http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis Thu, 08 May 2008 21:21:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is the PCB, fresh from Advanced Circuits. I threw it together and mocked it up with the battery from sparkfun for size. It looks like it'll be fine. For scale, I measured it against my thumb. It's a little thicker than I'd like, as I'm thinking about casting a ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=283 This is great. Artist and photographer Nina Katchadourian patches spiderwebs. "uninvited collaborations" http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=281 Over the weekend, I put together an early outline for the kinds of things I want to cover in my thesis paper. It needs another revision, and will undoubtedly be edited down for scope as I work. In this case, I tend to go too large in what I want ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=280 Here is the presentation I gave today (10.4 MB). It was pretty okay, I got some really good comments from Nancy Hechinger about how to frame my work and clarify definition. Useful... exactly what I needed to hear before moving into the final framing of my work before the presentation before ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=279 the last couple of days I have been working really hard to try to finish the anxiety prosthesis in time for my presentation in class today. Here's link dump of my progress. Generally, I put it all together, moving from sewing the two pieces together to screwing them together, adding ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=278 finished the sewing up of the boxes. took some glamour shots. The next step is to make a pocket-sized controller for the xbee and then it's done! whew! (besides calibrating and testing the lighting and stuff like that, but i want to have my little victories)        http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=277 Today felt pretty good. I cast a new, thin layer of silicone for the top of the alienation boxes and sewed it on. Then I put together a bunch of the pulley wheels and attached them to the back of the anxiety prosthesis.          http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=276 I took a break from the anxiety prosthesis to try stitching up the boxtops for the alienation prosthesis today. It's pretty tough. I have a decent stitch going, but the thickness of the silicone makes it hard to do around all of the sides. Spending like 6 hours for one ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=275 Today I finished sharpening the tool to cut out the shapes for the anxiety prosthesis. I got a whetstone, and went to town. I have a newfound respect for the skills necessary to do that kind of thing--keeping the blade straight enough to sharpen over the course of maybe a ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=274 Today I demolded the skin from the second round of painting on silicone to the plaster cast. Here are some photos of the first result and some in progress shots of the second.           I also got some aluminum and made a tool for cutting out the hackles from the second skin, ... http://www.thomasjenkins.net/thesis/?p=273