Museums and the Web
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Mini-Workshop on Sensors & Microcontrollers
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Session
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April 8, 2011 - 10:00am - 11:00am
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Archives & Museum Informatics EIN: 77-0708617; GST / BN 887978914
Description
We will explore using the popular arduino microcontroller to sense users in a gallery space. This might take the form of switches, motion detection, automated counters, audio control ...
Comments
by Miriam Langer - Apr 13 2011 - 5:15pm
Thanks for those who attended...
Really. This was my first time talking about Arduino to people who weren't required to listen to me (aka students) and I loved hearing your questions/responses to the idea of introducing more microcontrollers in to museum & networked environments. There were so many things I didn't cover, but I hope some of you are interested enough to check out some resources and the large & growing community of users/developers. Thanks to Koven's invitation, I've submitted a proposal to do a half day workshop/group build session at the MCN conference in Atlanta, and if that works out I'll be teaming up with Michael Wilson & Chris Weisbart of LA County Natural History Museum, two amazing builders who inspired me to propose this at M&W in the first place. I'd love to get any comments & feedback before I try this again! Thanks, Miriam (@arduinogirl)