Oct 24 2011
Since I have been in the States for a few months, I strongly find an interesting phenomenon which is media in China focuses viewpoints so differently on one event from that in the States. Take the Occupy Wallstreet as an example, my friends in China usually ask how my life goes in the States, recently they …
Oct 22 2011
For my lost tech i chose an old polaroid camera that i bought a year ago at a flea market in new york. I decided to modify in order to create a lamp. Basically everytime you “take a picture”, the lamp turns on, when you release it, it turns off. I had many problems with …
Oct 20 2011
Atari 2600 Paddle control (1972) Osterizer Blender 8 speeds Purchased on or about 2002 Inspired on artist work… I wanted to use the controller in something other than a game, or replicating a game. I thought of connecting the controller to the laptop and use it as a switch control to play/ff/rew DVDs. However, I …
Oct 11 2011
Here are my notes from Neil Seldman‘s Talk about Recycling in the US to our class on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Neil Seldman Talk Sustainability, decentralization, democracy, development, solid waste New Rules – laws needed for sustainable economy Economic development in rural areas. Garbage, solid waste Municipal Solid Waste – throw out 250 million tons …
Oct 10 2011
Last Saturday, Xiaoye and I went to Upper West side for junk hunting. We started our route from 86 street to 77 street. When we considered to give up and find somewhere else to restart the journal, there came a junk wonderland, see fig 01, we were so surprised and jumped in immediately. Actually, I …
Oct 01 2011
After finally being able to test the voltage and whatnot, we decided to utilize the conveyor belt on the printer, while using the inkjet cartridge holder to slide down a pole attached to the top of the blender…I think we used some of the padding from the drum machine as well for the base. And …
Sep 27 2011
Parinot and WenChing At the beginning of the class, I totally had no idea how to tell the grand and power and how to trigger these physical stuff. It seems that I still stand outside and didn’t know how to give help to another team member. Thanks for Katherine again that she agreed with my new …
Sep 22 2011
My group had multiple scavenged devices to take apart and consider: A printer, a blender, a light, an old hot oven plate, a drum table for an x box game–that we spent much of the first week just unscrewing things and seeing what we could find. I think we were all still very generally confused …
