Andrew Benson

2-Day Workshop: Integrating Sensors and Actuators with Max/MSP

MakingThings is pleased to announce a series of weekend workshops featuring instruction in working with the Make Controller Kit, led by MakingThings staff and a highly experienced team of programmers, artists, and educators.

The first workshop will be held Saturday & Sunday, April 21-22, with a short mixer on Friday night. Workshops will be held at MakingThings headquarters – 1020 Mariposa St, Unit 2 in San Francisco, CA.

Each day will consist of two extended lectures followed by a series of exercises, with plenty of one-on-one attention. Students will learn how to wire up different types of sensors, to interface the sensors to computers, and to use software to create examples that can be altered afterwards according to everyone's specific needs.

This workshop will give students a solid understanding of the principles involved in working with different sensors, and a sound theoretical foundation upon which to build further understanding. We will discuss a wide range of resistive and non-resistive sensors, and the OSC protocol related to the Make Controller. The workshop will be conducted using Cycling 74's Max/MSP/Jitter graphical programming environment, but we will be addressing programming techniques that can be applied to a variety of programming environments. Students are encouraged to bring their own sensors and also some sound and video files that will be used in example exercises.

For more info, check out www.sensorworkshop.com

The first workshop will be held Saturday & Sunday, April 21-22, with a short mixer on Friday night. Workshops will be held at MakingThings headquarters – 1020 Mariposa St, Unit 2 in San Francisco, CA. 

For more info, check out www.sensorworkshop.com


MakingThings Workshop