SDE Interdisciplinary Courses (SDE)

This course addresses the need by design professionals to prototype interactive systems comprising both hardware and software components, and to assess these solutions based on principles of cognitive and physical human factors. Through iterative prototyping of both screen-based interfaces and tangible interfaces using simple microcontrollers, this class teaches basic programming, integration of electronic sensors and outputs into physical prototypes, and principles of human factors testing for assessment of interactive interfaces.

This course is the second in a series addressing the need by design professionals to prototype and assess interactive systems comprising both hardware and software components. Students will refine and build upon skills gained in Prototyping I while exploring algorithms for the capture and manipulation of data to create new modes of interaction in areas such as networked and mobile devices, kinetic sculpture, wearable circuits, and novel electronic tools.