Still in the build process with more updates. Last week I got the first prototypes printed but the printer on the ITP floor keeps making it semi-spaghtetti and adding more friction to the gear than necessary. So tomorrow after class/work I am heading to LaGuardia Print Studio for a consultation and get advice on what material to print it there since they have more options, which will hopefully be cleaner prints. Once those are done I'll be able to actually test the full assem

Implement Clock Design I completely scrapped my poop clock idea/design because collecting the data led to inconclusive results. Instead, I decided to create a clock inspired by my childhood experience in my dad's village. Concept Growing up, there was a giant bell/clock tower in the village square that would ring on the hour. In the pre-cell phone era, you could tell the time outside your house counting how many times the bell struck, for example, 11 strikes meant 11am. This

Clocks I like So for this assignment I already knew of some timekeeper designs and found others that really got me thinking about time in different ways. My top pick is probably the Nitendo alarmo clock . Maybe because I love Mario or maybe because its "interactive" and Im in a "interactive" arts program. But it is this interactive alarm clockt that uses motion sensors and has different game themed sounds and animations, and I love how playful it is and how it turns waking up