interaction design 3rd year studio

  • Connecting to RPi via Ethernet Cable

    There are a lot of how-to’s online describing ways to set up a Raspberry Pi without a monitor or keyboard, but none of them are simple or straightforward. This will be. I’m going to walk through how to do this on a Mac, but something like this should also work on Windows using internet connection…

  • Remote SSH Login

    To log into your Raspberry Pi using SSH try the following steps: In a terminal window in your Mac, type “ssh pi@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”, where “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” is the IP address you discovered in the previous step. It will then prompt for your password. Type in the default password raspberry and type return. (Note that this will not…

  • Booting up Raspberry Pi

    Once you’ve formatted a Raspian SD Card you’re ready to boot up your Raspberry Pi (RPi). You have a few options: Plug a keyboard, mouse and monitor to your RPi to get the full affect. Run RPi ‘headless’ without monitor or keyboard. Either way you’ll need to plug an ethernet cable to RPi and your network…

  • Preparing Raspian SD Card

    You can use the Raspberry Pi for all sorts of different things—some of which may require their own special operating systems—but to start out, it’s a good idea to get acquainted with the Pi by installing Raspbian, a Raspberry Pi-focused version of Linux. Here’s what you need to do. Step One: Prepare Your SD Card…

  • Raspberry Pi Basics

    The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little computer that fits in the palm of your hand, yet packs enough power to run your home media center, a VPN, and a lot more. This article attempts to cover the basics of this great little prototyping tool. The Raspberry Pi may be a computer all on its…

  • Command Line Cheatsheet

    This handy cheatsheet will help us with getting Raspberry Pi going. If you find commands that you think will be useful to add, please add them to the comment thread. CTRL + T check the status of ‘dd’ in progress (OS X) Scan Network for IP address: Open a terminal window on your Mac “arp…

  • CSS Transitions & Animations

    There are a number of ways of achieving animations with CSS3: 1. Transitions 2. Animations Similarities If you’re not looking too closely both transitions and animations look similar. They both allow you to: Specify which CSS properties to listen for changes on Set timing (easing) functions to alter the rate of going from a one…

  • Designing Meta Products

    Download Project Description PDF Designing the Internet of Things A computer processor such as Intel’s i486 used to cost around the same as a small car. Nowadays a chip with similar power is the price of a chocolate bar. As sensors, actuators and the technologies that let them talk to each other become smaller and…

  • Interaction Design Principles

    Download the Lecture Slides PDF 1. IxD Principles a. Design Values: Ethical: It does no harm, and hopefully improves situations Purposeful: It helps people accomplish goals. It is appropriate o the user’s context Pragmatic: it achieves business goals and fits within constraints Elegant: It provides the simplest complete solution It engages the emotions appropriately b.…

  • Interaction Design Process

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