For our first session, we’ll get started by setting the stage for our hands-on activities. We’ll talk about context, our experiences and biases, our questions, the issues we see in our respective fields, and our goals. Then we’ll start making stuff.

• Hello and intros.
• Overview of modules that we will connect. (sensor system flowchart)
• Slideshows on Contexts:
  • HCI sub-fields.
  • Prototypes and Sensors.
• Overview of mobile platforms (developer/designer perspective, business perspective). iOS.
• Overview of prototyping platforms. Physical Computing. Arduino. Quick Start Guide. Dummies guide. Suppliers.
• Lab: Digital I/O with Arduino.
• Some preparatory reading.
  • MIT Tech Review, Business Report: Cities Get Smarter
  • Fast Company: NYC Hudson Yards as Quantified Community
  • Next City: Quantifying Our Cities, Ourselves.