Posts Tagged ‘ homework ’

ITP logo

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ABS-CBN Logo

ABS-CBN is the largest broadcasting network in the Philppines with a long history attached to it. It is the 2nd TV station to open is Asia following the NHK in Japan. It was originally known as Bolinao Electronics Corporation which was built by James Lindenberg. BEC was renamed Alto Broadcasting System when Antonio Quirino, brother [ READ MORE ]

Why you should not jump the turnstile.

One the first things they tell you as a foreign graduate student in New York is that you shouldn’t jump the subway turnstiles and I’ll tell you why. Sadly, the New York subway is my current form of transportation to the city and therefore have had lots of experience with it despite only having lived [ READ MORE ]

Serial conenction

Hooked up the arduino to the mac via USB and using Processing to show a visual reference to the connection which I’m manipulating via the potentiometer[ READ MORE ]

Servo and Tone

I think I’ve just made my own Theremin Machine. Or at least something to annoy the neighbors[ READ MORE ]

Typography

This week’s CommLab2D homework is about typography. So how would my name look like in typography? I’ve selected 3 serif and sans serif fonts to fit the bill. From my name it’s important for me for the font to have prominent A’s, M’s and D’s. It’s important for me to present the “A” of my [ READ MORE ]

Let’s play with electricity

This week doesn’t require any mad programming skills and just basic electrical know how. With the help of helping hands, this allows me to both hold the points together to get a reading on the multimeter and take a picture at the same time. Of course this one beeps. So does this one. Notice that [ READ MORE ]

Under pressure

Named after that song from Queen, now I have to program the arduino to recognize an analog input. Meaning, it’s not just as simply flipping a switch. This requires and entirely different mindset. Using a knobthingy commonly known as a “potentiometer”, it allows the light to switch on once you turn it past a certain [ READ MORE ]

What are the sensors in my neighborhood?

This weekend while taking the subway I noticed a number of physical sensors that I didn’t notice before. This particular button is not common in New York well at least I haven’t seen much of it in Manhattan. But pressing this button will tell the traffic signal light that there is a pedestrian who wants [ READ MORE ]

Blink that light

We don’t give it much thought when we turn on a light bulb. For us it’s just a flick of the switch and that’s it! So it shouldn’t be too much trouble. Or could it? I picked up the ITP PCOMP kit at the NYU Computer Store for around $93 including taxes. Inside it’s a [ READ MORE ]

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