Author: ian.j.donnelly

EcoTech Approach – IanD (Group AustinT and IanH)

Walking can be such a drag, especially when you’re pressed for time. For busy college students, walking from class to class can be quite the hassle. If you’re a commuter and your class is across campus, it usually makes sense to hop back in your […]

EcoTech Intent – IanD (Group AustinT and IanH)

Title: ReCycle In an attempt to promote green alternatives to motorized vehicles, we will create swipe access system for public bikes paired with an app that displays bike availability. Walking can be such a drag, especially when you’re pressed for time. For busy college students, […]

Final Project – IanD

Final Project – IanD

 Background: People dole out their business cards every single day–in meetings, in the elevator, and on the street. The business card is a physical reminder of an interaction and an individual. Sure, simple business cards can be effective (see American Psycho), but given that “the medium […]

Approach 2 – IanD

Approach 2 – IanD

This is a business card that, when read by a corresponding augmented reality program, will display a photorealistic 3D portrait of the cardholder.

Autobotography Intent – IanD

Autobotography Intent – IanD

Autobotography Intent – Talking to Myself   Abstract I want to create a digital version of myself that I can talk to. I will use the Lyrebird API to replicate my voice, hook it up to a chatbot that is trained on my digital persona […]

Response2 – IanD

Response2 – IanD

Jennicam I’m surprised that, before reading these articles, I had never heard of Jennicam, given how much of a cultural phenomenon it was. The most intriguing thing about Jennifer Ringley’s project is that, although it did create a ‘new and strange mirror’ reflecting human nature, […]

Approach 1 – IanD

Approach 1 – IanD

A web platform for both students expressing what they want to get out of the New Media program at UMaine and instructors addressing those needs, allowing for better career preparation and communication as a whole.

Hacktivism Intent – IanD

Hacktivism Intent – IanD

Working Project Title: Our New Media Abstract: A web platform for both students and professors to express what they want to get out of the New Media program at UMaine. Professors address student needs, allowing for better career preparation and communication as a whole. Students […]

Response 1 – IanD

Response 1 – IanD

RESPONSE 1 I. WHAT IS NEW MEDIA? New media is a means of communication that incorporates technology and is based on the principle of “many-to-many”; allowing a dialogue to exist concurrently between many individuals in a community. For that reason, it is a mode of expression […]