous faces that have been rated by [...]
  • 02.06.08
    window.jpg Window

    Urban Computing : Window 1 Windows give a frame of reference, crops a view, magnifies a perspective. It filters and blocks. Window is the opening that mediates here from there. I would argue that windows are what give walls meaning. Without windows, there wouldn’t be a notion of “there” since the possibility of something else [...]
  • 02.06.08
    laser-tether-sketch.png Laser Tether : Sketch

    Here’s a sketch of how the parts might fit to get the laser to freely point in any direction. 4 servo motors work in tandem to tilt the laser head. Batteries and the circuitry is stored in the bottom half of the cylinder. I was going to have a mechanical gyro to have it orient [...]
  • 02.03.08
    telecursing.jpg TeleCursing

    Video chat is great, but maybe I don’t want to see your face. Or more likely, I don’t want you to see me sitting at my computer in my underwear. A less intrusive channel of communication, like IM, is often desirable but we lose several modes of expression when we only communicate with text. Could [...]
  • 02.01.08
    img_0800.jpg Pneumatic Muscle : Pressure Test

    The first set of home brew pneumatic muscles actually work. There’s no leakage and it looks like it holds well over 60 psi. The tiny air reservoir barely holds enough air for 2 actuations, so it looks likes a small scuba tank or a tiny air compressor is going to be needed. Weight tests coming [...]
  • 01.30.08
    img_0798-1.jpg Pneumatic Muscles

    Here’s my first set homebrew pneumatic muscles. I’m not sure how strong these are going to be, but it looks promising. The compression fittings aren’t being used the way they were meant to be used, so it’s likely that connection will be the first point of failure when it goes under stress. As soon as [...]
  • 01.30.08
    laser_caution.gif Laser Tether

    The Laser Tether is a hand held laser pointer that perpetually points at its sibling. Two Laser Tethers constantly point at each other no matter where they are on the globe. If my cousin in Beijing had a Laser Tether and I turned on mine in New York City, our lasers would point towards our [...]
  • 01.28.08
    muscle.jpg Pneumatic Soft Exoskeleton

    Pneumatic systems are clean, safe, lightweight, and reliable. In a pneumatic electronic hybrid system, electric components simply control the flow of air pressure, removing the burden of weight and kinetic actuation from electrical power to pneumatic power. The advantage is a lightweight low idle power system with high power kinetic impact. My initial encounter with [...]
  • 01.27.08
    taking-face-to-face-01.jpg Talking Face to Face

    Talking Face to Face is a networked communication system that detects the position of two users in relation to each other anywhere on the globe. Using a combination of GPS and a compass, the audio output is modified to create the sensation of the voice’s position and proximity to the listener. If Bob is in [...]
  • 12.30.07
    comp-form-cfof.png Comp Form: CFOF

    CFOF is an audio to visual translator that maps audio frequencies and volume onto a minimal surface (Catalan’s Surface).
  • 12.25.07
    img_0696.jpg AGS : Haiku Shake V02

    AGS aka Haiku Shake is a haiku generator. Tilting to the left begins the trickling of the haiku. Each haiku is generated randomly based on 3 haiku forms and a set of preselected words. To generate a new haiku, just shake it.
  • 12.25.07
    img_0704.jpg AGS : Haiku Shake V01 Shell

    4 layers of industrial felt hold all the pieces together. 4 AA Batteries, one arduino with an accelerometer and an LCD panel.
  • 12.23.07
    img_0665.jpg AGS : Haiku Shake V01

    AGS aka Haiku Shake is a haiku generator. Tilting to the left begins the trickling of the haiku. Each haiku is generated randomly based on 3 haiku forms and a set of preselected words. To generate a new haiku, just shake it.
  • 12.19.07
    momo on MAKE momo on MAKE

    Make: ITP Winter show
  • 12.18.07
    Momo on nytimes.com Momo on nytimes.com

    more coverage on the ITP Winter Show bits at nytimes.com: Object-Oriented Objects at N.Y.U.
  • 12.18.07
    nymag.com covers momo nymag.com covers momo

    Here’s a little write-up on momo and the 2007 ITP Winter Show at nymag.com. nymag.com : MoMo Isn’t Exactly the New Seeing-Eye Dog, But He Sure Is Cute
  • 11.22.07
    momo-a-haptic-navigational-device.jpg moMo : A Haptic Navigational Device

    Momo is a haptic navigational device that requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. It sits on the palm of one’s hand and leans, vibrates and gravitates towards a preset location. Akin to someone pointing you in the right direction, there is no need [...]
  • 11.19.07
    img_0439.jpg moMo : version 2

    -new compass unit calcuates true north in relation to itself and waypoint (so it points in the right direction even if you spin it) -upgraded to 32 Channel!! ETek GPS module -4 AA batteries powers the entire circuit with 5.6V at 2700mha -a new skeleton ( to be outfitted with a flexible skin soon ) [...]
  • 11.06.07
    What is ITP? What is ITP?

    “What is ITP?” was originally presented at ITP at NYU in the “Applications of Interactive Technologies” class November 6, 2007. Produced by the red GOAT team: chris cerrito, ja in koo, eduardo lytton, kim thompson rodrigo de benito sanz, xiaoyang feng, ami snyderman, and che-wei wang.
  • 10.31.07
  • 10.28.07
    picture-7.png Grass Type

    Grass Type is a virtual grass mat. Mouse movements send waves of wind across the grass, erasing the imprinted text which then slowly reappears over time as the wind dies down. (developed with Tim Stutts) Download grasstextapp.zip GrassTypeAdobe.app.zip (for Macs written in C and openGL).
  • 10.26.07
    slappable-huggable-radio.jpg SlaHuRa : Slappable Huggable Radio

    SlaHuRa or Slappable Huggable Radio is a FM and AM radio that uses an accelerometer (tilt sensor) to change volume and frequency. There are no buttons to press or dials to spin. Tilting the radio from side to side adjusts the frequency. Tilting it from front to back changes the volume.
  • 10.21.07
    momo-0-r02.jpg HND: Shell

    For moMo’s prototype shell, we’re initially cutting out cardboard sections into the egg shape. Our next iteration will be lasercut acrylic. Servo motors are counter balanced and secured throught the cutouts in the material. The GPS unit is housed at the top of the egg shape.
  • 10.19.07
    wk6grassscreenshot_1.png Grass: Brush

    A small step towards realistic grass in openGL and C. Grass responds to “petting” via mouse control.
  • 10.18.07
    HND: Live GPS and Vibe HND: Live GPS and Vibe

    Slightly updated code for incorporating vibe control via serial.
  • 10.15.07
    hndlivegpsscreenshot_1.png HND: Live GPS

    Here’s our Processing sketch for taking a live GPS feed of some guy in Kansas that never seems to move. The applet displays his location, our fixed location and controls MoMo, our haptic navigation device via serial connection. [HND: Live GPS]
  • 10.13.07
    m5screenshot_1.png M5 Sights and Sounds

    Step on board. Metallic cocoon. Shielded space. Muffled noises. Is there less inside or outside? I’m here. Beep at me. Do you know I’m staring at you? Noises and patterns breed deafness and sameness. Roaring sounds from the back shifts its pitch up and down. Coughs, sneezes, whines, and screams. It’s quiet. Or am I [...]
  • 10.11.07
    grass01wk5.png Grass 01

    I’m working on an interactive grass mat with Tim Stutts. Using the subtleties in the grass movements, we can imprint text or figures into realistically rendered grass, projected from above. Here’s my first step. . . Updated Here: Grass Type
  • 10.07.07
    img_0103.jpg HND: Weight Shifting

    Weight shifting sphere using 2 servo motors and a large weight. One servo is for z rotation, and another is for the x rotation ( or degree of weight shift ).
  • 10.03.07
    A Haptic Navigational Device A Haptic Navigational Device

    A haptic navigational device requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. HND sits on the palm of one’s hand and leans, vibrates and gravitates towards a preset location. Imagine an egg sitting on the palm of your hand, obeying its own gravitational force at [...]
  • 10.03.07
  • 10.02.07
    Cold Warmer Hot Cold Warmer Hot

    Observations on navigating and searching using cold, cooler, warm, warmer, and hot.
  • 09.17.07
    dsc09995.jpg Observation: Crosswalk Button

    At certain intersections, the city offers a push button at the pedestrian crosswalk with a sign that reads, “To cross street, push botton, wait for signal, wait for walk signal.” Hypothesis: People love to push buttons. It give us a sense of control. So, people push the crosswalk button. And perhaps they push it several [...]
  • 09.06.07
    img_0193.jpg Lab: Electronics

    First lab exercise. . .
  • 09.05.07
    Voltage Current Resistance Voltage Current Resistance

    It seems like the prefered analogy for voltage, current and resistance uses water with pressured tanks, hoses, etc. The waterfall analogy was the easiest for me to understand. If we draw an analogy to a waterfall, the voltage would represent the height of the waterfall: the higher it is, the more potential energy the water [...]