INTERACTIVITY (or not): READINGS. MANUALS
Forum, Resources: http://www.sensorwiki.org
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Miss Weakly (links of interest):
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Articles:
Joe Paradiso: A very interesting article with a lot of info on instruments using sensors ( musical applications, but you could extrapolate and use these controllers for any other applications:) http://web.media.mit.edu/~joep/ieee.html
Check Gestures/Sensors in http://www.stetson.edu/~mdemurga/interactive/links.html
The History (including birth!) of the first computer network band, per Chris Brown and John Bischoff http://crossfade.walkerart.org/index.html
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BOOKS:
There are quite a few cheap, very useful small books with simple schematics, mostly written by Mims, at RadioShack, such as:
"Getting Started in Electronics" Forrest M. Mims, III - RadioShack cat.no 625003
"Engineer's Mini-Notebook: Electronic Formulas, Symbols and Circuits " Forrest M. Mims III - RadioShack cat.no.65-5031
"Engineer's Mini-Notebook:Science and Communication Circuits and Projects" Forrest M. Mims III - RadioShack cat.no.65-5033
"Engineer's Mini-Notebook: Electronic Sensor Circuits & Projects " Forrest M. Mims III - RadioShack cat.no.65-5034
"Engineer's Mini-Notebook: Optelectronic Circuits" Forrest M. Mims III - RadioShack cat.no.65-5012
"Engineer's Mini-Notebook: Sensor - Projects" Forrest M. Mims III - RadioShack cat.no.65-5026
"The Beginner's Handbook of Electronics" George Olsen, Prentice Hall (1980)
"Gadgeter's Goldmine - 55 space-age projects" Gordon McComb, Tab Books (1990)
"Robot Builder's Bonanza - 99 inexpensive robotic projects" Gordon McComb, Tab Books (1987)
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"Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs and Applications" by Jacob Fraden
On-line MAGAZINES
CMJ (Computer Music Journal)
Iotacenter (film, video/animation, performance artists)
MANUALS on Various softwares are available on SFU's site: http://www.sfu.ca/sca/Manuals/147/147_Man.html