Author Archives: marie

Life after DAT

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

Well, good old iDAT is done for me… The final year project is presented, the dissertation is handed in, the essays are written and the apps programmed. It’s an odd feeling to be finished at Plymouth, and the course has … Continue reading →

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HaikuNews

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Even though the 4D module is now finished (delivered my presentation yesterday.) I came across this lovely twitter stream, and had to share: @haikunewsuk This is Haiku News. All the news, and some reviews. Written in haikus. http://twitter.com/#!/haikunewsuk

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Showreel Storyboard

Posted on May 28, 2011 by
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Flash programming for my Social Tone Matrix

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Hooray! My project is working. Flash is looping through each column, on a 1 second timer, checking for keypresses. When it finds an active one, it checks its position. At the moment it’s just tracing the key, all I need … Continue reading →

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Showreel planning

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

I’ve reserved a nice shiny HD camera from the media hub to record my showreel. I think to showcase the project properly, it makes sense to include the full process – the ideas, inspiration, and other projects too, as well … Continue reading →

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BlinkM Music Visualizer

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

The BlinkM Music Visualizer project uses an Arduino, a LM386N opamp circuit and multiple BlinkM LED units to visualise music. The audio is fed through a mono input to the the Arduino enclosure, and the whole thing is powered by … Continue reading →

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Tones

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

I used Audacity to generate the 8 tones I need – one pitch for each row in the grid. These are from the pentatonic scale, which means that any pitches may be played in any order or combination without clashing. … Continue reading →

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Postcard and business cards

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Here they are in all their glory – I’m so pleased with how they have turned out! The photo definately does not do them justice… so you’ll have to come to the degree show and pick one up for yourself!

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Thanks Simon!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Simon and I met up to discuss how to get over the final hurdle of my 4D – getting the YouTube player I have built in Flash to accept the dynamic video URLs from the Yahoo Pipe. I couldn’t get … Continue reading →

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Keycodes for Flash

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

These are the keycodes I’m using. Flash is running a loop of the 8 columns of my grid, watching out for these keys. Flash’s response is to generate the tones – the top row makes the highest pitched tone, down … Continue reading →

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