Prototype Dev Camp Blog

anyMeta 4.19.12 - Atom module 0.3.2 2012-05-29T14:08:22+02:00 http://www.mediamatic.net/feed/atom/146156/en Prototype Dev Camp Blog http://www.mediamatic.net/id/148743 2010-05-12T01:20:21+02:00 After Prototype Dev Camp We hang around on the tracks and at the Sur Place opening! <object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VWZ_iZ4XIYo&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VWZ_iZ4XIYo&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j41QkfKRt2s&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j41QkfKRt2s&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DQpluEq7RXc&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DQpluEq7RXc&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> Arno and Arjan finally try out the track that is finished (in the Mediamatic Bank). During the Sur Place opening the GoldSprint is finally finished! Team members: Arjan Scherpenisse and Erik Borra (on request of Willem Velthoven) Abstract: A Goldsprint is a bicycle rollers racing and social event. Riders on stationary bikes compete against each other in front of a crowd of cheering friends. <object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDE3LU_lbNo&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDE3LU_lbNo&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O7SgPlZBpI8&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O7SgPlZBpI8&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgeqyvJFErM&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgeqyvJFErM&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/148673 2010-07-20T13:34:27+02:00 Prototype Dev Camp - Day 5 Welcome to the Dev Camp blog!

Today we wrap up.... So debug your final codes and splatter some finishing brushes of paint! The camp is finished - let's see the results!

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148687/en/bmix-presentation"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/548/148687-400-263.jpg" height="263" width="400" alt="" title="BMiX Presentation" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - BMiX Presentation - Mediamatic.net" href="/148687/en/bmix-presentation">BMiX Presentation</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148688/en/fixie-pong"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/317/148688-400-309.jpg" height="309" width="400" alt="" title="Fixie Pong" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Fixie Pong - Mediamatic.net" href="/148688/en/fixie-pong">Fixie Pong</a> During the final presentations, to which friends and family are invited, it soon becomes clear that the students could have used another day of debugging. Some projects kind of work but are very fragile while others just really need one more day to work at all. If there would be more time, the projects would get a better exposure then they get right now. But that's not how rapid prototyping works at Dev Camp. During the presentations some projects partially collapse, while others stubbornly refuse to work. However, the Dev Camp proves to be a success when so many of the students, (but are they now hackers? - they did not stay up that late...), admit they never worked with Arduino, or other hardware. The camp opened up possibilities, doors and technologies and is at least from this perspective, a success! For more in depth documentation of code etc, visit the Dev Camp wiki: <a href="http://trac.mediamatic.nl/picnic/wiki/PrototypeDevCamp10">http://trac.mediamatic.nl/picnic/wiki/PrototypeDevCamp10</a> <object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8SzHDxktJ0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8SzHDxktJ0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7YYBrfHaMK4&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7YYBrfHaMK4&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> Fixie Pong (use fixie bikes as input devices for a game of Pong) Team members: Mick, Imara, Casper, Redençio In a game of Fixie Pong, the contenders can use their back wheel as paddle to play an old school game of pong. Finally the team did not manage to develop coop-pong. During the final presentation the prototype ran into a bit of problems and got stuck after. However, for 10 whole seconds the game actually worked and was a at least a (or 8?) bit of success! Casper Hofstede described the project also on his own page (in Dutch): "De uitwerking van dit idee was als volgt: Er is een centrale computer, op deze computer draait het computerspel Pong in Java. Om dit te bedienen is er een interface gemaakt met knoppen die via een Arduino deze signalen naar de computer stuurt. Op deze interface bevindt zich ook de RFID lezer voor het scannen en doorsturen van de ingelezen Ik tag. Het spel wordt vanuit de computer door een beamer op de grond geprojecteerd. Aan twee zijde van deze projectie bevinden zich frames met ieder een fiets. Deze fiets is een omgebouwde fixed racefiets, uitgerust met een vlaggetje, een rotary sensor gekoppeld aan een draadloze Arduino en BMX steps waarin houten verlengen werden geplaatst. Om het eenvoudig te maken om naar voren en achter te fietsen zonder om te vallen werden de fietsen in een houten frame geplaatst. Door de houten verlenging van de assen werd de balans bewaard, door middel van een versmalling was het niet mogelijk om naar links of rechts te sturen. Het software gedeelte werkte als volgt. In eerste instantie was er het basis scherm, wanneer één of twee personen hun Ik tag lieten scannen kon het spel gekozen worden. Door op de grote rode knop te drukken, starten het gekozen spel. Er verschijnt dan een scherm waarin de gebruikersnaam en afbeeldingen van de gebruikers geladen worden vanuit anyMeta. Na vijf seconde aftellen starten het spel." More here: <a href="http://www.cmhofstede.nl/eigen-projecten/prototype-dev-camp-10-fixie-pong/">http://www.cmhofstede.nl/eigen-projecten/prototype-dev-camp-10-fixie-pong/</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148691/en/team-paperboy"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/264/148691-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Team Paperboy" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Team Paperboy - Mediamatic.net" href="/148691/en/team-paperboy">Team Paperboy</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148689/en/paperboy-tie-wrap-troubles"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/830/148689-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Paperboy tie wrap troubles" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Paperboy tie wrap troubles - Mediamatic.net" href="/148689/en/paperboy-tie-wrap-troubles">Paperboy tie wrap troubles</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148700/en/arjan-finished-at-paperboy"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/705/148700-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Arjan finished at Paperboy" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Arjan finished at Paperboy - Mediamatic.net" href="/148700/en/arjan-finished-at-paperboy">Arjan finished at Paperboy</a><object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D-7VQ72MqOc&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D-7VQ72MqOc&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> Paperboy Team members: Gilles, Arno, Steven Paperboy is a game also based on a classic 8bit game, but translated into the physical - a cyclist has to race against time while posting as many RFID-tagged papers as he can. The amount of papers and his final time will be posted to his profile by using a Mediamatic API connected to the RFID technology. The Paperboy-game was almost finished by the time the prototypes had to be presented (the deadline). The final hardware constructions however, did bring some interesting experiences and shortcomings to the foreground. During the morning construction sessions, Arno managed to evacuate the whole Mediamatic building, by triggering the fire alarm with his steel cutter. Both Arno and Gilles encountered their limits while working with tie-wraps, which presented particular challenges and convulsive laughter while the fact that neither Arno nor Gilles ever hold a hammer was worked around by using duck tape, which however broke down during the final presentation (see movie). All in all the prototype was pretty fun. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148713/en/simon-says-presentation-problems"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/274/148713-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Simon Says Presentation Problems" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Simon Says Presentation Problems - Mediamatic.net" href="/148713/en/simon-says-presentation-problems">Simon Says Presentation Problems</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148715/en/simon-says-presentation-troubles"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/584/148715-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Simon Says Presentation troubles" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Simon Says Presentation troubles - Mediamatic.net" href="/148715/en/simon-says-presentation-troubles">Simon Says Presentation troubles</a><object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lfLfEdYaJ64&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lfLfEdYaJ64&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> 4-player Simon Says Team members: Xander, Marc, Nurullah While the concept of the Simon Says game was developed from the Ik-a-sketch idea, the game itself turned out to be closer to the classic, Simon Says multi player memory game. Unfortunately, for still undisclosed reasons, the prototype failed to function during the presentation. The hardware, build by Nurullah did look very nice. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148701/en/team-bmix"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/494/148701-400-310.jpg" height="310" width="400" alt="" title="Team BMiX" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Team BMiX - Mediamatic.net" href="/148701/en/team-bmix">Team BMiX</a><object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MyABJ-M12LE&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MyABJ-M12LE&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148687/en/bmix-presentation"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/548/148687-400-263.jpg" height="263" width="400" alt="" title="BMiX Presentation" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - BMiX Presentation - Mediamatic.net" href="/148687/en/bmix-presentation">BMiX Presentation</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148741/en/rigged-bmix"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/728/148741-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="rigged BMiX" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - rigged BMiX - Mediamatic.net" href="/148741/en/rigged-bmix">rigged BMiX</a> Sorry - the memory in my camera was finished.... BMiX Team members: Pedro, Thomas, Fabio, Saro The presentation of the BMiX consisted of a power point and the presentation of the BMiX, which did not function. The BMiX is a bike that makes music while it is used to drive around, by triggering parameters from the Arduino Lilypad, accelerometers, and pressure meters. It will be finished and on display during the Sur Place exhibition. uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147586 2010-05-05T17:24:13+02:00 /* Half an hour left!

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The almost hackers now have to create order out of chaos.. Today the projects need to be finished, so tomorrow they can be fine tuned!

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/148703/en/ubi-soldering"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/553/148703-400-319.jpg" height="319" width="400" alt="" title="Ubi Soldering" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Ubi Soldering - Mediamatic.net" href="/148703/en/ubi-soldering">Ubi Soldering</a> All the teams are working frantically on their projects, while downstairs the Bicycle tracks for the Sur Place exhibitions are getting shape. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147573/nl/bike-tracks"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/443/147573-400-257.jpg" height="257" width="400" alt="" title="Bike tracks" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Bike tracks - Mediamatic.net" href="/147573/nl/bike-tracks">Bike tracks</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147571/nl/bike-tracks"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/584/147571-400-247.jpg" height="247" width="400" alt="" title="Bike tracks" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Bike tracks - Mediamatic.net" href="/147571/nl/bike-tracks">Bike tracks</a> A dog is lying under them to guard the ramp from in appropriate use. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147566/nl/bike-dog"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/884/147566-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Bike dog" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Bike dog - Mediamatic.net" href="/147566/nl/bike-dog">Bike dog</a> While last night team BMiX was still working with Arjans Race bike, now they got an actual BMX to rig. The team hopes to mod the bike into a musical instrument with the help of a lilypad arduino, an accelerometer and some pressure sensors. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147077/nl/arjans-bicycle-sur-place"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/786/147077-400-269.jpg" height="269" width="400" alt="" title="Arjans bicycle sur place" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Arjans bicycle sur place - Mediamatic.net" href="/147077/nl/arjans-bicycle-sur-place">Arjans bicycle sur place</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147559/nl/bmix"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/891/147559-400-277.jpg" height="277" width="400" alt="" title="BMiX" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - BMiX - Mediamatic.net" href="/147559/nl/bmix">BMiX</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147558/nl/bmix"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/333/147558-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="BMiX" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - BMiX - Mediamatic.net" href="/147558/nl/bmix">BMiX</a>Of course a little bit of play is also part of the process<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147561/nl/bmix"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/857/147561-400-310.jpg" height="310" width="400" alt="" title="BMiX" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - BMiX - Mediamatic.net" href="/147561/nl/bmix">BMiX</a> Team paperboy is having trouble with their arduino. They can't get the relais to work. their problems last for about three hours.<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147567/nl/motion-sensors"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/615/147567-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Motion sensors" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Motion sensors - Mediamatic.net" href="/147567/nl/motion-sensors">Motion sensors</a> Maybe slight coffee resistance was a reason for them getting a bit stuck. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147556/nl/coffee-resistance"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/711/147556-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Coffee resistance" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Coffee resistance - Mediamatic.net" href="/147556/nl/coffee-resistance">Coffee resistance</a> Team fixie Pong is doing very well. Imara and Mick are adjusting the beamer to get a sense of the size of their screen, while Casper is working downstairs on the actual rails the fixies will be placed in. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147557/nl/beaming"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/099/147557-400-228.jpg" height="228" width="400" alt="" title="Beaming" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Beaming - Mediamatic.net" href="/147557/nl/beaming">Beaming</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147568/nl/basement"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/680/147568-400-254.jpg" height="254" width="400" alt="" title="Basement" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Basement - Mediamatic.net" href="/147568/nl/basement">Basement</a> The Simon Says team is almost ready. They only have to integrate the game play with the arduino and make the hardware. Error 503 Service Unavailable Service Unavailable Guru Meditation uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147137 2010-07-20T13:31:24+02:00 Prototype Dev Camp - Day 3 Welcome to the Dev Camp blog!

The third day of every Camp always brings particular challenges.

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147133/nl/the-third-day-is-always-hard"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/029/147133-400-171.jpg" height="171" width="400" alt="" title="the third day is always hard" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - the third day is always hard - Mediamatic.net" href="/147133/nl/the-third-day-is-always-hard">the third day is always hard</a> Yesterday the 5 different projects were chosen and development has started. Because of 4 and 5 May are national holidays (or at least special days) shopping wont be possible during these days of development. This means that today its time to make shopping lists! After that, everything will hover between installation and irritation, building and breaking, lumbering, sawing and so on.... The 5 projects will be: 1. Fixie bikes as input devices // Rails-fixie-Pong.¶ Team members: Mick, Imara, Casper, Redençio Abstract: Use the wheel, and possible the steer of a bike (or two), as an input device for the emulation of simple old school arcade games. The installation will use 2 beamers; one projecting down and the other one on the wall. The bikes on the rails can be used as input devices (joy sticks) for the paddles in a games like for instance Pong or Pacman. Other ideas are: Co-op pong within a circular pattern (try to keep ball in circle with fixed bikes). This could also be a try to reinvent bike-polo. 2. BMiX ¶ Team members: Pedro, Thomas, Fabio, Saro Abstract: A BMX is used to make music and video. On the bike, you can change speed, loops, frame rate, camera angle, etc. changes loops. Generate music based on the way you are paddling. Might also trigger booby-traps on the tracks. 3. Paperboy ¶ Team members: Gilles, Arno, Steven Abstract: fill papers with rfid tags. On the race track or fixed. Bins with readers, papers with rfid. Stats. Might also include traveling salesman problem. 4. 4-player Simon Says ¶ Team members: Xander, Marc, Nurullah Abstract: Based on the Ik-a-sketch idea. Multiple player memory game. 4 buttons with center visual thingy that indicates which color sequence the player needs to press. A group of people can achieve a score. 5. GoldSprint¶ Team members: Arjan Scherpenisse and Erik Borra (on request of Willem Velthoven) Abstract: A Goldsprint is a bicycle rollers racing and social event. Riders on stationary bikes compete against each other in front of a crowd of cheering friends. uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147384 2010-07-20T13:30:47+02:00 Failing relais, a falling ceiling and no light. -> That must mean a nightly hackerparty at Mediamatic!

4 days of brainstorming, coding, soldering, debugging, pro-bugging, designing, discussing, cycling and a lot of Reggae have turned (a few) of the students (almost) into true hackers.... ... or maybe they are just starting to look a bit funky ...

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147361/nl/steven"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/775/147361-400-268.jpg" height="268" width="400" alt="" title="Steven" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Steven - Mediamatic.net" href="/147361/nl/steven">Steven</a> uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147518 2010-07-20T13:30:22+02:00 Photoreport day 2+3 Prototype Dev Camp

Day 2 and 3 go by very fast. A lot of concepts are being developed, a lot of concepts bite the dust. The students undergo a lot of new experiences.

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146993/en/concept-development"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/886/146993-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Concept development" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Concept development - Mediamatic.net" href="/146993/en/concept-development">Concept development</a> BMIX-ing team is formed and debating heavily on their quite extreme undertaking: converting a BMX bike into a musical instrument. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147154/en/accelerometer"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/699/147154-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Accelerometer" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Accelerometer - Mediamatic.net" href="/147154/en/accelerometer">Accelerometer</a> First tests on modding a BMX into a BMIX <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146999/en/soldering"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/408/146999-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Soldering" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Soldering - Mediamatic.net" href="/146999/en/soldering">Soldering</a> The students start soldering intensely. Saro is creating a Arduino with radio shield. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146997/en/erik-geeft-arduino-les"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/138/146997-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Erik geeft Arduino les" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Erik geeft Arduino les - Mediamatic.net" href="/146997/en/erik-geeft-arduino-les">Erik geeft Arduino les</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146998/en/erik-geeft-arduino-les"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/827/146998-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Erik geeft Arduino les" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Erik geeft Arduino les - Mediamatic.net" href="/146998/en/erik-geeft-arduino-les">Erik geeft Arduino les</a> All the teams are using Arduino and need help programming. The trainers run around throwing codes and solutions around. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147022/en/failed-expectations"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/928/147022-400-197.jpg" height="197" width="400" alt="" title="failed expectations" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - failed expectations - Mediamatic.net" href="/147022/en/failed-expectations">failed expectations</a> But sometimes solutions bring failed expectations... uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147418 2010-07-20T16:45:18+02:00 Introducing the students

After 4 days of working together, its time to get the students a bit more in depth.

<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147421/nl/arno-veenstra"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/943/147421-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Arno Veenstra" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Arno Veenstra - Mediamatic.net" href="/147421/nl/arno-veenstra">Arno Veenstra</a> Arno Veenstra (22) studies AI at the University of Amsterdam. He is part of the Paperboy-game team. Arno represents the Lords of Dev Camp; during the ':lworkshop you can find him most often on his old school shaped skateboard. What he enjoys about the workshop is the opportunity to work with physical objects, which is not often the case in his AI studies. During the production of the Paperboy game, Arno is responsible for the anyMeta connection to recover and connect identities from the ikTag. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147422/nl/casper-hofstede"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/026/147422-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Casper Hofstede" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Casper Hofstede - Mediamatic.net" href="/147422/nl/casper-hofstede">Casper Hofstede</a> Casper Hofstede is working on the Pong project. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147424/nl/fábio-da-costa"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/304/147424-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Fábio da Costa" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Fábio da Costa - Mediamatic.net" href="/147424/nl/fábio-da-costa">Fábio da Costa</a> Fábio da Costa (22) AI master student at the UvA, originally from Portugal. Fábio enjoyed his last exchange so much that he decided to come back to Amsterdam and commit to his a 2 year master AI. In Portugal he worked for a music Label called Lovers and Lollypops and he took that hobby to Netherlands. Now he works as a paperboy for Subbacultcha!, to get free tickets to concerts and events. He never worked with Arduino before and enjoys the experience of getting to know a new platform and eating free and perfect Thai food. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147425/nl/gilles-de-hollander"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/771/147425-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Gilles de Hollander" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Gilles de Hollander - Mediamatic.net" href="/147425/nl/gilles-de-hollander">Gilles de Hollander</a> Gilles de Hollander (23) studies AI at the University of Amsterdam and has a background in psycho-biology. He is part of the Paperboy-game team. Besides his studies he works for a science-quiz production firm and plays the guitar in a small band. During the workshop Gilles is pleasantly surprised by the existence and functioning of Mediamatic. It seems to be a place that not only brings different people together, but is also very willing to assist them in the development of their projects. It is really nice to conceive the idea for a project, develop, tune and finish it, but it is also a bit chaotic. The only thing Gilles is nervous of right now is how the bluetooth component of the Paperboy project will be integrated in the Eee-pc, since the Eee-pc does not support bluetooth very well. Besides this, the integration of the hardware and software later will also be a bit of a challenge. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147432/nl/imara-van-dinten"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/476/147432-267-400.jpg" height="400" width="267" alt="" title="Imara van Dinten" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Imara van Dinten - Mediamatic.net" href="/147432/nl/imara-van-dinten">Imara van Dinten</a> Imara van Dinten (20) studies Technical Computing at the HVA. She is part of the Pong-project group. Imara is the only girl-student at the Dev Camp, but she kind of used to being the (almost the) only girl. Besides her studies, Imara likes to play RPGs and MMORPGs (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Rappelz). Sometimes she organizes LAN parties at home (in Lelystad). She also likes to program Robots and works as a web developer. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147440/nl/marc-hoekstra"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/907/147440-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Marc Hoekstra" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Marc Hoekstra - Mediamatic.net" href="/147440/nl/marc-hoekstra">Marc Hoekstra</a> Marc Hoekstra (21) studies information engineering. He works on the Simon says game. Marcs hobbies are php scripting, web design, lock-picking, gaming (Nintendo DS) and watching television (he has 38 favorite programs). He used to play Magic the Gathering but since everybody moved on to play other games, he is working to start his own Magic webshop, to sell board and card games. He really likes the look and feel of classic arcade games, although he was born to late to actually play with them. He describes his interests in these artifacts as a form of inherited nostalgia. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147450/nl/nurullah-koçak"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/229/147450-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Nurullah Koçak" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Nurullah Koçak - Mediamatic.net" href="/147450/nl/nurullah-koçak">Nurullah Koçak</a> Nurullah Koçak. (21) Technical information sciences at the HVA. He is working on the Simon Says project. Nurullah likes to read novels (historical and fantasy), to compute (browse the news and blogs like hack a day and to program java. He also likes to watch television and hang out with his friends at the youth association MGT at Bos en Lommer. Nurullah has some experience in working in this kind of projects, but never worked with hardware before. He has learned that he has to practice this a lot more, since he run into a lot of problems. He also enjoyed to learn more about Arduino. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147453/nl/radencio"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/216/147453-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Radencio" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Radencio - Mediamatic.net" href="/147453/nl/radencio">Radencio</a> Radençio Studies AI at the University of Amsterdam. Is working on the Pong Project. He likes studying AI because it is a still developing field - "in this studies you are continuously confronted with future possibilities". He is also the president of a company (specialized in innovations) that has been existing for 3 years. What innovations the company is responsible for can't be specified because they are still in development. Radençio also plays the piano, but never finished a piece because he is a perfectionist. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147457/nl/sicco-van-sas"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/164/147457-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Sicco van Sas" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Sicco van Sas - Mediamatic.net" href="/147457/nl/sicco-van-sas">Sicco van Sas</a> Sicco van Sas. Is working on the BMIX <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147458/nl/steven-roebert"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/965/147458-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Steven Roebert" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Steven Roebert - Mediamatic.net" href="/147458/nl/steven-roebert">Steven Roebert</a> Steven Roebert (22) 5th years student AI at UvA. He is working on the Paper Boy project. Steven Roebert is finishing his MA thesis on computing vision and does the Prototype dev camp as an intermezzo. He never heard of Arduino before, but thinks it is kind of an interesting machine and is happy with the working flow within the camp. Besides his thesis he is working on software development for the Iphone. What he likes about this kind of platform is that it is new and that many people use it, which means that the software he develops will not me lost, but actually be used. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147466/nl/xander-bos"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/644/147466-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Xander Bos" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Xander Bos - Mediamatic.net" href="/147466/nl/xander-bos">Xander Bos</a> Xander Bos (20) Technical Computing. He is part of the Simon Says project. Xander knows how to write software, but wanted to know more about hardware. In his freetime he sometimes codes demos on the Nintendo DS. Besides this he enjoys different types of music; rock, metal and chiptune. For a while he has been thinking about coding a music synth or one step sequencer and go on tour with a friend who makes music. Xander finds the prototype dev camp frustrating and tiresome, but also fun. He is not used to rapid prototyping and this is something very useful he suddenly learns very fast. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147491/nl/mick-pouw"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/332/147491-400-279.jpg" height="279" width="400" alt="" title="Mick Pouw" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Mick Pouw - Mediamatic.net" href="/147491/nl/mick-pouw">Mick Pouw</a> Mick Pouw (19) Technical Information Sciences at the HVA. In the Dev Camp Mick works on the Pong game. Micks hobby is modding Arduinos, to use other chips. At school he is working on a project with an air-train, for the Nemo. Mick enjoys the workshop at Mediamatic because he has never worked on Rapid prototyping before. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147494/nl/thomas-te-braake"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/903/147494-400-286.jpg" height="286" width="400" alt="" title="Thomas te Braake" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Thomas te Braake - Mediamatic.net" href="/147494/nl/thomas-te-braake">Thomas te Braake</a> Thomas te Braake is working on the BMIX project <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146999/en/soldering"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/408/146999-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Soldering" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Soldering - Mediamatic.net" href="/146999/en/soldering">Soldering</a> Saro studies interactive media at the HVA. He is part of the BMiX group as well. Saro has been working for Mediamatic as a intern a while back and seems to be happy to come back. He was also a volunteer at the hacker camp this summer and when he saw there was another event, he wanted to join. Also, before he attended a workshop with Ubi and enjoyed that; the potentialities of Arduino seemed very interesting. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147496/nl/pedro-polvora"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/660/147496-400-271.jpg" height="271" width="400" alt="" title="Pedro Polvora" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Pedro Polvora - Mediamatic.net" href="/147496/nl/pedro-polvora">Pedro Polvora</a> Pedro Polvora (22) is also working on the BMIX project. He is studying physics engineering as an Erasmus exchange student from Portugal. Pedro chose to come to Netherlands because he likes electronic music, design and art, specifically Northern European design (also on the web). Pedro is also active within the student life, organizing some courses and some other student activities. Now he is doing web design and travels a lot. uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147411 2010-05-05T10:39:23+02:00 /* Arduino lunch program

** ------------ ** ** Arduino programming seems to be something new to a lot of the students ** Sometimes they smile from ear to ear ** But today.... its extremely frustrating ** Let's hope lunch cheers them up! ** Created 3 May 2010 ** copyleft 2010 ** don't copy that lunch! ** Based on an original by mr. T (1952) */ int lunch = 13; // lunch connected to digital pin 13 void setup() { pinMode(lunch, OUTPUT); // sets the lunch as output } void loop(5) { digitalWrite(lunch, HIGH); // sets the lunch on the table delay(24hours); // waits for 24 hours digitalWrite(lunch, LOW); // sets the lunch in the belly delay(24hours); // waits for 24 hours }

uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1 http://www.mediamatic.net/id/147041 2010-07-20T13:29:02+02:00 When hackers and cyclists meet... ...hackers will eat tomatos with vegan couscous and cyclists will bike on remote-controlled dj bikes <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146996/en/arjan-sur-place-hometraining"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/048/146996-263-400.jpg" height="400" width="263" alt="" title="Arjan Sur Place Hometraining" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Arjan Sur Place Hometraining - Mediamatic.net" href="/146996/en/arjan-sur-place-hometraining">Arjan Sur Place Hometraining</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147020/en/food-for-cycling"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/709/147020-400-247.jpg" height="247" width="400" alt="" title="Food for cycling" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Food for cycling - Mediamatic.net" href="/147020/en/food-for-cycling">Food for cycling</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147021/en/food-for-cycling"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/616/147021-400-206.jpg" height="206" width="400" alt="" title="Food for cycling" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Food for cycling - Mediamatic.net" href="/147021/en/food-for-cycling">Food for cycling</a> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147154/en/accelerometer"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/699/147154-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Accelerometer" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Accelerometer - Mediamatic.net" href="/147154/en/accelerometer">Accelerometer</a><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146930/en/racers-finish-24hrace"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/735/146930-400-271.jpg" height="271" width="400" alt="" title="Racers finish @ 24hrace" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Racers finish @ 24hrace - Mediamatic.net" href="/146930/en/racers-finish-24hrace">Racers finish @ 24hrace</a>While the numbers 1+2 of the 24 hour race are still rubbing their muscles, the hackers already found new ways of augmenting the cyclist experience. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/147077/nl/arjans-bicycle-sur-place"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/786/147077-400-269.jpg" height="269" width="400" alt="" title="Arjans bicycle sur place" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Arjans bicycle sur place - Mediamatic.net" href="/147077/nl/arjans-bicycle-sur-place">Arjans bicycle sur place</a> But the students did not just limit themselves to Arduinos, soldering and coding. When their trainer Arjan did not pay attention, they slipped his bike into a home-training contraption and enhanced it with beautiful cardboard decorations that they could use to generate 'musical' 1 bit rhythms. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/146996/en/arjan-sur-place-hometraining"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/048/146996-263-400.jpg" height="400" width="263" alt="" title="Arjan Sur Place Hometraining" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - Arjan Sur Place Hometraining - Mediamatic.net" href="/146996/en/arjan-sur-place-hometraining">Arjan Sur Place Hometraining</a> Luckily Arjan was a sport and waited an hour or 2 before they decided they were finished exploring the never ending possibilities of linear acceleration. uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ http://www.mediamatic.net/id/17419 ARTICLE text 1