My first Scrapyard Challenge experience was last fall, when we did the MIDI workshop as part of our Interface Studio class. I relate to the text in its entirety, specially about being intimidated at first, being a novice and not having any physical computing background. I remember I went into the workshop not knowing what …
September 5, 2011 archive
Sep 05 2011
Junk hunt
After hurricane Irene, I moved to the new apartment in East Village around Ave B-C. This assignment gave me an opportunity to walk back home after school and also to look around my neighborhood. Normally every night I always see that people put black trash bags in front of their buildings but never looked closely …
Sep 05 2011
E-junk Hunt
Thanks to this assignment I learned something about my town. North Arlington, NJ residents are not to discard any electronic equipment on the garbage, or the sidewalk. These artifacts must be disposed at 50 Disposal Road in North Arlington. You can take it there yourself, or call the Town Hall’s sanitation department to arrange a …
Sep 05 2011
Week 1: Reading
Response to: Lessons from the scrapyard: creative uses of found materials within a workshop setting One of the most interesting things to me about scrapyard challenge is how the class is going to be taught. I did not realize how hard it is to tech/learn skills such as hacking and circuit bending. This is another …