===== Weekly Schedule – Fall Semester 2018 ===== ==== General course structure/schedule of meetings/list of discussion topics ==== |< 100% 90px 120px 290px - >| ^**Week** ^ ^**Theme** ^****Homework due to the day\\ Felix will adjust timing for homework (due to…) depending on how fast/slow we progress during the semester. Please be aware that timings might change. | |Week 1 |[[:mm18_sep-02-18|SUN, Sep-02-18]] |**Introduction to the course** |Get the course books from NYUAD bookstore | | |[[:mm18_sep-04-18|TUE, Sep-04-18]] |**Lecture on Project/Time Management** |find articles featuring //novel// technology, tech art, prosthesis, body extensions, etc. | | |[[:mm18_sep-06-18|THU, Sep-06-18]] |Students' presentation of Gantt Chart |[[:homework_gant_chart|Gantt Chart]] | |Week 2 |[[:mm18_sep-09-18|SUN, Sep-09-18]] |**Drawing Session** (scribble techniques, perspectives) | | | |[[:mm18_sep-11-18|TUE, Sep-11-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_sep-12-18|WED, Sep-12-18]] |**Lab Workshop: laser cutter** |[[:essay1_mm18|Homework: Essay 1]] (please note: due to the late changes in the planning for the observance of the Al Hijri holiday the deadline of Essay 1 remains for Thursday 13th)| |Week 3 |[[:mm18_sep-16-18|SUN, Sep-16-18]] |**Project Colloquium** |[[:3_machine_ideas|have created poster with 3 "machine ideas"]]| | |[[:mm18_sep-18-18|TUE, Sep-18-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_sep-20-18|THU, Sep-20-18]] |Students' presentation of 'Reuleaux Prototypes' |'[[:reuleaux_prototype|Reuleaux Prototype]]' | |Week 4 |[[:mm18_sep-23-18|SUN, Sep-23-18]] |**Project Colloquium**, Lecture: The Function of Design |Reading: //Universal Principles of Design// (have read full book!); Create a mood board, and an improved conceptual drawing of your chosen body extension | | |[[:mm18_sep-25-18|TUE, Sep-25-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion |Essay 1 (rewrite) | | |[[:mm18_sep-27-18|THU, Sep-27-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion | | |Week 5 |[[:mm18_sep-30-18|SUN, Sep-30-18]] |**Project Colloquium** |Build a cardboard prototype of your machine | | |[[:mm18_oct-02-18|TUE, Oct-02-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion |Have watched //Metropolis// | | |[[:mm18_oct-04-18|THU, Oct-04-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion | | |Week 6 |[[:mm18_oct-07-18|SUN, Oct-07-18]] |**Project Colloquium** (and watching //Metalhead//, Black Mirror, 2018) |Second iteration of cardboard prototype: create a new and better version implementing feedback. | | |[[:mm18_oct-09-18|TUE, Oct-09-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion |Have watched //Ex Machina// and //Blade Runner// | | |[[:mm18_oct-11-18|THU, Oct-11-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion | | |Week 7 |[[:mm18_oct-14-18|SUN, Oct-14-18]] |**Project Colloquium** |Build a semi-functional prototype of your body extension | | |[[:mm18_oct-16-18|TUE, Oct-16-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_oct-18-18|THU, Oct-18-18]] |no class! [[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion |today no class. Essay presentations will be on [[:mm18_nov-29-18|THU, Nov-29-18]]| Fall Break: Oct 19–27 |< 100% 90px 120px 290px - >| |Week 8 |[[:mm18_oct-28-18|SUN, Oct-28-18]] |**Lab Workshop: Intro to Arduino** |have installed [[http://www.arduino.cc|Arduino]] on your computer | | |[[:mm18_oct-30-18|TUE, Oct-30-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_nov-01-18|THU, Nov-01-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion | | |Week 9 |[[:mm18_nov-04-18|SUN, Nov-04-18]] |**[[zamp_kelp_talk|Guest Talk: Zamp Kelp (Haus-Rucker-Co)]]** |Project Report 1 | | |[[:mm18_nov-06-18|TUE, Nov-06-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_nov-08-18|THU, Nov-08-18]] |Preparation for the field trip |[[:finding_sticks|Collect 3 wooden sticks]], [[:finding_stones|Collect 11 stones]] | | ⇒|[[:mm18_fieldtrip#day1|FRI, Nov-09-18]] |field trip to [[:ras_al_khamimah|Ras al-Khaimah]] and Sharjah |Reading: //1001 Inventions// (have read full book!) | | ⇒|[[:mm18_fieldtrip#day2|SAT, Nov-10-18]] |field trip to [[:ras_al_khamimah|Ras al-Khaimah]] and Sharjah | | |Week 10|[[:mm18_nov-11-18|SUN, Nov-11-18]] |**Project Colloquium** |Project Report 2 => photogrammetry images | | |[[:mm18_nov-13-18|TUE, Nov-13-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_nov-15-18|THU, Nov-15-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion | | |Week 11|[[:mm18_nov-18-18|SUN, Nov-18-18]] |**Project Colloquium** ⇒ Finalising Prototype in EDS/Advanced Manufacturing Workshop |Project Report 3, Reading: What Technology Wants (ch. 2,3,5) | | |[[:mm18_nov-20-18|TUE, Nov-20-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_nov-22-18|THU, Nov-22-18]] | **Project Colloquium** ⇒ Finalising Prototype in EDS/Advanced Manufacturing Workshop | | |Week 12|[[:mm18_nov-25-18|SUN, Nov-25-18]] |**Project Colloquium** ⇒ Finalising Prototype in EDS/Advanced Manufacturing Workshop |Project Report 4, Reading: What Technology Wants (ch. 8) | | |[[:mm18_nov-27-18|TUE, Nov-27-18]] |[[:mm18_case-studies|Case-study presentations]], class discussion | | | |[[:mm18_nov-29-18|THU, Nov-29-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion | | |Week 13|[[:mm18_dec-02-18|SUN, Dec-02-18]] |no class! | | | |[[:mm18_dec-04-18|TUE, Dec-04-18]] |[[:mm18_essay1|Essay 1 presentation]], class discussion |Project Report 5 | | |[[:mm18_dec-06-18|THU, Dec-06-18]] |**Project Colloquium** ⇒ Finalising Prototype in EDS/Advanced Manufacturing Workshop |Essay 2, Reading: What Technology Wants (ch. 11) | |Week 14|[[:mm18_dec-09-18|SUN, Dec-09-18]] |Presentation Essay 2 and machine demonstration (students 1–15, 5 min each) |working machine | | |[[:mm18_dec-11-18|TUE, Dec-11-18]] |Setup of exhibition | | | |[[:mm18_dec-13-18|THU, Dec-13-18]] |Setup of exhibition | | | | |**Exhibition Opening** |**Exhibition Opening at 7pm !**| |Week 15|[[:mm18_dec-16-18|SUN, Dec-16-18]] |no class! | | \\