Good Morning Class

Day 1 of the “Engineering a Paintbrush Made of Light” UCSD Extension Summer Course Definitely learned a lot today.  I was introduced to the world of FabLab and Processing.  This morning consisted mostly of discussion and, for lack of a bette...

Your very own Spy Pen

Day 2 of the “Engineering a Paintbrush Made of Light” UCSD Extension Summer Course Thankfully, the computers were not cleaned last night and all our downloads and work were still there.  Today’s plan, soldering IR LED pens and working w...

Processing 101

Day 2 of the “Engineering a Paintbrush Made of Light” UCSD Extension Summer Course–continued So this is the first time I have ever used any sort of coding, formatting or otherwise, so I decided to get a head strat.  It took a while t...

LEDs: An In-Depth Look

LED–Light Emitting Diode semi conductor light source an optoelectronic optoelectronics -> study and application of electronic devices that source, detect, and control light (gamma, X-rays, UV, IR) When a light-emitting diode is switched on, elect...

My First Project

Day 3 of the “Engineering a Paintbrush Made of Light” UCSD Extension Summer Course This morning was centered around doing a little bit of research on a particular subject.  Paul and I were assigned to work on LEDs.  Without even discussing ...

So…much…code

Day 4 of the “Engineering a Paintbrush Made of Light” UCSD Extension Summer Course Today was a lot of work.  We were working with Processing again, but doing things a tad bit more difficult.  We had to do everything from scratch, no source ...

"It's a MONSTER!!!"

Day 5 of the “Engineering a Paintbrush Made of Light” UCSD Extension Summer Course The week went by so fast, I can hardly believe it.  This morning I finalized my two projects, the “Eyeball Monster” and “Fire”.  The ...