CODACHROME | Project's web site

MS thesis project, involved the design and development of a hardware & java-based software system that was used by children to create and program electronic jewelry and wearable art, while researchers focus on the implications on such new media on the children’s grasp of temporal concepts.

2001-2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Laboratory, Grassroots Invention Group.

Dekoli, M., Mikhak, B., Gorton, T., Lyon, C., Bender, W., Strohecker, C.

Margarita's role:
Product designer, system designer, developer, researcher, development team supervisor, workshop organizer, educational activity designer

Related projects:
Tower, Electro-Jewels

Related thesis:
Dekoli, M. 2003. “Coloring Time with CodaChrome”. Master’s thesis, Grassroots Inventions Group, Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Related demo presentations:
Dekoli, M., Mikhak, B. 2004. “CodaChrome: a system for creating interactive electronic jewelry for children”, demo at Interactive Design and Children, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Related presentations:
Multiple presentations of the CodaChrome project at consortia meetings and open houses at the MIT Media Laboratory, 2001-2003.