Later MAX, HELLO Processing

After a rather interesting effort at max we have now moved on to Programming for Creativity, A unit that is sure to stretch my ability as a individual being a rather weak point, ( Barring only my extreme hate for SOLDERING!) But since beginnning it ive found that it aint too bad a programming language and if anything the main issue that surrounds the use of PROCESSING is understanding what you want to do before you actually touch the computer, I found in the first 2 days i would dive into code fresh and hope that i would be able to make an impromptu result based off on the spot decisions

This is alot like max in the way that once you understand the small steps of the process you are trying to achieve then you can focus on making the small steps happen part by part and then at the end look at how those small efforts together formed a greater piece of work beyond the small tasks performed

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Thats sounds better than i thought it would ;P

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PIEZO OF CAKE =)

Well today i went and searched the use of piezoelectrics. This was a interesting investigation and came about by the fact that i wanted to use a sensor that didnt involve a button so i performed some research on this element.

The piezo is derived from the Greek and means SQUEEZE!

This helps to explain the function of the piezo

The piezo is squeezed and then it senses a trigger that sends a voltage thru to the circuit board

This is used in appliances like lighters and speakers, but more to my interests it is used in electric drumkit as recievers and is also used in the GUITAR HERO drum kits =)

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POLYNESIAN TATTOOS

Well today i took a in depth look into the design and attributes of tattoos which are recognised for coming from the Maori, Samoan and Tongan cultures and looking at the diffrences in approach and more so the explanation associated with tattoo design


Ive decided to use a tattoo design on a long sleeve shirt to represent the individual countries.With this i also hope to set up a button setup that will allow the button to be pressed and interact with the max.msp patch to make a video of the corresponding countries war cry.

Lets hope it rolls ON!!!

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Design TIME

So over the last 3 days i spent a portion of my time designing and consolidating different designs that will suit the theme of my shirt ( POLYNESIAN CULTURE) I decided to use a long sleeve shirt as the template for my project, The main reason for this is that the long sleeves would act as an arm with different armband patterns for 3 Highlighted cultures located in the PACIFIC, Maori/Samoan/Tongan. these sensors placed on the arm are also there because it is very common for these cultures to hit these locations on their arms when performing traditional war cry dance (HAKA) with the pressing over an armband a corresponding video would show up form that Culture

BACK SOON
Gone FISHING LOL ( I Wish) =)

Human Interaction Device ( I ROBOT)

So we have been given the task to make an human interaction device that is based off a wearable garment (Clothing), Our ability to explain the relationship between the clothing piece, The movement forged by the body and the interaction on the screen will be vital to individual success in this task, At the moment it has been a brainstorming session but im hoping that in this program ill be able to integrate a few of my own personal loves, Music,Dance and Culture.

Back Soon

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