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CDRN Interactive and Sensing Technology Workshop
In conjunction with the Mobile Nation Conference
March 23 - 26, 2007, Toronto, Canada
Please visit: http://echo.iat.sfu.ca/mobilenation_workshop/
Mobile Nation Conference and the Canadian Design Research Network co-host
a multi-day workshop as a part of the Mobile Nation Summit conference
program. We invite you to participate in one of three hands-on
workshops where you will have the opportunity to collaborate, share,
and learn about new interactive and sensing technology platforms
developed for mobile devices. All workshops will be led by
originators or key members of the support team of the technology
platforms and environments.
Fees
OCAD & CDRN Affiliated Students $25
Non-CDRN Affiliated Students $45
Delegates $90
Space is limited, register early to avoid disappointment.
How To Register:
- Click here to pay for the Interactive and Sensing Technology
Workshop using our online payment system.
* Please record the Order# that appears on your payment receipt page,
for use in the next registration step.
- Choose your desired workshop (see descriptions below) using our
workshop registration form.
You must choose the same workshop for both days.
Collaborative Workshops
Saturday, March 24: 2.00-6.00 pm &
Sunday, March 25: 9.15 am - 12.00 pm
 MEE - led by Tom Donaldson
MEE is a powerful code-generator and library set for rich media
mobile applications, particularly those drawing on Bluetooth wireless
technology and GPS-based location information. The workshop will
focus on the use of MEE in the prototyping and development of a
mobile application. Starting with existing applications, workshop
participants will quickly develop their own locative and proximity-
based, rich-media mobile application.
MIDAS 2.0 - led by Tek-Jin Nam
MIDAS is a media interaction design toolkit for designers with non-
technical backgrounds to easily implement interaction design
applications, such as physical computing, tangible user interfaces,
and interactive media art. MIDAS supports simplified methods for
connecting your system to external input/output hardware and for
building augmented reality (AR) applications within Macromedia Director.
Arduino Fever: an introduction to Arduino, the open-source prototyping platform - led by Daniel Jolliffe
What's small, blue, open-source and a way to both design for and teach the craft of interactive
object prototyping? Vancouver Artist Daniel Jolliffe leads this workshop on Arduino, the little
blue open-source prototyping environment. Arduino is a global collaborative effort of numerous
universities, researchers and average hobbyists that has garnered over 5000 users since its
inception in 2005. Conceived as quick-prototyping tool for artists, designers and tinkerers
alike, the $35 Arduino board allows for interactive designs that include sensors, motors,
displays and a host of other devices. More than just technology, the Arduino environment
is also a global community of users that challenges the norms of electronics fabrication,
instruction and design.
In this workshop you will become a part of that global collaborative community. Participants will
work through a number of exercises that demonstrate and explore the possibilities of the Arduino.
These include the use of LED's, flexible sensors, switches, Servo motors, LCD displays, photocells
and relays in working interactive circuits. The workshop includes a demonstration of the new
wireless Bluetooth Arduino module, and a discussion of the resources available for teaching,
experimentation and collaboration through the Arduino community. Participants leave the
workshop with ability to prototype Arduino circuits, and an understanding of the project's
technical and social possibilities.
Participant info: This is an introductory workshop. No prior knowledge of electronics is required, although any you have will of course be helpful.
All required materials will be available for loan during the workshop.
Mobile Reality Check Workshop
Monday, March 26 (open to all workshop participants)
Interactive Project Lab, www.iplab.ca
Mentoring Session led by Martha Ladly and Suzanne Stein
Workshop Leaders
Tom Donaldson, Banff New Media Institute (Canada)
Technology and Mobile Platform
Daniel Jolliffe, Simon Fraser University
Arduino: an introduction to Arduino, the open-source prototyping platform
Tek-Jin Nam, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (Korea)
Interactive, Tangible and Augmented Prototyping with MIDAS
Sponsors and Partners
Mobile Nation Conference
Canadian Design Research Network
Mobile Digital Commons Network
Ontario College of Art & Design
Interactive Project Lab
Networks of Centres of Excellence - Canada
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