人算不如天算
I was asked to make a blog for the NYU IMA Low Res graduate program. (I started with no tangible experience in interaction design.) Math is nature’s poetry, and these are just diary entries.
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I was asked to make a blog for the NYU IMA Low Res graduate program. (I started with no tangible experience in interaction design.) Math is nature’s poetry, and these are just diary entries.
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IMALR-GT-201-10
WHAT: IMALR-GT-201
My narrowed-down research topic will be the philosophy of wave-particle duality. I must admit this was slightly inspired by my previous project, as blood is both a tissue and a liquid. I might bring in the double-slit experiment. I might not. Once again- I guess “everything” is just the same “thing” experiencing itself on all levels.
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Research Plan
- November 8 - Project 02 research plan
- November 10 - Project 02 topic finalized
- November 14 - Preliminary prototype/sketch
- November 28 - Iterated prototype
- December 12 - Project 02 presentation
- December 15 - Documentation
Time is of the essence. I shall not be trying to tackle the Big Bang and subsequent predictions of parallel universes in the inflationary Universe theory. Ha.
I will be approaching this from an advertising perspective, which will be broken up into the following sections:
Define objective: to communicate the wave-particle duality that exists all around us. Everyday objects are typically seen as solid, stable "particles." However, at the atomic level, they are in constant motion due to vibrational energy- electricity... Everything is energy.
Define target audience: individuals curious about the "reality" of the world portrayed around them.
Identify challenges: requires physical computing (my favorite...), semi-theoretical concept.
Creative proposition: Resonant Realities (Name TBD)
Creative execution: a small device that detects bioelectric responses/ambient vibrations/tiny electric fields of everyday objects and converts them into a different sensory format (pulses, visuals, sound?).
[DISCOVERY CHECKLIST]
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Scavange the internet
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NYU Library Database
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Moodboard
- Talk to Margaret!
Books to read:
- Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark
- Against Method by Paul Feyerabend
[PLANNING CHECKLIST]
Prototype checklist:
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Initial sketch
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Initial pseudo-schematic
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List of parts necessary
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Sketch/animation reference
- Moodboard
[PROTOTYPING CHECKLIST]
Iterated prototype checklist:
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Proof of concept
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Some sort of skin designed
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Some sort of compartment if it's a physical device
- "Electricity"-reactive visuals
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Chat with Margaret
Highly, severely, intensely, oddly, genuinely interesting. Margaret studied physics (one of two girls in her department). She holds a polarizing opinion from mine. I tend to be in the realm of caring too much about the universe and its vast mysteries, while she has been freed from the burden of caring (partially in thanks to the book, Against Method). I’m curious to see how suggested material from someone who holds an entirely different perspective to mine opens my mind.