Designing Telematic Sculpture for Mediated Conversation
Judith Donath, Karrie Karahalios
Mon Jan 16 thru Thu Jan 19, 10:30am-12:30pm, E15-335
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Jan-2006
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
We have been commissioned to create a set of telematic sculptures that will be publicly exhibited as part of the the ISEA festival in San Jose in August 2006. These human scale artworks will exist in a cafe where they will enable remote users to communicate with patrons of the cafe.
This course will explore the design of these telematic sculptures. We will cover topics including facial cognition, non-linguistic speech components, and expressive animation. We will create prototypes of several designs, including the remote interface used to control them, the physical design of the sculpture, and its interactive components.
Web: http://\\hub.media.mit.edu\mas\social\web\projects\ISEA2006\ChitChatClub\IAP06.html
Contact: Judith Donath, E15-392, x3-5098, judith@media.mit.edu
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Interactive Toy Design Studio
Interactive Toy Design Studio
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 12-03:00pm, MIT Media Lab
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2006
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 50.00 for costs of prototyping materials such as paper, wood, plastic,
This studio will introduce students to fundamentals of interactive toy design and introduce basic design techniques and principles. Students will build several toy prototypes in this class. We will review of related theory from the fields of design, fine art, education and cognitive science, and focus on fast ideation and implementation of ideas. Some readings related to design and learning will be required, but the majority of the course will be spend doing hands-on building. To get in three full weeks, we will start the first day of IAP, so those planning to take the IAP class should be able to be on campus for all of IAP.
Web: http://web.media.mit.edu/~hayes/IAP-toy.html
Contact: Hayes Raffle, (617) 253-0185, hayes@media.mit.edu
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Taming the Borg: Design Principles for Transparent Use
Joseph Dvorak, Motorola
Thu Jan 12, 01-05:00pm, E15-335
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2006
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Ever wonder why electronic devices are so hard to use? This workshop discusses design principles that encourage transparent use. It introduces the concept of Operational Inertia and discusses several principles that seek to minimize it. Originally applied to wearable devices and cell phones, these principles can be applied to any device or service requiring human interaction.
Examples of the application of the design principles will be given. Participants will have a chance to apply the principles to the design of new devices and services minimizing Operational Inertia.
Contact: Joseph Dvorak,, E15-329, 253-0329, j.dvorak@media.mit.edu
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What is the $100 Laptop and How Can I Participate?
Walter Bender, Mako Hill, David Cavallo
Thu Jan 12, 06-09:00pm, e15-283a
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop -- a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. In this workshop, we will describe the current state of the hardware and software and brainstorm as to how MIT community members can contribute to the project. Pizza will be served.
Web: http://laptop.media.mit.edu
Contact: Walter Bender, E15-208, x3-7331, walter@media.mit.edu
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