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NewSchool Dining iPhone App

For my second Major Studio 2 project, I got my inspiration from when I went for a lunch at the University Center's cafeteria. It was one of those moments when you're having meal alone by yourself and your thoughts started wandering around and eventually inspired you to do a project with it. Back then I came in its rush hour, between the donut hole of classes around 3 PM to 3.50 PM, so the lines were reaaaaallly long. The next thing I know, I presented my solution idea to Anthony and here's what I've got after three weeks of concept development, user research and prototype implementation:

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Interactive Foodie Tour Guide: Best Pizza in NYC

I've always enjoyed creating projects based on my interest, especially when it comes to food. I remember there was this one time I had a deadline to present a new 2-week project for Major Studio, and I had sudden cravings of NYC pizza. You know, just that plain classic cheese slice that just got out of the brick oven, its size so big you have to eat it like the locals: by folding it half-way so it's easier to eat and also to prevent all the yummy oily drips from getting out of place. Guys, the pizzas in NYC are serious business. If you live in NYC without ever exploring its pizza scheme, someday it will probably be your biggest regret when you're leaving this city. 

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Beautiful Harmony: Sine Wave Modulation Experiment in oF

I never thought that less than 30 lines of code could result in something so beautiful like this. One of the reasons I love openFrameworks for generative art and animation like this. In this exercise I was just playing around with sine wave modulation with multiple elements. Code available on my Github page!

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In Your Face: openFrameworks & FaceShift

In Your Face is a physical installation that explores the relationship between human — our body, mind, and soul — and reflective surfaces such as glass, screens and mirrors. It is a two-way mirror projection in form of a 12’’ x 12’’ transparent box that enables people to see themselves in different kinds of 3D virtual avatars.

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FUTUNE: A Python + Thermal Printer Experiment

My final project for the "Future Gadgets" class is what I called “FUTUNE”, and the storyboard concept is as follows:

The year is 2084, we’ve discovered the wormhole (Einstein-Rosen bridge) that connects us to another world. This world is actually our world but in the future (see wormhome diagram below). We are trying to find ways to communicate with our future selves through this wormhole. We start looking for signs from the universe. ...

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OF Sound Visualizer with & without FaceTracking

For my CCLAB OpenFrameworks Final, I wanted to make something with similar concept as my previous Arduino project. So I'm exploring how to make Sound Visualizer in OpenFrameworks using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) library and a couple of other addons. Here's what I've got so far:

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Music Visualizer with Emoticons Using DigiPixel & Arduino

For my CCLAB Arduino Final we have to make something that has both input, output, and also inject some personality into it. So I made this music visualizer that will show smiley face as long as the music is not too loud, and gives annoyed face whenever the surrounding music is too loud.

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Hacking an Old Red Landline Phone with Arduino

So we've had this two-week long “Extended 7x7 Project” for Major Studio 1 and I decided to continue working on my old red, landline phone. The main objective of this project was to do a physical exploration of an antiquated object and see how we could reuse the same components to create or invent something new. In other words, it is also known as the act of repurposing an object

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