Designing for the Internet of Things

(^122) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs In this regard, computers can be wonderful tools for exploring pos- sibilities. Thi ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 123 know my 1 ’s. so i move over 37 single beads. now, you have 37 and i have 37 , and ...

(^124) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs as Bruner or Dienne have built on these “constructivist” ideas, creating materials ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 125 textures, move our bodies, orient ourselves in space, sense changes in temperature, ...

(^126) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs f gure 5-4. i a collage of near-future tech (from left to right, top to bottom): a ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 127 If we look a bit further out: • Sites such as Sparkfun, Parallax, or Seeed offer ...

(^128) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs I can’t help but wonder what happens when ordinary, physical objects, such as the s ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 129 f gure 5-5. Edu tech (from top to bottom): Gamei desk’s areo, the Motion Math app, ...

(^130) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs GameDesk As exciting as Sifteo and Motion Math are, some of the best examples of wh ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 131 this, I take an ethnographer’s definition of technology, focusing on the effect of ...

(^132) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs Offers intelligent recommendations The unique value of digital objects is their abi ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 133 As with nearly all of Maria Montessori’s manipulative materials, these objects are ...

(^134) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs This left me wondering if this simple game, not all that effective with- out my pre ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 135 Here’s a walkthrough of how the interactions might work: • Placing one of these k ...

(^136) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs Farther Out, a Malleable Future In the opening scenes of the Superman movie Man of ...

LEarninG and tHinkinG witH tHinGs (^) | 137 But... What if physical objects could reshape themselves in the same way that pixel ...

(^138) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs which they can experience the simulation of an earthquake. The com- mon denominator ...

289 [ 13 ] Architecture as Interface: Advocating a Hybrid Design Approach for Interconnected Environments ERIN RAE HOFFER The Bl ...

(^290) | dEsiGninG for EMErGinG tECHnoLoGiEs The space that surrounds us is transforming to a series of intercon- nected environ ...

arCHitECturE as intErfaCE (^) | 291 Over time, architectural problems have become increasingly complex, driven by economics, te ...