Project: ILI: Interactive Light Installation In my Physical Games and Interactive Media course, our group (Ashley Engelhardt, Jordan Fugate, and myself) had a full day of studio time to work on this project. Our project is a wall-mounted interactive light installation that visualizes users movements. As people engage with the installation, ...

It's unfortunate that our submission did not get accepted to the student design competition. I was hesitant to post this news because any form of rejection is a hard pill to swallow. After receiving this discouraging news, I recall a phrase a senior designer told me: "We learn wisdom from failure ...

This morning, I saw my car in the following condition. Later, I found this message in my inbox: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University’s Bloomington campus will be closed all day Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, due to heavy snow which has created unsafe travel conditions. It is expected that normal operations ...

Today I received a packet in the mail that contained my Arduino and my breadboard for my Physical Games and Interactive Media class. As I was closely observing the Arduino board, I was thinking what to create and what items (sensors or phidgets) I want to use. I'm fairly new ...

Now that I finished my first year of graduate school, I began sifting through old sketches, notes, and random printouts that filled my backpack. While figuring out which item go into the recycling bin, I found an amusing article written by Michael McDonough, an award-winning New York-based green architect. "Top ...