For my midterm project in The Nature of Code I set out to create an interface to display data representing my electricity use at home. I have been thinking about how my actions, like driving a car or leaving on a home appliance, have consequences in the environment through carbon emissions, however the connection often […]
To better understand the function of a mechanical clock I made a simple Graham escapement, also known as a deadbeat escapement, based on a 3D print from user Dynasus over on Thingiverse. While my initial goal with this project was to find a method of counting days using a mechanical method I realized that I […]
After encouragement in class last week I did more research into flashing custom firmware to the Smart Plug I have been using to measure power draw for various items around my home. The default firmware and app combo had some severe limitations including limiting historical data to cumulative power use by day and also provided […]
This week I continued work on my primary measurement project to make better sense of how I use electricity at home. I began by making an inventory of every item in my NYC apartment that is plugged in to a wall outlet, of which there are 76, and measuring each of their electrical usage characteristics. […]
For this week’s assignment in The Nature of Code I used what we have learned about generating oscillations with trigonometric functions to create an abstract clock. My goal was to create something that shows the passage of time in an interesting, though not necessarily useful, way. This clock sketch makes use of the millis() function […]
This week in The Nature of Code I learned about techniques for simulating forces in P5.js using vectors and principles from physics. In brainstorming for this assignment the indie game LIMBO was a strong inspiration for the look and feel. Expanding on the in class demo of Gravitational Attraction I set out to write a […]
For the first half of the semester in Energy I will be creating two projects, one primary project on the topic of measuring energy and another shorter secondary project exploring kinetic energy. My initial inspiration around the topic of kinetic energy involves measuring time. My two favorite time pieces at home are an old Waltham […]
This week we learned about vectors in P5.js which are useful for calculating position and movement values in 2D and 3D space. As practice I rewrote code from my previous Random Walk assignment to use vectors to store coordinates. I also restructured the code below to make use of a Tangle class to generate objects […]
For this first assignment in the Nature of Code course at ITP I created a P5.js sketch utilizing the noise function to paint on screen. Since the assignment was open ended I did some brainstorming to set on a few constraints. A Google search turned up this example of random walk art that I was […]
In the week following my last update I have made significant of progress on my Smart Tiles block board. Over the weekend I was ready to start milling parts and worked up the courage to use the Othermill Pro available on the floor at ITP. The process of milling with a CNC is new to […]
