===== Fall Semester 2017 =====

|**Weeks** |**Date** |**Theme**   |**Homework for //this// day** |
|Week 1|[[:09-05-17|TUE, 09-05-17]]|Introduction to the course  | |
|   |[[:09-07-17|THU, 09-07-17]]|Lecture on //Project/Time Management//   |Get the course books from NYUAD bookstore|
|Week 2|[[:09-10-17|SUN, 09-10-17]]|Drawing Session (scribble techniques, perspectives)  |[[:homework_gant_chart|Gantt Chart]]|
|   |[[:09-12-17|TUE, 09-12-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |find articles featuring novel technology|
|   |[[:09-14-17|THU, 09-14-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |have installed [[http://www.arduino.cc|Arduino]] on your computer|
|   |[[:09-16-17|SAT, 09-16-17]]|Intro to Arduino Workshop I.  |   |
|Week 3|[[:09-17-17|SUN, 09-17-17]]|Project Colloquium  |[[:3_machine_ideas|have created poster with 3 machine ideas]]|
|   |[[:09-19-17|TUE, 09-19-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |Conceptual Drawing of chosen machine (dimetric)|
|Week 4|[[:09-24-17|SUN, 09-24-17]]|Project Colloquium  |[[:essay1_mm17|Essay 1]]|
|   |[[:09-26-17|TUE, 09-26-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |have watched //Metropolis// ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0NzALRJifI|link]])|
|   |[[:09-28-17|THU, 09-28-17]]|Presentation of Mechanics ('Reuleaux Prototypes')  |'Reuleaux Prototype'|
|Week 5|[[:10-01-17|SUN, 10-01-17]]|Student presentation of [[:mm17_essay_01|Essay 1]], Project Colloquium  |Essay 1 (rewrite)|
|   |[[:10-03-17|TUE, 10-03-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |have watched //Blade Runner// |
|   |[[:10-05-17|THU, 10-05-17]]|Arduino Workshop II. (wiring up your box)|   |
|Week 6|[[:10-08-17|SUN, 10-08-17]]|Student presentation of [[:mm17_essay_01|Essay 1]], Project Colloquium  | |
|   |[[:10-10-17|TUE, 10-10-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  | |
|   |[[:10-12-17|THU, 10-12-17]]|Workshop session with Esteban  | |
|Week 7|[[:10-15-17|SUN, 10-15-17]]|Student presentation of [[:mm17_essay_01|Essay 1]], Project Colloquium  | |
|   |[[:10-17-17|TUE, 10-17-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |have watched //Ex Machina// ([[http://cinefex.com/blog/ex-machina/|link]])|
|   |[[:10-19-17|THU, 10-19-17]]|Prototype Planning with Esteban  | |
|Week 8|[[:10-22-17|SUN, 10-22-17]]|Student presentation of [[:mm17_essay_01|Essay 1]], Project Colloquium  | |
| | |**Fall Break: 25–28 October 2017**   | |
|Week 9|[[:10-29-17|SUN, 10-29-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |Reading: //Mind Hacks// (hack 11+12)  |
|   |[[:10-31-17|TUE, 10-31-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  | |
|   |[[:11-02-17|THU, 11-02-17]]|Lecture about //Rapid Prototyping//   |   |
|Week 10|[[:11-05-17|SUN, 11-05-17]]|Project Colloquium  |Build a cardboard prototype of your machine, \\ Project Report 1  |
|   |[[:11-07-17|TUE, 11-07-17]]|Concept presentation to [[http://www.aus.edu/faculty/kevin-badni|guest reviewer]]  |[[:finding_sticks|Collect 3 wooden sticks]]  |
|   |[[:11-09-17|THU, 11-09-17]]|Preparation for the field trip  |[[:finding_stones|Collect 11 stones]]  |
|  ⇒|[[:mm17_fieldtrip#day1|FRI, 11-10-17]]|field trip to [[:ras_al_khamimah|Ras al-Khaimah]] and Sharjah  |Reading: //What Technology Wants// (ch. 2+3)  |
|  ⇒|[[:mm17_fieldtrip#day2|SAT, 11-11-17]]|field trip to [[:ras_al_khamimah|Ras al-Khaimah]] and Sharjah  |   |
|Week 11|[[:11-12-17|SUN, 11-12-17]]|Project Colloquium  |<del>Project Report 2</del> => Document from Sharjah Museum  |
|   |[[:11-14-17|TUE, 11-14-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |Reading: //Who owns the future?// (p. 7, 11, 15, 347)  |
|   |[[:11-16-17|THU, 11-16-17]]|Guest lecture "//Machine Learning//" [[http://hildebrand.beuth-hochschule.de/#/|Prof. Hildebrand]]  |   |
|Week 12|[[:11-19-17|SUN, 11-19-17]]|Project Colloquium  |Project Report 3  |
|   |[[:11-21-17|TUE, 11-21-17]]|Machine Building in the EDS, class discussion  |   |
|   |[[:11-23-17|THU, 11-23-17]]|[[:mm17_case-study_presentation|Case-study presentations]], class discussion  |Reading: //Who owns the future?// (p. 85 ff., 97 ff., 138 ff., 362, 366)  |
|   |[[:11-25-17|SAT, 11-25-17]]|Machine Building in the EDS, class discussion  |   |
|Week 13|[[:11-26-17|SUN, 11-26-17]]|Project Colloquium, //Stoneage Workshop//   |Project Report 4, Reading: //What Technology Wants// (ch. 5)  |
|   |[[:11-28-17|TUE, 11-28-17]]|Machine Building in the EDS, class discussion  |   |
|Week 14|[[:12-03-17|SUN, 12-03-17]]|Machine Building in the EDS, class discussion  |Project Report 5, Reading: //What Technology Wants// (ch. 8)  |
|   |[[:12-05-17|TUE, 12-05-17]]|Machine Building in the EDS, class discussion  |   |
|   |[[:12-07-17|THU, 12-07-17]]|Machine Building in the EDS, class discussion  |Essay 2  |
|Week 15|[[:12-10-17|SUN, 12-10-17]]|Presentation Essay 2 and machine demonstration \\ (students 1–9, 10 min each)  |working machine  |
|   |[[:12-12-17|TUE, 12-12-17]]|Documentation of machine (pics and movies)  |   |
|   |[[:12-14-17|THU, 12-14-17]]|Exhibition finalisation  |   |

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