Dec 17 2011
First Project: I worked with Lain and the other Liz (as I endearingly call her) to create a part of the class Rube Goldberg Machine. We came together with lots of different types of junk including: a printer, a garage band drum set, blender, hotplate, lamp, and i think a keyboard. Non of us had …
Dec 16 2011
For my second major project, the midterm, I took apart a fax machine. The theme being dead tech I was very lucky to find a device which is set to go the way of the dodo soon. Email and other electronic communication standards were the death of the fax machine. While taking it apart I …
Dec 08 2011
Kate and I have decided to go with themes of broadcasting and who gets a voice. In the days that our vintage radios were made, the radio was the main focus of entertainment as well as news. Only a select few would get the opportunity to have their voice be heard. Today, with Utube, Vimeo, …
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 11 2011
Team: Larry Baker Parinot Kunakornwong Marisela Riveros Mark Schindel DAY 1 We pulled apart most of the e-junk we had. One of the printers still worked and had movement so we decided to use it for our machine. MATERIALS: Guitar Hero Digital Video Recorder 2 printers (new and old) Internet router After putting everything apart, …
Sep 06 2011
The garbage collection has been a little off these past two weeks because of the hurricane then labor day but luckily I found some pretty neat things! Not a lot of electronics but lots of furniture! Garbage Hunt Woodside Style
Sep 05 2011
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 02 2011
It was helpful to read the background on the Scrapyard Challenges. I had been initially interested in the class from an appropriation/re-using standpoint, and also provide low-cost ways and require little prior experience to physical computing. I realyy liked seeing the parallels drawn between these workshops and larger themes of of DIY, hacking and pop …
Aug 24 2011
Welcome to the course blog for the Scrapyard Challenge Collaboration Studio!