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TECHNOLOGY IS NEVER AS NEW AS IT LOOKS.

Computer Picnic is an editorial project by Niki Selken connecting today’s technology stories to overlooked histories in art, media, books, and internet culture.

QUIZMET

April 4, 2014

QUIZMET is a mobile App prototype created by Niki Selken, Gulraiz Khan, and Li-Chung Chang.

As an MFA student in Design and Technology at Parsons, I have focused on interaction design as it pertains to live spaces. 

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In Museum Interaction Design, Parsons MFADT, Design Tags museum design, design
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Design Manifesto

April 4, 2014

Wealth and dignity are different from a Klout score. They are instant signals, not states of being. It is the latitude granted by the hysteresis—the staying power—of wealth that translates into practical freedom.  

-Jaron Lanier

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In Design, Parsons MFADT Tags design
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Blinking Monkey Hat

March 17, 2014

This project is a piece of wearable technology created with Arduino and an 8×8 LED matrix by Annelie Koller and Niki Selken. In our quest to program two 8×8 LED matrixes, we wanted to create a piece of wearable tech with blinking eyes.  First we thought of glasses that blinked, but after visiting the discount store to buy the glasses, we found this hat and settled on making a Sock Monkey hat with blinking eyes. Below is our first prototype.

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In Design, Parsons MFADT, Web Design and Code Tags arduino, wearable, wearabletech, physical computing
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World Translation Foundation: User Scenario

March 15, 2014

User Background

The primary audience for my project is a tech savvy American man or woman between the ages of 18 and 44  with an interest in Japanese emoji,  art, and language. They are the early adopter sort of person who uses Twitter and Texting quite frequently and enjoys adding content to websites like YouTube, Vine, and Reddit. 

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In Major Studio 2, Parsons MFADT Tags User Scenario, WTF User Test
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