Ryan Rotella

Author: Ryan Rotella

  • Stop Motion Film

    Stop Motion Film

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    In collaboration with the esteemed Fabrizio Guccione.

  • Lab 3: Analog Output

    Lab 3: Analog Output

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    Part 1: Tone Output After learning about digital output last week (digital output being a binary output, i.e. a switch turning on or off), I learned about analog output, an output that gives a range of values, in this lab. The primary output of this part of the lab was sound. This was very fun…

  • Sound Collage Project

    Sound Collage Project

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    Group Members The Prompt Our group selected Option A: Sounds for a sound vacation. From our class’s Brightspace: “In teams, collect sounds for a sound vacation. This could be informational, fictional, sensual, spoken-word, musical. It could be about infrastructure, architecture, people, or something completely different.  Be specific, and transport us to another location through a…

  • ICM: Assignment 2

    ICM: Assignment 2

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    Here’s a link to my sketch: https://editor.p5js.org/ryrotella/sketches/-mgdKe2OW I feel very comfortable with variables, and I had no problem with the homework. I did come across the rotate() function in the reference page. I really wanted to make a shape that rotated around the position of my mouse cursor. I researched online, and there were some…

  • Lab 2: Microcontroller Basics

    Lab 2: Microcontroller Basics

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    Before starting the labs, I read through all of the materials listed above it on https://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/week-to-week-activity/. What struck me again is just the marvel that computing all works somehow. It continues to be a mystery to me that we can harness electricity and direct it with screens, words, and pins on a little board. How…

  • ICM Blog 1: Self-Portrait and Learning to Draw Digitally

    ICM Blog 1: Self-Portrait and Learning to Draw Digitally

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    Prompt: Think about what a self-portrait means to you. Is it a depiction of what you look like? A bridge between your private and public regard? Or a collection of your lived experiences? Sketch: https://editor.p5js.org/ryrotella/sketches/-Zy38Ih5q For my first blog post chronicling my journey in Intro to Computational Media, I must confess something. I am bad…

  • Notes from Lab 1: Electronics

    Notes from Lab 1: Electronics

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    On Friday evening before attending a lovely gathering with other ITP people playing shuffleboard, I read the basics of Electricity. The “basics” outlined a lot of information. The materials objectively helped a lot, especially the metaphor of an avalanche to explain voltage, current, and resistance (height of mountain/potential energy of event is voltage, amount of…