Final bits of filming

Today we finished the last two movies. One shows how the support of GPS tracking, and how it can help rescue a person if in a kidnapped position, and finally the last movie shows a possible outcome for the future of computer monitoring. As soon as the movies are edited they will be up-loaded to you tube and I will post a link to them.

Further developments for ethics presentation

In this presentation for Monday as I mentioned yesterday, we are using four philosophers to analyse the four movies that we are shooting. The first movie is based on CCTV and the beneficial factors that it's presence has when present in an environment. The movie we shot was done in a local corner street shop.We got permission to shoot a 10min movie where a person enter the store and shops lifts a few items and makes a run for it. The second movie was about a person who is arrested before he boards a flight because of his internet activity. In both of these videos we explore the civil liberties concerned with computer monitoring in both of these cases. 

Today's filming fun

What a day I had, me, Pauline, Stephen and Daisy are in a group for Joe's Ethics class and we are doing a presentation next week on Civil Liberties and Computer Monitoring. So we are creating four videos were we all act in them and then for the presentation, we analyse them using the different theories we have been learning in class. I'm looking forward to putting the videos up on the blog. We had great fun shooting the scenes today, and a great deal of improvising through out them all, and we had a fantastic time. Making movies is a great way to portray a point and to use in a presentation, and tomorrow we have to shoot another two short movies for the final part. I pray that it will be like today lots of success and lots of fun. 

Building the prototype for Hunt Museum

Building the prototype from scratch. Starting with a sheet of wood and then with patients, slowly watch the beauty unfold as your prototype comes together.  

Week 13 Semester 2

This video is part of a series that I am posting as a blog about my weekly experience of doing a masters in Interactive Media and Design at the University of Limerick.

Final coat of Paint

The major thing me and Conor done today was give the frog bin and good coat of paint. It is looking so well, I'm actually surprised how well we have done. The hinge solution has been problematic, but finally it is solved. We will test the little bit of engineering that we done some day soon, and it will work a treat, please God. When I get a photo of the bin, I will post it. Just fantastic it is : ) 

Things we know...

Today I spent the most of the day re-shaping the code for the interactive bin. I have added two new button states to enable the bin and make it safer to use. This project itself could be fit for a final year project. Next week we have a presentation to finalize our essays to polish for submission, so I think we won't get prototyping next week, but could look towards doing this the following week, and we would be under less pressure. 

Just a though, this year has went so fast. We are almost finished. Classes are ending, and we enter into study week. The class battles on, completing work and meeting deadlines, what a bunch we are, Imedia 2012 has been an experience and I feel privileged to have shared my time, challenges and joys with this class. Just a little thank you as we slowly break up and head off to do our FYP's. All the best, good luck and thank you : )