Nearly a year ago, I created the ITP BlogBlender. This site compiles all the blogs written by current members of the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program community into a single digest. This fall has seen a flurry of server changes, software upgrades, protective adjustments and layout improvements–all in preparation for the next big rollout: This month […]
The Lantronix Matchport is an embedded WiFi module used to gateway serial information to the Internet via 802.11.b/g wireless. Normally it must be configured to work with a specific WiFi network, which means that can’t roam from place to place without being manually reconfigured. While this is fine for a device that will be installed
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Normally, I let my sister’s talents speak for themselves. However her new book The Terror Dream received such a flattering review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review today, I’m compelled to post a link and bask a moment in reflected glory. As her brother, I’ve always been a fan. This latest opus features
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Radio is tough to understand intuitively. There’s plenty of physics to describe its behavior, but it can’t be seen, smelt, felt or heard without special equipment. Radio waves travel without a medium, so the common terminology of “airwaves” is quite misleading. There’s no need for air. Defining it as “wireless” is not helpful. That doesn’t
These coffee cups always make me laugh. Monolithic corporations love each other. (Next week is my last here at Microsoft Research. sniff)
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National Public Radio’s Morning Edition show did a little piece on Botanicalls today. They made a genuine effort to be charming so give Steve Inskeep’s piece a nice listen. Thanks again to Josh for lending his voice to the Fiddle Leaf Fig.
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Spent the weekend with friends in San Francisco who are building an art car out of an Chevrolet El Camino. I helped design circuits for nighttime running lights and spent several laborious hours tweezing tiny beads onto the adhesive-slathered hood. The front of the car will be such varied designs of tiny colorful glass beads
Reuters did a lovely piece on Botanicalls this week. I was out of town so you won’t see me in it. Kate and Rebecca made agile and articulate appearances. Kati’s description of being drunk-dialed by the Cuban Oregano deserves many more public airings. I seem to recall that the following morning, all the other Botanicalls
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As part of my gig with Microsoft Research, all of us interred here in Redmond for the summer were invited to a BBQ at Bill Gates’ home. We arrived on shuttle buses after being stripped of all cell phones, cameras, metal objects, even pens. It’s ironic that the man who amassed a fortune selling technology
The Slinky Metronome is now fully operational. I gave a presentation and demonstration of it in Mechanisms on Thursday. The Slinky Metronome is a Sociable Object. It keeps a steady beat, based upon the period of the Slinky spring, and broadcasts that beat out via 802.15.4 radio to the entire ITP floor. Electronic musical instruments,
