Work shop week 26 - 30 september

The week of the workshop is finished and although there were useful things i learned from it, it did prevent me from doing work i had intended doing on media project. Anyhow here are some things I found interesting from the first talk on Monday:

The Highline In New york. This was cool because it was an unused railway track and they turned it into a kind of garden, its beautiful in contrast with its surroundings. It was a great way to make use of the space.The Hand From Above.
Interactive Architecture.

I also learned more about Arduino that may come in handy for media project, what you need for it and resources. I found these mentioned projects interesting, the hanging garden project and high speed photography. I love the hanging garden project I suppose it appealed to me because i have a huge interest in nature. The hanging garden project is a way of using sensors to let you know when to water your plants by turning on little lights, it also just looks lovely.

I learned about Processing, a software which is completely new to me. I saw how it can be used for motion sensing and other cool things so I downloaded it myself and I would also consider looking into this technology for media project. Another thing I learned about was QR codes which I think have a lot of potential for use in media project. Below is a the image I created at the workshop which is the logo of our project idea and an example of a QR code in it which would be used to inform about and promote the project.


Working with teams and people from different disiplines was good experience also, and I made some new friends.