8 October 2013 
Potato Battery
For one of the forthcoming workshop at MERL, we might explore how potatoes can produce energy using a setup...
Extending Sound Box Capability
The (temporary) sound boxes have been updated so that they can be triggered via littleBits circuits. Each box now...
“Big” redesign
As the large playback-only soundboxes worked fine at MERL, and the small size of the last version made it...
24 September 2013
MERL Pilot Workshop Kit
The pilot workshop at MERL was based upon two main activities, both relating to sound. The first activity involved...
6 September 2013
Testing Session at MERL
Ahead of the Autumn workshops planned with Reading College, Kate, Nick and I have planned a session with a...
2 September 2013
Demos of Prototypes Smell Box and Sound Collection Modules
Nic showed us unit that could trigger smells which connects to Littlebits triggers. The box contained a strawberry its...
22 August 2013
Ideas on Tangible Programming
The projects examined in previous posts had a lot of interesting concepts and ideas- this is a condensed list of...
20 August 2013
3D printing
Reading University has a 3D printer, which we planned to use for this project. It uses ABS, which is...
18 August 2013
MERL planning
Kate and I are planning to hold a preliminary sensory session with a group from Mencap at MERL in...
9 August 2013
Selecting sounds
A circuit has been designed around the ISD1820PY chips which allows up to 12 of them to be used...
7 August 2013
Interaction test
Showing the sound quality and methods of recording/playback on the prototype. Still needs a better speaker and some batteries,...
6 August 2013
Testing Little Bits Extended Kit
Tested LittleBits Extended Kit with two brothers I know with Aspergers (Jacob, 15, Adam 9/10). Both are very able...
1 August 2013
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