http://www.dk22.com/thesis babblings! Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:16:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Inside out the car: Personal isolation chamber as a new form of suburban community center. Car is used as connector and component in one diagram of technology user interaction http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=21 1.) laptop-connected to internet running the program Max/MSP/Jitter. This is controlling all the sounds, video, and uploading and downloading of information 2.) web interface-allows specific users to upload information to be announced(this would be given to various people in the community, and requires a password) http://www.dk22.com/SPLO/login.php 3.) blue tooth keyboard-exploded and scaled ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=22 Site Location: Chesterfield Missouri Chesterfield Commons Strip Mall located alongside Interstate 64/Highway 40 at the Boones Crossing Exit. Chesterfield Commons is a 2.5 million square foot retail power center, Chesterfield Commons considered the largest shopping strip in the US aerialPHOTOS of site Site Photos Night Photos info/research/zoning/permits Physical Design A structure of density and adaptive response Information Design aspects ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=19 The object is going to work for the people of the suburbs, it will be a way for them to gain information about the past present and future events of their community through the objects that are familiar to them. In coming to this conclusion I thought about what ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=18 Aerial Photos of Site 3D views and models Story Board of User Scenario Pre concept/function sketches http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=16 In order for users to get immedate feedback from the "object" it will be necessary to incorporate a moving structure. This will happen very slightly, but the movemnets will be noticed. A bunch of expanding and contracting little pieces of structure could essentiall compose the entire structure. ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=13 In order to create a working prototype for the thesis project, it has been determined that the "object" will have to have a few main functions. The functions will be determined by the following two conditions: 1.) how will a collective social space be created-will this make people socialize? 2.) how ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=12 THe object has many potential functionalities. Below I have analyzed these functionalities through the Default and Active Modes of the suburban parking lot object. Default Mode: What can people do while the object is being ignored? THis leads to the idea of calm technologies. In the article The ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=11 MIT bubble machine nice interaction lighting project bubble screaming object mirror tv project big box recycling this project is working with recycled big box architecture buildings, working for the community finding a re-use for the dead walmarts, and K-Marts. I really like this project becasue it is a an attempt at suburban renewal for ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=9 the suburban public space will be a large object that allows for manipulation by users in the parking lot and also has a second form of self control and action caused by remote users and sensing devices. the object will be touchable/effective/emotional/have character/simple to interact with/ and easy to manipulate. similar to ... http://www.dk22.com/thesis/index.php?p=8