SENSOR-BASED ELECTRONIC ART

 

Physical computing/HCI (Human Computer Interaction) explores how devices respond to and interact with human physical action. Students will create artwork that explores physical interfaces beyond mouse/keyboard/screen interactions through the use of microcontrollers and sensors. This course introduces students to basic electronics and programming, microcontrollers and sensors. Emphasis will be placed on the ways that the technology and interactivity relate to the content of the work. This class is very hands-on, which means that you spend a lot of time building circuits, soldering, writing programs, building structures to hold sensors and controls, and figuring out how best to make all of these things into a piece of art.

 

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