Sense & Scale

A site to explore cultures, cities, and computing at varying senses and scales. Updated by Ar Ducao, with content from classes at NYU, MIT, CUNY and more.

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  • Announcements Welcome! If you find yourself waiting: Please start filling the 3DVE Intake Form. As we discuss the syllabus and the course, you are welcome to edit this form. Please start making sure you have the required software discussed in the syllabus, including Maya and a 3-button mouse, Unity, Adobe CC,…

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  • All projects are due BEFORE class begins. Projects 1-4 are now at the bottom of this page. Project 5, Due May 20. No late projects will be accepted unless you have an accommodation from the Office of Accessibility. For this project, I would like to see you build on one…

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  • If there’s a data source you’d like to use that’s not on this list, just email the data source URL to Prof D for approval. Textures Models Positional Data CODE SNIPPETS Stats and Demographic Data

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  • Email Prof for password Feb 4: Email Prof for link Feb 11 Feb 18 Feb 25 March 4 (with a 2nd recording from after-class office hours) March 11. Note that the recording goes silent at about 01:20:00 since we go into 1-on-1 sessions at the time. We also did a…

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  • Hunter College, CUNYMEDP 36500 – 01 (5598), HN 1001FThursdays, 3:10 PM to 6:00 PM01/29/2021 – 05/25/2021Online – Synchronous Professor Arlene Ducao, arlduc [at] mit.edu (temporary)Office Hours: 5:00 – 5:30PM on Wednesdays AND 6:00 – 6:30 PM on Thursdays. I will share my office hours link via email. This course combines…

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  • Making and Makers To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure by Henry Petroski Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing by Henry Petroski Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers by Mark Hatch Invent To Learn:…

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  • UNDER CONSTRUCTION! All dates are subject to change. Please feel free to suggest a (feasibly bookable) speaker to Prof D. 10/22: Rose Ampuero, NYU Assistant Dean and Tandon Diversity Officer 10/27: Julie Ciccolini, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 10/29: Joshua Ogure, Kibera News Network 11/3: Election Day: Prof D’s…

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  • (Formerly known as Made in the Machine: Cultural Practices, Sociopolitical Analyses, and Techniques in Digital Fabrication, Making, and Manufacturing) DM-GY 9103 G1/28/2021 – 5/10/20212:00 PM – 4:50 PM Eastern Online Loc: Online  Recent innovations in digital fabrication have made its technologies much more cheap, sophisticated, and accessible for people of many experiences. In this…

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  • Announcements If I forget to start recording when a guest speaker begins, please remind me to press “RECORD!” Thanks in advance. The TCS department is asking students to fill out this survey on asynchronous learning options for future semesters: https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0jmCuZC2cEavqjX Guest speakers from Session 18 (Multi-sensory reading) have sent a…

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  • Dear D&T students,Starting on Wednesday March 12, NYU classes will be held remotely via NYU.Zoom until at least March 27. Tandon Dean Jelena Kovačević has also announced that midterm exams (not projects or presentations) are being postponed. To see the latest updates on NYU’s COVID-19 Policy, please visit https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-information/our-global-communities.html#nyc What this…

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