Instructor; Todd Holoubek
Course Description:   This course expands the students' palette for physical interaction design with computational media. We look away from the limitations of the mouse, keyboard and monitor interface of today's computers, and start instead at the untapped expressive capabilities of the human body. We consider uses of the computer for more than just information retrieval and processing, and at locations other than the home or the office.

The platform for the class is a microcontroller, a single-chip computer the size of a postage stamp, programmed using BASIC. The core technical concepts are digital, analog and serial input and output. Students have weekly lab exercises to build skills with the microcontroller and related tools, and longer assignments in which they apply the principles from weekly labs in a creative application. Some programming skill is suggested; otherwise the willingness to learn some coding independently as the class progresses.

Working alongside my amazing team of Joshua Dickens, Suzan Eraslan, David Shulman, and Anil Banskota we came up with the idea of the Mopod™ and under Professor Holoubek's guidance and support were able to make it into a reality.

The Mopod™ is the boombox for the 21st century. it's a sleek, comfortable strap that houses an iPod, remote control, amplifier and high-quality speakers.it's a portable, personal listening space for environments where headphones are either too private, or too dangerous - like when you're riding motorcycles, bicycles, or even just walking.

Please stay tuned for more information and visit MyMopod.com for more information.