In Creative Computing, I have learned a language called Processing. It it based mostly on shapes described by lines of code. Processing is the third language I have worked with, the other two being C++ and Netlogo. In Processing, I have worked with shapes...
I am Noah Thoron, and at 14 years of age, I go to the San Diego Met High School. I am taking a class here called Creative Computing, where I have learned a language called Processing. Processing was entirely new to me, but programing was not. I have wor...
DIY Robotics has been quite interesting in the first day. I had no real knowledge of the basics of electrical engineering before today, other than the ones covered by high school physics. At the beginning, all the information was rather intimidating, but ...
So far, today in DIY Robotics has been much more interesting than yesterday. The reason for this is that we were able to work much more hands on and more freely. Yesterday, we played with very simple electronic toys, but today, we were able to rip apart m...
Yesterday, we created very simple ‘bots from rubber bands, markers, and box fans. Their purpose was two fold: one, literally, to draw scribble art on paper, and two, metaphorically, to show us that robots don’t need to be programmed, with comp...
Following up on the last post, we did not use toothbrushes and micro-vibration motors to create robots, but did use markers and fans to make a robot that drew scribbles. More on that later. After that, we dissembled various appliances, like printers, DVD ...
Junk bots are really a type of sculpture, with an optional electrical function. They are often constructed out of left over parts. We took most of today to create our own junk bots. Most have basic electrical feature, like an LED, a motor, or, for some, n...
What I did today: Wrote three blog posts, and built a bug like junk bot from a mouse, and… that’s it. Going to see Harry Potter 7.5 later. What I thought of what I did: I like the bot, it looks nice, and lived up to my revised expectations. I ...
Well. Final day, final robot. I worked with two others named Justin and Nicholas. We had a good idea, but it did not come to fruition. The conception and design went flawlessly, but construction failed. We knew what we were going to do, but could not do i...
