Touchstone Final Wrap-Up
Touchstone
The Touchstone is a device by John Finley, Angela Huang and Jeff Kirsch that allows users to exchange a touch at a distance. In its current iteration, it uses light to communicate touch across a room. In further iterations, the Touchstone will use an internet relay to allow a pair of devices to communicate from [...]
Posted at 12pm on 12/26/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Coursework, Fundamentals of Physical Computing | read on
Wireless Lab
In the final lab for Fundamentals of Physical Computing, we make a wireless doorbell using a bunch of familiar parts, with the addition of an XBee radio. After a little bit of configuration and some careful wiring, there’s really nothing new to be found here. The XBee simply acts like a “wire-free” serial connection, passing [...]
Posted at 12pm on 12/16/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Coursework, Fundamentals of Physical Computing | read on