The Blog - Astrid Farmer

GovHack 2016

Aug 1, 2016 • Hackathons

Finally, after nearly a year of being jealous of people participating in hackathons, I attended GovHack. Held at UQ, and with a bunch of ...

Can't believe it's over!

Jun 1, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

I guess now it’s all over (well, nearly…). The exhibit was last night, and went so much better than I thought it would go. We got there a...

Week 12 Pre-Exhibit Nerves

May 28, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

I really can’t believe we’re so close to the Exhibit! It definitely doesn’t feel like 12 weeks ago we were just starting this course. In ...

Yet another testing session

May 26, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

Once again we set up everything for the installation, and once again I was eternally grateful to the gods of 3850 that we managed to fini...

Friday session, MozART lives!

May 23, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

On Friday, after watching all the kickstarter videos from the groups, we were finally able to set up and test our installation in it’s fu...

Kickstarter Video + Feedback

May 22, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

It’s been a busy week once again, how typical :DThis week all groups have been putting in the hard yards and frantically trying to piece ...

It's crunch time - Week 11

May 20, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

So week 11 has finally rolled around, and amongst a lot of panicking and desperation in the workshop from some other groups, it’s all smo...

Week 10 Reflection

May 18, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

Week 10 was a majorly busy week for team Good Vibes, as is expected this close to the showcase and to the end of semester. We have hit th...

Week 9 Recap

May 9, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

So this week has been way busier than I expected, mainly because I’m trying to complete my other assignments as early as possible so that...

A build I can't break!

Apr 29, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

On Thursday, the day had finally come where we were able to construct our fully-fledged installation. It was nice working on a build proj...

Finally achieved MIDI mapping!

Apr 21, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

I had a little extra free time on my hands today, so after having a few unsuccessful attempts at Midi mapping over the week, I decided to...

Prototyping Session - 3850

Apr 19, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

We have finished most of our work in the session today, but three of us are sticking around for the Google intern and graduate informatio...

More prototype progress...

Apr 17, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

So this week I started working on the prototype, mainly to get the Kinect stuff working so everyone else could start working on their bit...

Presentation & Prototype

Apr 14, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

Last Friday we were finally able to present our idea to the class, and we also had the opportunity to check out everyone else’s project t...

Finally in motion - Week 5

Apr 7, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

It’s been two weeks since my last post, and a lot has happened. The Easter break gave us the opportunity to kick off our shoes and forget...

Idea generation & The Edge

Mar 26, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

Having been put into a team pretty much straight away after finding three other like-minded people interested in the ‘Musical Performance...

Physical Computing Studio I...

Mar 21, 2016 • Physical Computing (DECO3850)

During week three, the main focus was on continuing the idea generating and formulating process, and starting to think more realistically...