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Groups (of 3 persons)
Each group creates a challenge/assignment for another
group.
Each group has 1 hour to complete the challenge.
*Must use basic electronics and MAX/MSP in combination.

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1: Fun with Coordinates
Nathan, Jennifer, Gerardo
Communicate non-verbally entirely through the interface
to achieve a goal (of your choosing).
Facilitate communication between minimum of 3 people.
Outcome: (photos below)
Using
a l.e.d as a communication mechanism, a game piece (marble)
was navigated through a x,y,z coordinate system to a final
end point. Each of 3 players were assigened one direction
of travel. One player would press a button lighting the
led, the player holding the game piece would then move according
to the number of flashes, along their coordinate plain.
moving along the x and y plains, the game peice progressed
through the system 2 dimensionally. as the objective was
to get the marble into a raised container, the z character
was instructed to move up, x moved over, and z lowered the
piece in.
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3: Projectile
Kieran, Jesse, Brendan
Create a projection.
Must use natural light somehow.
Outcome: (photos below)
Kieran initiated a motor via keyboard input which rotated
a cardboard slat, and blocked out natural light projected
onto a light sensor. The light sensor engaged an actuator,
releasing a trebuchet-style catapult with a thumbtack
placed at the end. The tack was thrown over two meters.
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4: MAX Stilts
Use wooden stilts as a walking device.
Must use a light source of some type.
Must use MAX/MSP
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| Challenge:
Ian, Jesse, Carl
Using two objects, place one object into
the other object.
Use any method without your body coming in direct
contact with either object.
Outcome:
(photos below)
Jesse initiated a motor with a trigger switch which
rotated a cardboard 'gate', releasing an entrapped
muffin which hurtled down a tube into nathan's mouth.
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