This past Thursday in MAS.890 was dedicated to class presentations of
Assignment #3.  These went extremely well and were quite fun !  The
range of activities documented and the ideas that came out were
inspiring, and we still have more to go since we ran out of time.
We'll do the rest of the presentations next week (approximately 5 more
I believe).

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Please continue to send me your electronic submissions for Assignment
#3.  If you sent me a raw PowerPoint or Word document, can you please
re-submit it as a PDF or HTML (with all associated media files
gathered together) -- some have had trouble reading certain formats.
I will post all of these on the web site as soon as possible.

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I have refined the wording for the Assignment #4 on the web site
http://www.media.mit.edu/~stefan/mas890.  This assignment is due for
presentation on March 21 (meeting 7).  I think you will find this one
fun as well.  Here it is:

Assignment 4: The little things are sometimes the most important

Pick a single human behavior. It can be as subtle a behavior as you
wish, and it can be related to something you discovered through the
previous assignment or a completely new idea. Focus tightly on this
behavior and describe it in extreme detail. Where and when is it
exhibited? What causes it? How is it displayed? How is it noticed?
What purpose does it serve, if any? What effect does it have on other
people or on the environment? Use more than words to describe your
investigation -- drawings, photos, video, audio...

Then, design a system (or systems) to convey this behavior to a far
away place. Don't let shortcomings in current technologies limit your
imagination. Describe some of the technical details you envision, and
again, use more than just words to express these designs. For "extra
credit" build a prototype or implement part of your idea.

We encourage you to work with at least one but not more than two other
people. We also strongly encourage working with someone from the far
side and/or someone who you have not worked with before. Use the
contacts you have made on the other side to scope out partners.

Prepare a ~3 minute class presentation as well as an electronic
version that can be posted on the course web site. Preferred formats
for submission are PDF, HTML (with all images/media files collected
together), Quicktime or MPEG movies, and most audio formats. Please do
not submit raw Microsoft Word or Powerpoint files.