Over the coming weeks, you will define your project, compile a list of the parts you need, and then order some of those parts. On 3/22, you will share your project idea with the class.
1. Create a 3 minute elevator pitch for your project. What is the problem that you see in the public realm of the city (i.e., in shared spaces or with shared resources)? How does your project address this problem? Give your project a title.
2. Diagram your project. Using Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, or similar, create a simplified representation of your project. It might be a line drawing, a collage, or a basic rendering. In this diagram, answer:
- What are you sensing?
- How are you responding?
- Which electronic parts are you using?
- How will you power the project?
- Where will the project be located? (Be really specific — it can help to have a street-level photograph on an actual site as the background of the diagram.)
Label the different parts of your diagram.
You can look at the diagrams from last year’s projects on this website for inspiration (each final project includes the diagram).
3. Create a preliminary equipment list with links and costs. You may get equipment from anywhere. Some possibilities are available on the Resources page.
4. With the support of your group, decide on the subject of your tutorial and order the appropriate parts.
Be very specific with your tutorial. For example, it’s better to learn how to make a force-sensitive paver than how to broadly use a force sensor. If you are not sure if you have the right idea for a tutorial, ask me.
Following are two tutorial examples:
- Detecting Occupied Space Using Gridded Motion Sensors
- Creating Wireless Communication Across Separate Arduinos Using NRF24L01 Transceivers
5. As a group, present your project to the class. Share your elevator pitch, which will give us a big picture overview of the project. Then explain your diagram, which covers more of the details (6 minutes). Individually, tell us what you will do your tutorial on (2 minutes). We will follow this presentation by 6 minutes of questions and answers, for a total of approximately 20 minutes per group.
You do not need to prepare a PowerPoint—just the diagram is fine.
6. Submit your diagram and equipment list (both as PDFs) to Canvas. Please have one submission per group.