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(table of IP allocations)

We will survey sensor types covered include:
resistive, position, inertial, capacitive, RF, ultrasound, magnetic and optical.

Build sensors from fabric

We will explore the major sensor integration systems, e.g., Make Controller Kit, Arduino, and CUI,

How to adapt existing sensors such as the Nintendo Wii controllers.

These are suggested projects to consider working on in the labs.

There is a ridiculous amount of hype again around Jeff Han's reviving of the multitouch display (http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/, http://www.fastcompany.com/video/player.html?bctid=769654555), thanks to popular mechanics swallowing Microsoft's hype: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html

Build a hemispherical dome version of the idea with a fisheye lens. This has better ergonomy for collaborative use of a surface since you are not bent over a coffee table and can have eye to eye contact with other people around the dome and it could be done on a large scale (e.g. at the exploratorium).

Build a better form factor than a coffee table: perhaps one that can be tipped as part of the interaction. There are new LED light based projectors that might make a really compact version possible.
http://www.mitsubishi-presentations.com/products/projectors/PK20.html

General compendium of policy for staff.

The goal of this project is to develop and extend our multichannel audio, gesture and data acquisition platform, RB-2, for LAN and WAN applications. The current generation of this device is connected directly via 100-BaseT crossover cable to laptop and desktop computers.

Printers available in the building, use guidelines, troubleshooting.

This video presentation in three parts gives a concise overview of the research described in this thesis.

A compliation of short goal-oriented tutorials related to CNMAT's Drupal website.

Troubleshooting

"Operation Timed Out"

Once when I tried to commit some changes to the repository I
saw this:

I am looking forward to meeting you all next week for the sensor workshop. As well as the lectures and workshop time we will be doing at least one field trip and will enjoy guest lectures and performances of state of the art sensor instruments including David Wessel's new instrument introduced at NIME2007 last month.

Never store "derived" files in version control. Check in only source files, makefiles, etc.; the results of the build process (.o files, executable files, Java .class files, etc.) should not be under version control.

## Leading minus signs

If a filename begins with "-", like "-foo", then SVN commands will think you're supplying a command-line option when you're really trying to give the name of the file.

Solution: refer to the file as ./-foo, as in

svn mv ./-foo +foo

## Umlauts

SVN fails in an ugly way when you try to check out a file with an umlaut in its name.

## Version numbers

Each external should include its version number as described [cnmat:node/272|here]. Packages of patches that we release with the old new Max downloads page can have their version and other information in the same format in a separate "infosource.txt" file.

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Every patch or [cnmat:node/272|textual source code file] should contain a comment listing the names of the authors and the year(s) it was written.

Software developed by CNMAT students, faculty, and staff almost always belongs to the University.

Each patch or external should have a help patch listing all of its features. The help patch should show how the object would be used in context and designed for easy cut and paste.

For a file named something.pat, something.mxb, or something.mxt, its help patch should be named something.help.pat

A generic help file can be found in the repository in /MMJ-Depot/baseline/support/

While not every patch implements all of these messages, these are some very common and desirable messages for a patch to understand:

• /gain Controls the Linear Amplitude of the signal output. Should accept an optional second argument to change to a specific amplitude over a number of milliseconds.
  

The central website for all versions of Subversion is here: http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html
But keep reading---you probably want to follow one of the links later on this page.