6.810
Engineering Interactive Technologies (fall 2021)
(6.810 will not be offered in fall 2024)
Class content: Provides instruction in building cutting-edge interactive technologies, explains the underlying engineering concepts, and shows how those technologies evolved over time. Students use a studio format (i.e., extended periods of time) for constructing software and hardware prototypes. Topics include interactive technologies, such as multi-touch, augmented reality, haptics, wearables, and shape-changing interfaces. In a group project, students build their own interactive hardware/software prototypes and present them in a live demo at the end of term.
Schedule
Week | Date | Room | Lecture (1-1.30pm) | Lab (1.30-4pm) | Pset Multi-Touch Pad | Project | Notes |
1 | Sept 8 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Overview Inkjet Printing Cap. Sensing Laser Cutting |
Lab 1: Circuit Drawings for Conductive Inkjet Printing |
Laser Cutting (released): Business Card | CHI Deadline (Sept. 9) | |
Sept 10 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Circuit and Signal Processing for Touch Sensing Motion Sensors |
Lab 2: Sensing Touch from Inkjet Printed Circuit |
Intro Slide (released): make one slide | Michael at CMU | ||
2 | Sept 15 (wed) |
34-501 Zoom |
Multi-Touch Student Intro Slides |
Lab 3: Sending Touch Data to Processing |
Pset1 (released): Generating Fabrication Files |
Laser Cut Card + Intro Slide (due 1pm) | |
Sept 17 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Electroluminescent Displays Slider |
Lab 4: Touch Slider Spray Teams (released): enter team |
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3 | Sept 22 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Electrochromic, Thermochromic, Photochromic Displays |
catch up time, finish lab3/4 or work on pset1 Spray Teams (due): enter team |
Pset1 (due): Generating Fabrication Files |
Career Exploration Week | |
Sept 24 (fr) | IDC (N52, 1st floor) | no lecture, we are spraying today |
Lab 5: Spraying an Electroluminescent Display |
Pset2 (released): Assembling Circuit | Career Exploration Week | ||
4 | Sept 29 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
EL Display Circuit & PWM | Lab 6: Controlling your EL Display | Junyi traveling | ||
Oct 1 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
- Overview Group Project - Project Idea Presentations from PhD students (Track #1) |
Lab 7: Inkjet Printed Temperature Sensor |
Pset2 (due): Assembling Circuit |
Project Sign-up (released) (Track #1): sign up for project | Junyi traveling | |
5 | Oct 6 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Actuation & Communication: Shape Change, RFID, Wireless Power | Lab 8: Mug Assembly & Display Control Using Temperature | Pset3 (released): Sensing Multi-Touch Input |
Project Sign-up (due) (Track #1) (4pm): sign up for project | |
Oct 8 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
3D Printing for Interactive Objects | catch up time for lab7/8 | Add Date | |||
6 | Oct 13 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
3D Printing Technologies |
Lab 9: 3D Modeling the Lamp |
Pset3 (due, October 14 (thursday)): Sensing Multi-Touch Input |
Own Ideas due (1pm) (Track #2): upload your own project ideas | UIST 2021 |
Oct 15 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
The Future of Fabrication | Lab 10: Slicing and 3D Printing the Lamp | Pset4 (released): Visualizing Multi-Touch Input |
Rising Stars in EECS | ||
7 | Oct 20 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Interactive Textiles |
work on technical proposal and milestone plan |
Technical Proposal & Milestone Plan (due): upload to google drive | ||
Oct 22 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Vision-Based Multi-Touch Technology | Lab 11: Conductive Yarn for Creating the Lamp Shade | Pset4 (due): Visualizing Multi-Touch Input |
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8 | Oct 27 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Brain Computer Interfaces |
Lab 12: Control Circuit for the Interactive Lamp |
Pset5 (released): Touch Pressure & Gestures |
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Oct 29 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Haptics & Force Feedback | catch up time lab11/12 | Milestone #1 (due 1pm): upload videos | Family Weekend | ||
9 | Nov 3 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Maker Learning Tools | extra catch up time | Pset5 due: Touch Pressure & Gestures |
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Nov 5 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Health Sensing |
Lab 13: Drawing Rotoscopes |
Milestone #2 (due 1pm): upload videos | |||
10 | Nov 10 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Physical Displays |
Lab 14: Taking Photos & Photo Editing |
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Nov 12 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Shape Changing Interfaces | Lab 15: Video Recording & Editing | Milestone #3 (due 1pm): upload videos | |||
11 | Nov 17 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
no lecture |
prepare midterm presentation |
Drop Date (Nov 18) | ||
Nov 19 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Midterm Presentation (7 min talk + 8 min Q&A) | we will spend most time in class listening to your midterm presentations | Midterm Presentation: prepare slides | |||
12 | Nov 24 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
no lecture | optional group project worktime | Thanksgiving pre-travel | ||
Nov 26 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
no class | Thanksgiving | ||||
13 | Dec 1 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
Augmented Reality Photography Tools |
group project worktime | |||
Dec 3 (fr) | 34-501 Zoom |
Robots and Assembly | group project worktime | Milestone #4 (due 1pm): upload videos | at most one assignment due between this date and the end of the last class | ||
14 | Dec 8 (wed) | 34-501 Zoom |
first 30 min: Set up your Live Demos | Final Presentations (5 min) + Live demos | Final presentation: prepare slides and live demo | last class |