Amanda Imperial

Game Designer | Artist

Final Project – Stage Three

It’s time to hook up the whole system. The three of us met one final time to set up the flute (our lovely assistant, Box Cat) with grapes and the … Continue reading

May 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

Final Project – Stage Two

It’s time to make this project interesting: we’re going to test out communication between an Arduino board and a piece of fruit. We had one lecture class on this process, … Continue reading

May 13, 2014 · 2 Comments

Final Project – Stage One

“Create a coherent interactive experience that involves the Arduino communicating with another device (computer, 2nd Arduino, MIDI instrument, etc.).Interactive = listening, thinking, and speaking from both parties. Whether it involves … Continue reading

May 7, 2014 · 1 Comment

For Fun, Let’s Make a Game.

For today’s class, we were asked to make a game using at least one of the things in the list below: Spandex                Lab … Continue reading

April 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Project Audio

Paul, Rebecca, and I teamed up once again to work on a project, deemed Project Audio. This was a smaller scale project for practice in preparation for the big final … Continue reading

April 18, 2014 · 1 Comment

Project Runway – Stage Three

Before we can get to sewing, we tried adding two more phototransistors to the project; having only one makes for only precise shooting. However, we had lots of issues connecting … Continue reading

April 2, 2014 · Leave a comment

Project Runway – Stage Two

Alright! So today was mostly experimental. We’ve never really worked with phototransistors, so this was a big step for us. We might have killed one in the process (we forgot … Continue reading

March 13, 2014 · Leave a comment

Project Runway – Stage One

And so begins project number two: Project Runway. Our goal is to make something wearable and interactive. For this challenge, we’ve agreed to take on a project similar to lazer … Continue reading

March 11, 2014 · Leave a comment

Blink – Stage Three

So at this point, we have working LEDs, and we know (sort of) how to get a pressure sensor working. We asked Professor Harris about our issues with the inconsistency … Continue reading

February 17, 2014 · 1 Comment

Blink – Stage Two

Yesterday was pretty easy, for the most part. We felt good about the scope of the project. And then today happened. We started by trying to get Blink working again. … Continue reading

February 13, 2014 · Leave a comment