Pollie Barden Networked Journal, in progress...

About two weeks ago, I documented Pollie's project. It was great seeing her process from cardboard journal, pcomp journal/book design.

That's Tom Igoe in action, Professor at ITP, and author of Physical Computing books:

Book Design, this image shows the container for the pages of the journal. Note that gray material is conductive fabric:

That the back of the book, which contains all the electrical components:
(1) Breadboard that is designed in the journal. It has a wireless piece.
(2) Another breadboard that will be designed in another journal, which is suppose to be situated in another location. This will be hooked to a low-tech printer (that roll of paper), so it would print any activities of the journal (1).
(3) Copper fabric, which grounds the sensor, and helps its sensitivity.

For more information about Pollie, click here.

Andew Schneider's Sustainable Practices, 1/4 Projects

In an effort to recycle plastic water cups, frequently used at ITP, he decided to build this Wheat and Rye Grass Ecosystem. See, not everything at ITP is about microcontrollers, this is pretty low tech and beautiful. I wouldn't mind having one of these hanging in my balcony or even an office somewhere.

By the way, he also designed the ITP Winter Show 2006 postcards. It conveys human, enchantment, and possibilities.