Physical Project Development Studio: Thesis 2024—Storytime
What is Storytime? Storytime is a miniature interactive experience that uses toylike miniatures to create a surreal dream-like...
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kantakanvay
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Textile Interfaces: Documentation
• E-Textile Tester I tried using this tester with multiple materials after making it (in and outside of class), and it works well and is...
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kantakanvay
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons Week 10–Prototyping 🤖
Original idea: Key Mechanisms: Mechanism 1: Boats moving and arriving at the port Mechanism 2: Streetcars and people moving Mechanism 3:...
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kantakanvay
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons: Week 8: Final Intro 📜
Poem #1: Nature Aria by Yi Lei *Most excited for* Poem #2: Mannahatta by Walt Whitman Poem #3: In the Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
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kantakanvay
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons: Linkages + Midterm Prototype 🔗
Linkage Inspiration: Linkage in MotionGen: Linkage laser cut model: Midterm Prototype:
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kantakanvay
Oct 5, 20232 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons–Week 4: Midterm Project Intro 📖
Story #1: (Most Excited) Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan In a tale from the Bhagwata and other Puranas, a young Shri Krishna questions the...
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kantakanvay
Sep 28, 20231 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons: Week 3–Prototyping a Simple Mechanism ⚙️
Reference: http://507movements.com/mm_005.html Sketch: Photo: Video:
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kantakanvay
Sep 27, 20231 min read
ITP Thesis–Fall 2023: Inquiry Space + Inspiration List 📝
Inquiry Space: Inspiration List (So far...):
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kantakanvay
Sep 25, 20232 min read
UX Design: Week 2–Design Research 🎒
Hypothesis about ITP Students using backpacks: ITP students want a backpack that will fit a lot of different stuff in an organized way....
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kantakanvay
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons–Week 2 ⚙️
Diagram of mechanical components of wind up dinosaur toy: Diagram of one mechanism:
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kantakanvay
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Fabricating Mechanical Automatons–Week 1 🦖
I went to a dollar store first but couldn't find anything purely mechanical for this assignment. So, I went to my local Target, and in...
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kantakanvay
Nov 1, 20221 min read
Physical Computing - Week 7
Asynchronous Serial Communications + Arduino with P5.js Lab 1: Intro to Asynchronous Serial Communications The circuit for this lab was...
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kantakanvay
Oct 21, 20221 min read
Hypercinema - Stop Motion Animation
Loops 1. Clumsy Pumpkin 2. Hammer
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kantakanvay
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Physical Computing - Week 6
Labs 1. Transistor and Relay In this lab, I learned how to control a high-current load/voltage DC motor (Gearmotor) with the help of...
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kantakanvay
Oct 13, 20221 min read
Hypercinema - Animation (Week 6)
Storyboard Collaborative project with Peter Zhang Concept 1:
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kantakanvay
Oct 5, 20221 min read
Physical Computing - Midterm Project
Haunted Dollhouse
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kantakanvay
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Introduction to Computational Media: Week 4
Loops This Week's worksheet had a few assignments that were simpler than last week but some were quite challenging. I think I struggled...
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kantakanvay
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Introduction to Physical Computing - Week 3
Tone and Servo Motor Lab 1. A: Tone Output Using An Arduino In this lab, I (finally) learned how to use a speaker as the output device in...
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kantakanvay
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Introduction to Computational Media - Week 3
Conditionals This week we learned to use conditionals (if statements) in our sketches. While I already experimented a bit with if...
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kantakanvay
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Communications Lab: Hypercinema - Week 3
Synthetic Media 1. Synthetic Media Example: Never Before Heard Sounds/Holly+ Never Before Heard Sounds is a music studio founded by Yotam...
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