First Assignments
September 5th, 2006For next week:
Please track your technology usage with this technology chart (pdf).
Try to be as complete as you can and remember the small tasks like television remotes and digital cameras. While kitchen appliances are not ‘tech’ they do have interfaces that make them hard to use under certain situations so if you want to review the task of using a stove or other complicate that would be great.
Welcome to the Class
September 5th, 2006Glad you could make it!
This class is about exploring the world of occupational therapy and the devices and tools that are used to aid people. During the next few weeks you will be exposed to several institutions specializing in different areas of rehabilition therapy and the various challenges and abilities of each patient. Many devices already exist in the occupational therapy world but what’s really exciting is the overlap that ITP has with the existing assistive technology industry. Since most devices stem from the simple switch that are taught in Intro. to Physical Computing, ITP has the added benefit of its creative nature. But what makes this class different than most is that it is co-taught with the Occupational Therapy Dept. of NYU and their students who are studying OT or working in the field. These students expose us to the world they work in, often inviting us to the medical center they work at and ITP is finally off the fourth floor. Can you believe it? A project that leaves the floor?
Together the Rehabilitation, OT & ITP students will create devices and software systems that explore new ways to design and engage people who require assistive technology.
This is going to be a lot of fun and hard work!! I’m getting excited already.
Tea is Serious Business
December 31st, 1969The tea that we drink is grown in foreign countries. That makes it easy to distance ourselves from all that is involved in getting the product to us. We don’t often think about the workers’ lives which are so inextricably connected to the growing and preparation of the foods we consume.
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