Hearing for Dummies Gillian, Gio & Kaylyn

The Ear

 

To understand the ear we must comprehend what sound is. Let’s mentally picture an object in a room on one side, and a big giant ear on the opposing side. When this object produces ‘sound’ it in fact vibrates.

 

There are three basic steps for your ear to hear sound.

 

1)    Sound waves must be directed towards the ear.

2)    The ear senses fluctuations in air pressure.

3)    These fluctuations are then turned into an electrical signal that the brain comprehends.

 

The ear is considered an extraordinary organ. This organ is able to pick up sounds in a surrounding area and translate them into information your brain understands. Sound reaches our ears as waves. Hearing is totally mechanical, where as taste, touch, and vision all involve chemical reactions. 

Extra facts:

 

-       hearing is the second sense developed in the womb after touch.

-       Music activates every region of the brain that we’ve so far mapped.

-       Sense of hearing is a product of evolution (developed to help us survive) it orients and informs of events behind, around corners and any other places we can’t see.

-       These days we shut out nose with our own audio environment (MP3 players, iPods)

-       A healthy cochlea is lined with 3000 tiny hairs which act as sounds receptors whereas a cochlea implant takes sound and digitizes it with only 9-12 nodes.

-       our human speech acts as a sound source, which our brain recognizes as our ears get atuned to the harmonic structure or music an pitch trajectory

Project One

Project One

Supplementary Reading: The Design of Everyday Things 12-17

The Design of Everyday Things 12-17

"Without a good model we operate by rote, blindly; we do operations as we were told to do them; we can't full appricate why, what effects to expect, or what to do if things go wring. As long as things work properly, we can manage. When things go wrong, however, or when we come upon a novel situation, then we need a deeper understanding, a good model (Norman, 13-14)"

Core Reading: Universal Principles of Design 130-131

Universal Principles of Design 130-131

Collective Mental Model of the Senses

Here's your collective mental model of the senses, for reference in Exercise Zero.

Exercise One

In the first class, your Project One group developed a mental model for one of the senses, to the best of your knowledge. Expand your knowledge by researching the sense in question, and post the results of your research to the blog.

Make your post succinct. It should no more than three paragraphs, and should make use of images where appropriate. Specifically identify any misconceptions in the mental model developed in class and correct them.

This post must be made by the end of the day on Tuesday, January 15th. Please include the name of all of your group members in your post.

Exercise One: Sight

SIGHT
Miriam , Kristen and Iliana

The eye works in a similar procedure as a camera. Light bounces off objects and into our eyes. Light goes through a
CORNEA
The transparent part at the front of the eye through which light passes, called the cornea.
IRIS
Behind the cornea is a round barrier, called the iris. It is different colours depending on the person.
PUPIL
A hole in the centre of the iris, called the pupil. Light passes through the hole to get into the eye. The pupil size changes according to the amount of light.
FOCUS
When an object is viewed in focus it will cause a clear, sharp image. While an object which is out of focus is blurry and is not seen in detail.
LENS
It is a transparent disk located behind the pupil, called the lens. The lens is connected to the eye with muscles, which causes it to change shape vaguely. Therefore it can change according to the distance between the eye and the object to keep the image in focus.
RETINA
Light beams reach the lining at the back of the eye, which is the retina. It acts just like film in a camera.
OPTIC NERVE
The light beams which have fallen on the retina are turned into electrical nerve signals, which travel down the optic nerve towards the brain.


RESOURCES
Text: http://jim.leeder.users.btopenworld.com/LHON/eye.htm
Image: http://www.spec2000.net/images/eyeball.jpg

Exercize Zero - Philip Ambrosio
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Graphic Design
I'm alright with working with photoshop, illustrator , photography , but thats it.

Exercize Zero - Hanwool Kim

Hi. My name is Hanwool(Hannah) Kim. I am in the Industrial Design.
Actually, I can use only few programs little bit (such as Photoshop and Corel).

Exercise Zero - Joanne

Joanne Wong. Industrial Design.
Tech level average. Used all programs, but not skilled.

Exercise 0 - Iliana Shabatova

Iliana Shabatova
Graphic Design
Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Premiere; Microsoft Word, Excel,Outlook, Powerpoint

Exercize Zero-Seulgi Kim

Hi. I am Seulgi (Irene) Kim. I am in the Industrial design program. I usually use Window instead of Mac, so I cannot use Mac well. I have experience to use Photoshop, Corel and so on.

Exersise Zero: Kristen

Kristen Burns
Advertising
Just started using photo shop.

GO MIRIAM!!

Exercise Zero : Miriam

Miriam

Graphic Design

Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash

I'm pretty great. And so is Kristen Burns. Be our friends. :)

Exercise Zero - Patricia Lacroix

I am in First year Graphic Design...but i had mono last semester...
I have experience using photoshop, indesign, and some other adobe programs....I can learn programs pretty quickly.

Exercise Zero- Che Hernandez

My Full and preferred name is Che Hernandez. My discipline is 2d illustration. I'm experienced with fooling around with photoshop and illustrator, however I could learn a lot about them. I've also used iMovie a bit. May the force be with you...

Exercise Zero - Dong Min

Hello, my name is Dong Min(Dennis) Hong. I'm a 1st year student in Environmental Design, and I'm not very experienced with softwares.

Che Hernandez

sexercise zero - Gillian C

My name is Gillian...
1st year.. Advertising.. I'm comfortable with microsoft word.. some photoshop..and a little html. and Gio: dont be jealous i'm a bigger deal than you.

Exercise Zero - Derek

Full Name: Derek Christopher Riordan
Discipline: Illustration

I'm quite comfortable with various types of technology ranging from PC and Mac computers to things like digital cameras and other peripherals. I'm most familiar with Adobe Illustrator and other programs like iPhoto, and I'm starting to learn how to use Photoshop. I'm an even bigger deal than both Gio and Kaylyn put together, ask anybody.

Exercise Zero - Dave

David McInerney

Advertising

I have a pretty good level of comfort with technology... I am most fluent with Photoshop and Illustrator.

Exercise Zero - Gio Petrucci

My knowledge of computers is pretty basic. I've used most programs but I rarely remember what I have to do. I've used Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and most Windows programs. I type kind of fast. I'm in Graphic Design, obviously first year. I'm pretty much a big deal. Kaylyn is kind of a big deal too. Maybe Gill too.

-Gio

Exercise Zero - Kaylyn Frecker

Like omg, experience design! My name is Kaylyn, and I'm a first year graphic design student. My knowledge of computers is quite amazing. I know how to manipulate most programs. Here is my list: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, iMovie and of course word processing. I'm a big deal. Gio is my best friend, meeting him at OCAD made my life complete.

JESSE JACKSON!

Exercise Zero - Colin Hutzan

My name is Colin Hutzan.

I am in the Material Art and Design program at OCAD University. I have been at the school since September, 2006 and am taking second year liberal studies courses along with first year studios.

I know some things about photoshop (we did projects using the software for Design Process last simester), and I know how to type things on Word. That is all. I used to do yearbook stuff in highschool on the InDesign program but I kindof suck at that.

Exercise zero

Julian Saadeh
I am in the illustration program and I have average knowledge of computers and technology using anything from digi cams to PCs also using microsoft paint and I have little but somewhat experience using photoshop

Excercise 0 - Jennie Worsley

First year Advertising student
Minimal knowledge of software.

ExerciseZero:LenaHong

Name:Lena(KiEun)Hong
Discipline:Industrial
GeneralLevelofTechnology:IdontHaveAClue

Excercise Zero-Shona

My name is Shona Galbraith. I'm in the Illustration program. I know some stuff. I know XSI pretty well. I've dabbled in Maya. I'm okayish at Illustrator and Photoshop. That's about it. Nice to meet you!

Exercise Zero - Julian Apong

Hey, my name is Julian Apong, I'm a 1st year illustration student. My likes are long walks on the beach and starting assignments the day they're due.

I work at a computer store so I'm fairly well oriented with computers. I've worked with the Adobe CS suite, Painter, Flash and a little bit of Windows movie maker.

Exercise Zero

Your first Exercise is to perform a number of administrative tasks that will help our section of Principles of Experience Design run smoothly.

1) Join the Blog. I have sent and email to your OCAD email account inviting you to join the blog. You will need to set up a Google account if you don't already have one.

2) Gain access to the TEMPORARY_STORAGE drive. I will demonstrate how to do this in class. Here, you'll find a folder that contains the class photos that Tori shot earlier. Please find your photo, and prepare it for uploading to the blog. Make modifications as you see fit - cropping, enhancing, effects - but don't spend too much time, as there's lots left to do. If you have access to another photo that you prefer, feel free to use it, but make sure the photo clearly shows your face.

3) Make a post to the blog which includes the following:
-Your full (and your preferred) name;
-Your discipline: graphic design, industrial design, etc;
-Your general level of comfort with technology, ranging from "I don't have a clue" to "I'm an expert at the use of all software and hardware." Be specific (ie name the software and hardware that you know). This will help us tailor the class to your existing skills (or lack of), and
-Your photo.

Please title your post "Exercise Zero - Name." For example, my post would be called "Exercise Zero - Jesse." Also, label your post with the Exercise Zero label provided at the bottom left of the posting window. Please consistently follow these conventions for titles and labels in the future.

On to Exercise One!

Course Outline

Course Outline

Welcome to Principles of Experience Design

Welcome to Jesse Jackson and Tori Foster's Wednesday evening section of Principles of Interaction Design, Winter 2008.

This blog is integral to all aspects of the course. All course materials will be made available on the blog, and most Projects and Exercises will require submissions to the blog. You are expected to check the blog for new posts at least every 48 hours. Please make it a lively space by visiting and contributing regularly.

Your contributions to this site will be factored into your participation mark. It is very important that you use your real name as your display name, so that we know who you are. To do this, simply enter your real name in the Display Name window in your profile.

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