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Object Final Project: Internet Connected Weather LED Board
For my project, I created an internet connected LED board that displays the weather forecast for the next day with a series of fun...
Jack Plantz
Dec 15, 20182 min read
Design Challenge 5: Chopped!
For this design challenge we decided to recreate the popular cooking show Chopped. We appropriated about 1/3 of the footage and filmed...
Jack Plantz
Dec 14, 20181 min read
Image Design Challenge 4:
The purpose of this design challenge was to use photoshop and other image manipulation techniques to create cover artwork for the photo...
Jack Plantz
Nov 30, 20181 min read
Image Design Challenge 3 Photo Book
Here is my photo book for design challenge 3. I chose to create a photo series on climbing on sandstone, and the desert in general. I...
Jack Plantz
Nov 30, 20181 min read
Lab 5: Motors
In this lab I learned how to use two different types of motors with the Arduino. The first of these is the servo motor. Servos have...
Jack Plantz
Nov 13, 20181 min read
DC#5 Ideation: Steal First, Shoot Later
Our group consists of me, Sophie Adams, Becca Saulsberry, and Abby Cotter. For this project, we are going to recreate an episode of the...
Jack Plantz
Nov 13, 20181 min read
Project 2 proposal.
For my second project, I want to build an interactive object that helps avalanche forecast data in a way that's easy to understand at a...
Jack Plantz
Nov 8, 20181 min read
Object Lab 5: P5 serial communication
For my lab 5 project I used the gesture sensor from my previous project to send data to p5 using asynchronous serial communication. This...
Jack Plantz
Nov 6, 20181 min read
Design Challenge #2: Portraiture
Photos of myself: Photos of my brother Will: Contact sheets:
Jack Plantz
Nov 2, 20181 min read
Project 1: LED Game
My project is an arcade game that uses a gesture sensor to control a matrix of addressable LEDs. When the game is plugged in, a white LED...
Jack Plantz
Oct 25, 20185 min read
Design Challenge 2: Portraiture Ideation
I want to mostly capture myself in outdoor scenes, particularly ones associated with rock climbing. Some of my favorite ideas, and...
Jack Plantz
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Lab 3 - Variable Resistors
In this lab I used the Arduino to accept analog input using variable resistors and use this input to change the brightness of an LED...
Jack Plantz
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Image Design Challenge 1
For my series of 10 illustrations I created designs intended for printing on t-shirts to promote the Alpine Club at CU and the climbing...
Jack Plantz
Sep 27, 20182 min read
Project Proposal 1 - LED Climbing Wall
My idea for an interactive toy is to create an interactive climbing wall that lights up LEDs next to holds so that the user can create...
Jack Plantz
Sep 26, 20183 min read
Lab 2: Buttons!
In this lab I learned how to use an Arduino to receive digital input, and how to use this to control LEDs digitally. Materials: - Arduino...
Jack Plantz
Sep 20, 20182 min read
Lab 1: Green Eggs and LEDs
Part 1: LEDs in Series and Parallel Here are my circuit diagrams for two different circuits with two LEDs, one in series and one in...
Jack Plantz
Sep 11, 20182 min read
SparkFun Tour
For class today we met at the headquarters of Sparkfun Electronics in Niwot and got a full tour of their factory as well as an inside...
Jack Plantz
Sep 5, 20183 min read
Day 1: Fantasy Device
This is our team's fantasy device, created in 20 minutes on the first day of Object class. We were inspired by an idea from the Idea...
Jack Plantz
Sep 3, 20181 min read
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