David Cuartielles, PhD Candidate in Interaction Design at K3, Malmo University, swings by Aarhus to give a talk about Arduino, from DIY to real (interactive) products - For people who don’t know anything.

Arduino is an open source hardware (OSH) platform for prototyping that is changing the way we think about creating new electronic devices. This initiative was born during a research residency of D. Cuartielles at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Together with M. Banzi it gave the first step towards an open strategy for design production and -by extension- open thinking about design. During this talk D. Cuartielles will introduce examples of projects both academic, artistic and commercial that were realized thanks to the use of OSH tools.

David Cuartielles is a PhD Candidate in Interaction Design at K3, Malmø University. He has co-developed the Arduino prototyping platform. Currently runs the 1scale1 prototyping studio, owns a toy making company, and runs micro-company creation projects for the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (AECID). He has been a guest researcher at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, and Samsung Art and Design Institute. During 2006 he curated part of Ars Electronica festival dedicated to quick prototyping.

Arduino: http://www.arduino.cc/

The talk takes place on Friday September 12 2008 at 14.15 in Lille Auditorium, IT-huset, Åbogade, 8000 Aarhus.

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