REFERENCE BOOKS

REFERENCE BOOKS

These are recommended texts for the course in general, over the course of the semester students will be encouraged to access and read sections of the Reference Books listed below. Students will have assigned readings from both the Essential Reference List and Complimentary Reference List. All of them are inspirational for tangible media & physical computing in general – but you’ll also find them to be useful reading for interaction design, prototyping strategies and user experience design.

REFERENCE BOOKS

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THE LIST

ESSENTIAL REFERENCE(S)

Arduino: A Technical Reference

Access: Concordia Online

Arduino Cookbook

Access: Concordia Online

Practical Electronics: Components and Techniques

Access: Concordia Online

The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design

Access: IDEO Design Kit

Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire and IoT

Access: Webster Library

COMPLIMENTARY REFERENCE(S)

Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects

Access: Webster Library

The Design of Everyday Things

Access: Webster Library

Designing Interactions

Access: Webster Library

See This Sound: Audiovisuology Compendium

Access: Webster Library

Designing for Emerging Technologies

Access: Concordia Online

Interaction Design: Beyond HCI

Access: Concordia Online

Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Vol. 2

Access: Concordia Online

Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Vol. 3

Access: Concordia Online

Algorithm Design

Access: Concordia Online

The New Everyday: Ambient Intelligence

Access: Amazon.ca

Game, Set and Match

Access: Amazon.ca