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                                  ANDAMANS AND NICOBAR ISLANDS : ANET (brief documentation)
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'''ANDAMANS AND NICOBAR ISLANDS : ANET (brief documentation)''
  
'''Day 1 : January 10
 
  
The first thing I saw when I reached ANET was a keel back!! And im not a snack lover at all.
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===Chapter 1===
 +
=='''Day 1 : January 10==
  
We spent the first part of the day exploring the place using a “treasure map” as a tool.  
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The first thing I saw when I reached ANET was a keel back!! And im not a snack lover at all. <br>
 +
We spent the first part of the day exploring the place using a “treasure map” as a tool. <br>
 +
Literal landscapes.<br>
 +
We were split into 2 groups : A and B. I was in A <br>
  
Literal landscapes.
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=='''Day 2 : January 11'''==
  
We were split into 2 groups : A and B. I was in A
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Today, group A woke up at 4 30am. We left soon after a small cup of hot tea and went on our way for an intertidal walk. <br>
 +
Saw creatures we hadn’t seen before. <br>
 +
Walked on the cool soft sand. <br>
 +
Climbed across dead wood. <br>
 +
Shades of blue.<br>
 +
Out of control. <br>
 +
Textures <br>
 +
Sound <br>
 +
Bonding with the MassArt students. <br>
 +
Walking in the water while the tides increased. <br>
 +
Not knowing what im stepping on sometimes. <br>
 +
Finally, eating breakfast (eggs and poha) on the beach while a few people run on the sand. <br>
 +
DIY 1 : LED lights. <br>
 +
Sizing up for scuba diving. <br>
 +
At night we went for a sea krait walk <br>
 +
Finding a pit viper near the bus. <br>
 +
Reaching the beach and listening to the sound of the waves on the shore. <br>
 +
Seeing how close the water is because of the high tide. <br>
 +
Finally spotting one slowly slithering towards the water. <br>
 +
Yellow lip. <br>
 +
Finned tale. <br>
  
'''Day 2 : January 11'''
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=='''Day 3 : January 12'''==
  
Today, group A woke up at 4 30am. We left soon after a small cup of hot tea and went on our way for an intertidal walk.  
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Mangrove walk at 8am. <br>
 +
Savita and Katya <br>
 +
Saw a lot of different kinds of mangrove roots <br>
 +
Learnt a lot about them <br>
 +
Fidler crabs <br>
 +
Mud skippers <br>
 +
First dog faced water snake. <br>
 +
Hermit crab <br>
 +
Viberations, disturbances <br>
 +
Sudden stillness <br>
 +
Adaptation according to zone <br>
 +
Snorkles <br>
 +
Observing the surroundings <br>
 +
Soft squishy mud <br>
 +
Smell of H2S in the air. <br>
 +
Chirpy birds <br>
  
Saw creatures we hadn’t seen before.
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=='''Day 4 : January 13'''==
  
Walked on the cool soft sand.  
+
Forest walk <br>
 +
Rain, sticky, slippery, scratches <br>
 +
Stillness, humidity <br>
 +
No sunlight, just green <br>
 +
Scuba diving training in the pool with Shyam. <br>
 +
Not being able to breathe through my nose: completely new experience under water. <br>
 +
Finally finding a rhythm. <br>
 +
Chlorine in my eyes. <br>
 +
Patient instructor. <br>
 +
Merging sea life and electronic equipment <br>
  
Climbed across dead wood.
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=='''Day 5 : January 14'''==
  
Shades of blue.
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First group goes from Scuba diving in the morning. <br>
 +
Helping Jackson with the oven : Anagha and me. <br>
 +
Group slowly growing. <br>
 +
Having fun with most of the MassArt students. <br>
 +
Mud paint on face. <br>
 +
Pouring rain, but still working. <br>
 +
Getting most of the oven done. <br>
 +
Ate lunch and bathed. <br>
 +
Beach walk. <br>
 +
Hot, blazing sunlight against the cool water. <br>
 +
Mild breeze, clear water, vast, empty space, grainy texture. <br>
 +
Shadows formed in the water. <br>
 +
Bed of shells, almost no marine life. <br>
 +
Hypnotising <br>
 +
Mesmerising <br>
 +
Change in the way things look <br>
 +
Studying change with found objects <br>
 +
Intertidal phenomenon <br>
 +
Jetty : learning about the fish from Asim. <br>
 +
Fish, Groupers, Lobsters, Bargaining, getting our dinner. <br>
 +
Working with the biosensors with other faculty. <br>
 +
Saul’s microscope : light <br>
 +
Long reflection session with the MassArt group. <br>
  
Out of control.
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=='''Day 6 : January 15'''==
  
Textures
+
Pouring rain, gloomy weather. <br>
 +
Jazz instrumental music in the background. <br>
 +
Couldn’t move out into the open much. <br>
 +
Listening to the pouring water. <br>
 +
Running to the library to try and do some research on the “intertidal phenomenon”  <br>
 +
Sound recording of the rain. <br>
 +
Interacting with Ashwini. <br>
  
Sound
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=='''Day 7 : January 16'''==
  
Bonding with the MassArt students.
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SCUBA DIVING. <br>
 +
So nervous…but in a good way. <br>
 +
Group 2 went in the morning. <br>
 +
Last group (me) went late morning, around 11am. <br>
 +
Woke up bright and early. <br>
 +
Had a really good feeling about it. <br>
 +
Was restless. <br>
 +
Finally walked to the beach to get onto the boat. <br>
 +
Watched the other group come back. <br>
 +
Slowly boarded the boat… <br>
 +
Introduction into the entire process by Umeed. <br>
 +
Put on our gear. <br>
 +
Clear clean turquoise water. <br>
 +
Back flip into the ocean. <br>
 +
Shyam taking me down. <br>
 +
Spectacular. <br>
 +
Breathing was so easy. <br>
 +
So much to see. <br>
 +
Holding on. <br>
 +
Touching the bottom of the sea bed. <br>
 +
Interacting with coral. <br>
 +
10m down. <br>
 +
Getting extra time. <br>
 +
37 minutes of pure amazment. <br>
 +
Definitely going back. <br>
 +
Got back to the surface. <br>
 +
Stayed in the salty water for a bit. <br>
 +
Hunger. <br>
 +
Getting back to the shore. <br>
 +
Walking back calmly and slowly. <br>
 +
Eating. Bathing, and walking back to the beach to watch the sun set and take pictures. <br>
 +
Recording the surroundings with Varun. <br>
 +
Getting back and having a reflection session with the MassArt students. <br>
 +
Scuba diving presentation by Shyam and Katya. <br>
 +
DIY exhibition. <br>
 +
Mikha’s movie. <br>
 +
BBQ dinner. <br>
 +
Lots of pictures with MassArt and ANET.Going back to Anugama. <br>
 +
Watching everyone dance. <br>
 +
Savita, Jackson, Pooja, Rohin, Krishna, Jo. <br>
 +
Bonding till 2am. <br>
 +
Getting back and falling asleep instantly. <br>
  
Walking in the water while the tides increased.
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=='''Day 8 : January 17'''==
  
Not knowing what im stepping on sometimes.  
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DON’T WANT TO LEAVE. <br>
 +
Last breakfast at ANET. <br>
 +
Diving certificates. <br>
 +
Group picture. <br>
 +
Last goodbyes. <br>
 +
Waiting for Faquih. <br>
 +
Silent bus ride to the airport. <br>
 +
Portblair to Chennai. <br>
 +
Chennai to Bangalore by train. <br>
 +
UNO and sleep. <br>
 +
Few hours later, home. <br>
  
Finally, eating breakfast (eggs and poha) on the beach while a few people run on the sand.
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=='''Day 9 : January 18'''==
  
DIY 1 : LED lights.  
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Lunch at Arzu and Jacksons place with MassArt students. <br>
 +
Realising that this is our final goodbye. <br>
 +
Crosswords, VIP and Chumbak. <br>
 +
Going home. <br>
 +
Not going to TOIT for dinner. <br>
 +
Anagha’s goodbye call. <br>
 +
Sigh.<br>
  
Sizing up for scuba diving.
 
  
At night we went for a sea krait walk
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===Chapter 2===
 +
=='''Day 10 : January 19'''==
  
Finding a pit viper near the bus.
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College. <br>
 +
First Draft Documentation. <br>
  
Reaching the beach and listening to the sound of the waves on the shore.
 
  
Seeing how close the water is because of the high tide.
+
=='''Day 11 & 12'''==
  
Finally spotting one slowly slithering towards the water.
+
January 20 & 21
  
Yellow lip.  
+
Visted various labs in Aditi and Srishti. The main objective was for us to be able to create a lab space of our own. <br>
 +
The labs we visited were : <br>
 +
Chemistry lab <br>
 +
Physic lab <br>
 +
Biology lab <br>
 +
The Dark room <br>
 +
Art Science lab <br>
  
Finned tale.
+
Explorations : <br>
  
'''Day 3 : January 12'''
 
  
Mangrove walk at 8am.
+
[[File:20 jan.jpg|400px]]
  
Savita and Katya
 
  
Saw a lot of different kinds of mangrove roots
 
  
Learnt a lot about them
+
[[File:jan 20.jpg|400px]]
  
Fidler crabs
 
  
Mud skippers
 
  
First dog faced water snake.  
+
[[File:21 - jan.jpg|400px]]
  
Hermit crab
 
  
Viberations, disturbances
 
  
Sudden stillness
+
[[File:21jan.jpg|400px]]
  
Adaptation according to zone
 
  
Snorkles
 
  
Observing the surroundings
+
[[File:jan 21.jpg|400px]]
  
Soft squishy mud
 
  
Smell of H2S in the air.
 
  
Chirpy birds
+
[[File:jan21.jpg|400px]]
  
'''Day 4 : January 13'''
 
  
Forest walk
 
  
Rain, sticky, slippery, scratches
+
[[File:january 21.jpg|400px]]
  
Stillness, humidity
 
  
No sunlight, just green
 
  
Scuba diving training in the pool with Shyam.  
+
[[File:21.jpg|400px]]
  
Not being able to breathe through my nose: completely new experience under water.
 
  
Finally finding a rhythm.
 
  
Chlorine in my eyes.  
+
[[File:light.jpg|400px]]
  
Patient instructor.
 
  
Merging sea life and electronic equipment
+
Later. we had a movie screening of : Peter Vogel - screening The sound of shadows 2011 <br>
 +
In the afternoon, we had a basic introduction to electronics. <br>
 +
We eventually learnt how to create our own switches. <br>
 +
This wasn't as challenging as it originally seemed. <br>
  
'''Day 5 : January 14'''
 
  
First group goes from Scuba diving in the morning.  
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'''January 21''' started with a reading called Study of Atelier Tradition and Goethean Science by Artist Daan Hoekstra <br>
 +
Our discussion based on this reading, was primarily about : <br>
 +
Part vs Whole <br>
 +
Nature as a Teacher <br>
 +
Learning to See <br>
 +
Order vs Chaos <br>
 +
Recommended reading at the end of the session : "Dr Faustus" <br>
 +
We concluded, that art and science are merging. <br>
 +
In the afternoon we had a session on the basic of Electronics <br>
 +
My concepts such as V =IR were reinforced once again. <br>
 +
We played around with the resistors : 1k 10k 120k <br>
 +
We learnt how to navigate through basic circuit diagrams as well. <br>
 +
Finally, we finished up with learning about varying resistance and how to work with that. <br>
 +
  
Helping Jackson with the oven : Anagha and me.
+
=='''Day 13'''==
  
Group slowly growing.
+
'''January 22''' : working on Capacitors and Amplifiers
  
Having fun with most of the MassArt students.
 
  
Mud paint on face.  
+
[[File:22 jan.jpg|400px]]
  
Pouring rain, but still working.
 
  
Getting most of the oven done.  
+
[[File:jan 22.jpg|400px]]
  
Ate lunch and bathed.
 
  
Beach walk.
+
[[File:22jan.jpg|400px]]
  
Hot, blazing sunlight against the cool water.
 
  
Mild breeze, clear water, vast, empty space, grainy texture.
+
[[File:capacitors.jpg|400px]]
  
Shadows formed in the water.
 
  
Bed of shells, almost no marine life.
+
[[File:amp diagram.jpg|400px]]
  
Hypnotising
 
  
Mesmerising
+
[[File:amp.jpg|400px]]
  
Change in the way things look
 
  
Studying change with found objects
+
[[File:mini amp.jpg|400px]]
  
Intertidal phenomenon
 
  
Jetty : learning about the fish from Asim.
 
  
Fish, Groupers, Lobsters, Bargaining, getting our dinner.
+
The morning began with a reading called - "Yearners and Schoolers" <br>
 +
Our group discussion touched a lot of topics. We debated if home schooling was the future, the need for a school environment etc. I got particularly nostalgic remembering life in school and how different the
 +
learning environment for me was. We questioned the value of a textbook as apposed to learning from experience. Personally, I like learning from experience. <br>
 +
The afternoon was all about connecting different kinds of circuits, playing with breadboards and I learnt how to solder! <br>
 +
We all created our first amplifiers and also learnt about the "potentiometer" and also about chips and different IC'. <br>
  
Working with the biosensors with other faculty.
 
  
Saul’s microscope : light
 
  
Long reflection session with the MassArt group.
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=='''Day 14'''==
  
'''Day 6 : January 15'''
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'''January 23'''
 
 
Pouring rain, gloomy weather.
 
 
 
Jazz instrumental music in the background.
 
 
 
Couldn’t move out into the open much.
 
 
 
Listening to the pouring water.
 
 
 
Running to the library to try and do some research on the “intertidal phenomenon”
 
 
 
Sound recording of the rain.
 
  
Interacting with Ashwini.
 
  
'''Day 7 : January 16'''
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Today we had a visit by one of Marc's friends from Prague : Andrej <br>
 +
He gave us a presentation on the kind of work he does and what led him to coming to India. <br>
 +
What stood out for me was his use of "video mapping" as a tool.  <br>
 +
Goa : Story of light <br>
 +
The afternoon was about trying to figure out a creative way of drawing and creating a functional circuit for people who may not necessarily know the technical components of a circuit. <br>
  
SCUBA DIVING.
 
  
So nervous…but in a good way.
+
'''January 27'''
  
Group 2 went in the morning.
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Tom's journey prototyping : process of making an amplifier
  
Last group (me) went late morning, around 11am.
+
'''January 28'''
  
Woke up bright and early.
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Speaking tree : prototyping the second stage of the amplifier circuit
  
Had a really good feeling about it.
+
'''January 29'''
  
Was restless.
+
Reading : Shop class as soul crafts by Matthew B Crawford
  
Finally walked to the beach to get onto the boat.
+
Discussion :
  
Watched the other group come back.  
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- Definition of craftsmanship.
  
Slowly boarded the boat…
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- Shared memories attach to the material souvenirs of our lives, and producing them is a kind of communication with others and with the future.
  
Introduction into the entire process by Umeed.  
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-  The craftsman is proud of what he has made, and cherishes it, while to consumer discards things that are perfectly serviceable in his restless pursuit of the new.
  
Put on our gear.  
+
Getting to know about "Hacteria.org".
  
Clear clean turquoise water.
+
'''January 30'''
  
Back flip into the ocean.
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- Creating a mandala.
  
Shyam taking me down.
+
- Introductory to scratch and makey makey
  
Spectacular.
+
'''February 3'''
  
Breathing was so easy.  
+
Using a nandgate to make a multiple switch.
  
So much to see.  
+
[[File:multiple switch.jpg|400px]]
  
Holding on.  
+
[[File:multiple light front.jpg|400px]]
  
Touching the bottom of the sea bed.  
+
[[File:multiple light back.jpg|400px]]
  
Interacting with coral.
+
'''February 5'''
  
10m down.
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Research on pasco's, ardvino's, scratch and makey makey.
  
Getting extra time.
+
Reading: Play and Games by Nick Paumgarten
  
37 minutes of pure amazment.  
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- Beaker switch : [[File:beaker switch.jpg|400px]]
  
Definitely going back.
+
'''February 6'''
  
Got back to the surface.  
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- Brainstorming on what an extreme space is.  
  
Stayed in the salty water for a bit.  
+
- Research based on the existence of the intertidal zone.
  
Hunger.
+
'''February 9'''
  
Getting back to the shore.
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- Exploring the Eklavya box.
  
Walking back calmly and slowly.  
+
- Creating an experiment number 1 with the contents of the box.
  
Eating. Bathing, and walking back to the beach to watch the sun set and take pictures.
+
- Experiment number 2
  
Recording the surroundings with Varun.
+
'''February 10'''
  
Getting back and having a reflection session with the MassArt students.
+
- Fantasy DIY kit
  
Scuba diving presentation by Shyam and Katya.  
+
- Brainstorming many ideas of what the kit can contain.
  
DIY exhibition.
+
'''February 11'''
  
Mikha’s movie.
+
- Research based on different elements related to the different kits we all came up with.  
  
BBQ dinner.
+
'''February 12'''
  
Lots of pictures with MassArt and ANET.
+
- Proposal writing.  
  
Going back to Anugama.
 
  
Watching everyone dance.
+
'''Making'''
  
Savita, Jackson, Pooja, Rohin, Krishna, Jo.
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[[File:microscope1.jpg|400px]]
 +
microscope made from a webcam.
  
Bonding till 2am.
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[[File:fan1.jpg|400px]]
 +
fan made with coloured transparent paper, and a motor.
  
Getting back and falling asleep instantly.  
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[[File:bug1.jpg|400px]]
 +
bug.
  
 +
[[File:bugs72dpi.jpg|400px]]
 +
workshop poster
  
'''Day 8 : January 17'''
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[[File:manual final1.jpg|400px]]
 +
manual over-view.
  
DON’T WANT TO LEAVE.
 
  
Last breakfast at ANET.
+
===[[First DIY kit attempt]]===
  
Diving certificates.
+
[[File:unnamed copy.jpg|400px]]
 +
<gallery>
  
Group picture.
 
  
Last goodbyes.  
+
File:unnamed-1 copy.jpg
 +
[[File:unnamed-2 copy.jpg|400px]]
 +
[[File:unnamed-3 copy.jpg|400px]]
 +
[[File:unnamed-4.jpg|400px]]
  
Waiting for Faquih.
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</gallery>
  
Silent bus ride to the airport.
+
== [[Mapping Skills|Skills Mapping]] ==
  
Portblair to Chennai.  
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[[File:Skillmapping.jpg|400px]]
  
Chennai to Bangalore by train.
 
  
UNO and sleep.
+
== [[EPES Seminar 1#Shloka | Seminar 1 Presentation]] ==
 +
[[:File:pdf presentation .pdf]]
  
Few hours later, home.
+
=== Working with the Arduino===
  
'''Day 9 : January 18'''
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Marc gave us an introduction to the arduino. None of us had worked with it before and it was a little tricky initially.
  
Lunch at Arzu and Jacksons place with MassArt students.  
+
Once we got the hang of it, we looked at a few online tutorials and played around with it.  
  
Realising that this is our final goodbye.
+
We then went on to making a few simple circuits.  
  
Crosswords, VIP and Chumbak.
+
Me and [[Chandni]] made a keyboard using the Arduino.
  
Going home.
+
[[File:keyboard.jpg|400px]]
  
Not going to TOIT for dinner.  
+
[[File:keyboard1.jpg|400px]]
  
Anagha’s goodbye call.
 
  
 +
We also tried the ultrasonic sensor out.
  
Sigh.
+
[[File:proximity sensor.jpg|400px]]
  
'''Day 10 : January 19'''
 
  
College.  
+
We connected the LDR as well as the temperature sensor to it, and saw the different kinds of output values generated with the help of the serial print code.  
  
First Draft Documentation.  
+
[[File:Screen Shot 2015-03-03 at 11.34.30 am.png|400px]]
  
 +
===[[Microrobotics Workshop]]===
 +
 +
We conducted our first workshop. There were 4 children between the ages of 7 - 11, 4 faculty and 2 srishti third year students who attended the workshop.
  
'''Day 11 & 12'''
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[[File:Robotics_workshop.jpg|600px]]
  
January 20 & 21
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[[File:Bots.jpg|1000px]]
  
Visted various labs in Aditi and Srishti. The main objective was for us to be able to create a lab space of our own.
+
===[[Workshop Reflections]]===
The labs we visited were :
 
Chemistry lab
 
Physic lab
 
Biology lab
 
The Dark room
 
Art Science lab
 
  
Explorations :  
+
Some of the workshop outcomes that I noticed were :  
 +
- we wanted an ice breaking session, but it happened organically. This might have happened because everyone already knew each other.
  
 +
- learn from others.
  
[[File:20 jan.jpg|400px]]
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- learn more by doing.
  
 +
- helped having a museum of already made bots, so the kids learnt by observing.
  
 +
- opportunities to problem solve : drawbots ( construction of the body )
  
[[File:jan 20.jpg|400px]]
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- different kinds of body constructions determine the different kinds of patterns generated.  
  
 +
- subtle understanding of what kind of body works and what doesn't.
  
 +
'''March 19'''
  
[[File:21 - jan.jpg|400px]]
+
I looked at the characteristics of different manuals such as : Pasco, Circuitricks, Science lab, Makey makey, Lego, Arduino and the Eklavya kit. Here is what I found :
  
 +
(insert image)
  
 +
'''March 20'''
  
[[File:21jan.jpg|400px]]
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Next, I looked at the various questions that needed to be addressed as far as branding our kit was concerned.  
  
 +
Some of the questions were :
  
 +
- unique insight into target audience
  
[[File:jan 21.jpg|400px]]
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- competition
  
 +
- advertising promise
  
 +
- tone of voice
  
[[File:jan21.jpg|400px]]
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- wanted customer reaction
  
 +
== [[EPES Seminar 2#Shloka | Seminar 2 Presentation]] ==
  
  
[[File:january 21.jpg|400px]]
 
  
  
 +
'''March 27'''
  
[[File:21.jpg|400px]]
+
After seminar 2, the first thing I did was to look at a few of the existing science textbooks. I did this to get an insight of the different kinds of concepts children were learning between class 3 and 8.
  
 +
Also, when the simple form of different kinds of graphs are introduced to students.
  
  
[[File:light.jpg|400px]]
+
'''March 30'''
  
 +
I narrowed down (with the help of my peers) the different kinds of sensors that might be used in our kit. They were :
  
Later. we had a movie screening of : Peter Vogel - screening The sound of shadows 2011
+
- Temperature sensor
In the afternoon, we had a basic introduction to electronics.
 
We eventually learnt how to create our own switches.
 
This wasn't as challenging as it originally seemed.
 
  
 +
- Humidity sensor
  
'''January 21''' started with a reading called Study of Atelier Tradition and Goethean Science by Artist Daan Hoekstra
+
- Soil sensor
Our discussion based on this reading, was primarily about :
 
Part vs Whole
 
Nature as a Teacher
 
Learning to See
 
Order vs Chaos
 
  
Recommended reading at the end of the session : "Dr Faustus"
+
- Wind sensor
We concluded, that art and science are merging.
 
In the afternoon we had a session on the basic of Electronics
 
My concepts such as V =IR were reinforced once again.
 
We played around with the resistors : 1k 10k 120k
 
We learnt how to navigate through basic circuit diagrams as well.
 
Finally, we finished up with learning about varying resistance and how to work with that.
 
  
 +
- Light sensor
  
'''Day 13'''
+
- Water sensor
  
'''January 22''' : working on Capacitors and Amplifiers
+
This isn't the final list.
  
 +
I then moved on to coming up with a name for our labstudio.
  
[[File:22 jan.jpg|400px]]
+
(insert pictures)
  
  
[[File:jan 22.jpg|400px]]
+
'''March 31'''
  
 +
Today I worked on the packaging and looked at origami as a starting point.
  
[[File:22jan.jpg|400px]]
+
(insert pictures)
 
 
 
 
[[File:capacitors.jpg|400px]]
 
 
 
 
 
[[File:amp diagram.jpg|400px]]
 
 
 
 
 
[[File:amp.jpg|400px]]
 
  
  
[[File:mini amp.jpg|400px]]
+
'''April 1'''
  
 +
Since we zoned in on the fact that our kit could take the form of a backpack, I started drawing out iterations.
  
 +
(insert pictures)
  
The morning began with a reading called - "Yearners and Schoolers"
 
Our group discussion touched a lot of topics. We debated if home schooling was the future, the need for a school environment etc. I got particularly nostalgic remembering life in school and how different the learning environment for me was. We questioned the value of a textbook as apposed to learning from experience. Personally, I like learning from experience.
 
  
The afternoon was all about connecting different kinds of circuits, playing with breadboards and I learnt how to solder!
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'''April 7 - 9'''
  
We all created our first amplifiers and also learnt about the "potentiometer" and also about chips and different IC'.
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Names for our labstudio.
  
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'''Day 14'''  
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'''April 10'''  
  
'''January 23'''
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Working on the manual and figuring out how I can put in elements of storytelling into it.
  
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Today we had a visit by one of Marc's friends from Prague : Andrej
 
He gave us a presentation on the kind of work he does and what led him to coming to India.
 
What stood out for me was his use of "video mapping" as a tool. 
 
Goa : Story of light
 
  
The afternoon was about trying to figure out a creative way of drawing and creating a functional circuit for people who may not necessarily know the technical components of a circuit.
 
  
  

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'ANDAMANS AND NICOBAR ISLANDS : ANET (brief documentation)


Chapter 1

Day 1 : January 10

The first thing I saw when I reached ANET was a keel back!! And im not a snack lover at all.
We spent the first part of the day exploring the place using a “treasure map” as a tool.
Literal landscapes.
We were split into 2 groups : A and B. I was in A

Day 2 : January 11

Today, group A woke up at 4 30am. We left soon after a small cup of hot tea and went on our way for an intertidal walk.
Saw creatures we hadn’t seen before.
Walked on the cool soft sand.
Climbed across dead wood.
Shades of blue.
Out of control.
Textures
Sound
Bonding with the MassArt students.
Walking in the water while the tides increased.
Not knowing what im stepping on sometimes.
Finally, eating breakfast (eggs and poha) on the beach while a few people run on the sand.
DIY 1 : LED lights.
Sizing up for scuba diving.
At night we went for a sea krait walk
Finding a pit viper near the bus.
Reaching the beach and listening to the sound of the waves on the shore.
Seeing how close the water is because of the high tide.
Finally spotting one slowly slithering towards the water.
Yellow lip.
Finned tale.

Day 3 : January 12

Mangrove walk at 8am.
Savita and Katya
Saw a lot of different kinds of mangrove roots
Learnt a lot about them
Fidler crabs
Mud skippers
First dog faced water snake.
Hermit crab
Viberations, disturbances
Sudden stillness
Adaptation according to zone
Snorkles
Observing the surroundings
Soft squishy mud
Smell of H2S in the air.
Chirpy birds

Day 4 : January 13

Forest walk
Rain, sticky, slippery, scratches
Stillness, humidity
No sunlight, just green
Scuba diving training in the pool with Shyam.
Not being able to breathe through my nose: completely new experience under water.
Finally finding a rhythm.
Chlorine in my eyes.
Patient instructor.
Merging sea life and electronic equipment

Day 5 : January 14

First group goes from Scuba diving in the morning.
Helping Jackson with the oven : Anagha and me.
Group slowly growing.
Having fun with most of the MassArt students.
Mud paint on face.
Pouring rain, but still working.
Getting most of the oven done.
Ate lunch and bathed.
Beach walk.
Hot, blazing sunlight against the cool water.
Mild breeze, clear water, vast, empty space, grainy texture.
Shadows formed in the water.
Bed of shells, almost no marine life.
Hypnotising
Mesmerising
Change in the way things look
Studying change with found objects
Intertidal phenomenon
Jetty : learning about the fish from Asim.
Fish, Groupers, Lobsters, Bargaining, getting our dinner.
Working with the biosensors with other faculty.
Saul’s microscope : light
Long reflection session with the MassArt group.

Day 6 : January 15

Pouring rain, gloomy weather.
Jazz instrumental music in the background.
Couldn’t move out into the open much.
Listening to the pouring water.
Running to the library to try and do some research on the “intertidal phenomenon”
Sound recording of the rain.
Interacting with Ashwini.

Day 7 : January 16

SCUBA DIVING.
So nervous…but in a good way.
Group 2 went in the morning.
Last group (me) went late morning, around 11am.
Woke up bright and early.
Had a really good feeling about it.
Was restless.
Finally walked to the beach to get onto the boat.
Watched the other group come back.
Slowly boarded the boat…
Introduction into the entire process by Umeed.
Put on our gear.
Clear clean turquoise water.
Back flip into the ocean.
Shyam taking me down.
Spectacular.
Breathing was so easy.
So much to see.
Holding on.
Touching the bottom of the sea bed.
Interacting with coral.
10m down.
Getting extra time.
37 minutes of pure amazment.
Definitely going back.
Got back to the surface.
Stayed in the salty water for a bit.
Hunger.
Getting back to the shore.
Walking back calmly and slowly.
Eating. Bathing, and walking back to the beach to watch the sun set and take pictures.
Recording the surroundings with Varun.
Getting back and having a reflection session with the MassArt students.
Scuba diving presentation by Shyam and Katya.
DIY exhibition.
Mikha’s movie.
BBQ dinner.
Lots of pictures with MassArt and ANET.Going back to Anugama.
Watching everyone dance.
Savita, Jackson, Pooja, Rohin, Krishna, Jo.
Bonding till 2am.
Getting back and falling asleep instantly.

Day 8 : January 17

DON’T WANT TO LEAVE.
Last breakfast at ANET.
Diving certificates.
Group picture.
Last goodbyes.
Waiting for Faquih.
Silent bus ride to the airport.
Portblair to Chennai.
Chennai to Bangalore by train.
UNO and sleep.
Few hours later, home.

Day 9 : January 18

Lunch at Arzu and Jacksons place with MassArt students.
Realising that this is our final goodbye.
Crosswords, VIP and Chumbak.
Going home.
Not going to TOIT for dinner.
Anagha’s goodbye call.
Sigh.


Chapter 2

Day 10 : January 19

College.
First Draft Documentation.


Day 11 & 12

January 20 & 21

Visted various labs in Aditi and Srishti. The main objective was for us to be able to create a lab space of our own.
The labs we visited were :
Chemistry lab
Physic lab
Biology lab
The Dark room
Art Science lab

Explorations :


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Light.jpg


Later. we had a movie screening of : Peter Vogel - screening The sound of shadows 2011
In the afternoon, we had a basic introduction to electronics.
We eventually learnt how to create our own switches.
This wasn't as challenging as it originally seemed.


January 21 started with a reading called Study of Atelier Tradition and Goethean Science by Artist Daan Hoekstra
Our discussion based on this reading, was primarily about :
Part vs Whole
Nature as a Teacher
Learning to See
Order vs Chaos
Recommended reading at the end of the session : "Dr Faustus"
We concluded, that art and science are merging.
In the afternoon we had a session on the basic of Electronics
My concepts such as V =IR were reinforced once again.
We played around with the resistors : 1k 10k 120k
We learnt how to navigate through basic circuit diagrams as well.
Finally, we finished up with learning about varying resistance and how to work with that.


Day 13

January 22 : working on Capacitors and Amplifiers


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Capacitors.jpg


Amp diagram.jpg


Amp.jpg


Mini amp.jpg


The morning began with a reading called - "Yearners and Schoolers"
Our group discussion touched a lot of topics. We debated if home schooling was the future, the need for a school environment etc. I got particularly nostalgic remembering life in school and how different the learning environment for me was. We questioned the value of a textbook as apposed to learning from experience. Personally, I like learning from experience.
The afternoon was all about connecting different kinds of circuits, playing with breadboards and I learnt how to solder!
We all created our first amplifiers and also learnt about the "potentiometer" and also about chips and different IC'.


Day 14

January 23


Today we had a visit by one of Marc's friends from Prague : Andrej
He gave us a presentation on the kind of work he does and what led him to coming to India.
What stood out for me was his use of "video mapping" as a tool.
Goa : Story of light
The afternoon was about trying to figure out a creative way of drawing and creating a functional circuit for people who may not necessarily know the technical components of a circuit.


January 27

Tom's journey prototyping : process of making an amplifier

January 28

Speaking tree : prototyping the second stage of the amplifier circuit

January 29

Reading : Shop class as soul crafts by Matthew B Crawford

Discussion :

- Definition of craftsmanship.

- Shared memories attach to the material souvenirs of our lives, and producing them is a kind of communication with others and with the future.

- The craftsman is proud of what he has made, and cherishes it, while to consumer discards things that are perfectly serviceable in his restless pursuit of the new.

Getting to know about "Hacteria.org".

January 30

- Creating a mandala.

- Introductory to scratch and makey makey

February 3

Using a nandgate to make a multiple switch.

Multiple switch.jpg

Multiple light front.jpg

Multiple light back.jpg

February 5

Research on pasco's, ardvino's, scratch and makey makey.

Reading: Play and Games by Nick Paumgarten

- Beaker switch : Beaker switch.jpg

February 6

- Brainstorming on what an extreme space is.

- Research based on the existence of the intertidal zone.

February 9

- Exploring the Eklavya box.

- Creating an experiment number 1 with the contents of the box.

- Experiment number 2

February 10

- Fantasy DIY kit

- Brainstorming many ideas of what the kit can contain.

February 11

- Research based on different elements related to the different kits we all came up with.

February 12

- Proposal writing.


Making

Microscope1.jpg microscope made from a webcam.

Fan1.jpg fan made with coloured transparent paper, and a motor.

Bug1.jpg bug.

Bugs72dpi.jpg workshop poster

Manual final1.jpg manual over-view.


First DIY kit attempt

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Skills Mapping

Skillmapping.jpg


Seminar 1 Presentation

File:pdf presentation .pdf

Working with the Arduino

Marc gave us an introduction to the arduino. None of us had worked with it before and it was a little tricky initially.

Once we got the hang of it, we looked at a few online tutorials and played around with it.

We then went on to making a few simple circuits.

Me and Chandni made a keyboard using the Arduino.

Keyboard.jpg

Keyboard1.jpg


We also tried the ultrasonic sensor out.

Proximity sensor.jpg


We connected the LDR as well as the temperature sensor to it, and saw the different kinds of output values generated with the help of the serial print code.

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Microrobotics Workshop

We conducted our first workshop. There were 4 children between the ages of 7 - 11, 4 faculty and 2 srishti third year students who attended the workshop.

Robotics workshop.jpg

Bots.jpg

Workshop Reflections

Some of the workshop outcomes that I noticed were : - we wanted an ice breaking session, but it happened organically. This might have happened because everyone already knew each other.

- learn from others.

- learn more by doing.

- helped having a museum of already made bots, so the kids learnt by observing.

- opportunities to problem solve : drawbots ( construction of the body )

- different kinds of body constructions determine the different kinds of patterns generated.

- subtle understanding of what kind of body works and what doesn't.

March 19

I looked at the characteristics of different manuals such as : Pasco, Circuitricks, Science lab, Makey makey, Lego, Arduino and the Eklavya kit. Here is what I found :

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March 20

Next, I looked at the various questions that needed to be addressed as far as branding our kit was concerned.

Some of the questions were :

- unique insight into target audience

- competition

- advertising promise

- tone of voice

- wanted customer reaction

Seminar 2 Presentation

March 27

After seminar 2, the first thing I did was to look at a few of the existing science textbooks. I did this to get an insight of the different kinds of concepts children were learning between class 3 and 8.

Also, when the simple form of different kinds of graphs are introduced to students.


March 30

I narrowed down (with the help of my peers) the different kinds of sensors that might be used in our kit. They were :

- Temperature sensor

- Humidity sensor

- Soil sensor

- Wind sensor

- Light sensor

- Water sensor

This isn't the final list.

I then moved on to coming up with a name for our labstudio.

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March 31

Today I worked on the packaging and looked at origami as a starting point.

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April 1

Since we zoned in on the fact that our kit could take the form of a backpack, I started drawing out iterations.

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April 7 - 9

Names for our labstudio.

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April 10

Working on the manual and figuring out how I can put in elements of storytelling into it.

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