Schedule 2011

week	dates	topic
1	01/18 1/20	Introductions, course mechanics, Introduction to Wearables assignment: 1/20 = Show-and-tell
2	01/25 1/27	The world of the senses reading due: 1/25: A Stroll Through the Worlds of Animals and Men Baron Jakob von Uexkull [pdf] reading due: 1/27: An Ecological Approach to Visual Perception JJ Gibson [pdf] *recommended: 1/25: Tree of Knowledge* Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela [pdf]
3	02/01 02/03	Introduction to Basic Electronics (workshop)
4	02/08 02/10	more electronics +
5	02/15 02/17	Even more electronics + circuit building workshop [555s_Transistor_Circuits]
6	02/22 02/24	assignment due 02/08: Sensory Research Presentations (aka Wild Kingdom week) [description/deliverables] Links to our animal research!
7	03/01 03/03	Introduction to Sewing, Soft Circuits (workshop) and Paper Circuits
8	03/08 03/10	assignment due 02/22: Parangoles proposals [description/deliverables] Parangoles/Midterm Open Lab
9	03/15 03/17	SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
10	03/22 03/24	Open Lab tuesday and Parangoles Critique thursday
11	03/29 03/31	Communications (wired/wireless) Advanced Techniques
12	04/05 04/07	Advanced Techniques + Demos by request
13	04/12 04/14	Final Project proposal presentations [description, deliverables] + Demos by request / open labs
14	04/19 04/21	Open Labs
15	04/26 04/28	Open Labs or ~~Final Project Critique~~
16	05/05 05/12	FINAL EXAM WEEK – Final Critique, date TBA