Robert Faludi

http://twitter.com/faludi

New York, New York

Device networker, professor, author, maker, collaborative interaction designer

Areas of Expertise:

  • wireless
  • ZigBee
  • device networking
  • 802.15.4
  • radio
  • networking
  • interaction design
  • collaboration
  • arduino
  • processing
  • XBee
  • speaking
Robert Faludi is a professor in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and in the Interactive Telecommunications program at NYU. He specializes in behavioral interactions through physical computing and networked objects. Rob is the author of Building Wireless Sensor Networks, with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino and Processing published by O’Reilly Media, 2011. He frequently consults on interactive projects including recent work in entertainment, architecture and toys. Faludi is currently developing device networking and customer engagement systems for Tendril, a smart energy monitoring start-up. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Good Morning America, and BBC World among others. He is a co-creator of LilyPad XBee wearable radios, and Botanicalls, a system that allows thirsty plants to place phone calls for human help.

Building Wireless Sensor Networks Building Wireless Sensor Networks
by Robert Faludi
December 2010
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99

Robert blogs at:
http://www.faludi.com

Faludi in France & Italy

February 08 2012

This month I’ll be speaking at WaveForum in Nice, France. On February 14th I’ll be presenting the XBee Internet Gateway and on the 15th I’ll be talking attendees through the latest Fun with XBees. Are you in France or want to be? The basics for attending are on the main… read more

Building Wireless Sensor Networks: Advanced Kit Available!

January 26 2012

The Advanced Kit for my Building Wireless Sensor Networks book is now finally available from SparkFun electronics! If you got the BWSN Basics Kit and still want more, the BWSN Advanced Kit can complete your array of tools and components to do every project in the book. This kit includes the… read more

Los Angeles Innovator Visits

January 20 2012

Just back from a Los Angeles journey to call on various innovators in my role as Collaborative Strategy Leader for Digi International. First, I paid a visit to statistics professor and data expert Mark Hansen at UCLA’s Center for Embedded Networked Sensing. Mark is currently investigating what he calls “participatory sensing, projects… read more

XIG Ego Ticker

January 19 2012

Matt Richardson of Make is using our XBee Internet Gateway to track and display all his online scores (Google results, YouTube followers and the like) on a big LED display he calls the Ego Ticker: Matt’s the host of Make: Live. He’s also one of the Master’s students at ITP and a notable technophile.… read more

Sensitive Buildings: Final Projects

December 27 2011

The students in our NYU ITP Sensitive Buildings class presented terrific final projects last Tuesday. They spent their Fall making the most of a unique opportunity to invent prototypes for large-scale sensor/device networks, then tested out their creations in a landmark 28-story apartment building on New York’s Columbus Circle. The property owners had… read more

ITP 2011 Winter Show: Photos

December 18 2011

A quick preview of the 2011 ITP Winter Show in photos. Come and see it at 721 Broadway in New York, December 18th & 19th only!   read more

12 to Watch in 2012 – Episode 7: Rob Faludi

December 14 2011

The New York Observer is doing a video series about local people with interesting ideas. 12 to Watch in 2012, profiles some New Yorkers doing innovative things with technology and design. I got to be in Episode 7, which came out today. In it, I talk about designing, artists, science, the… read more

Ghana Book Donation: Building Wireless Sensor Networks

December 07 2011

O’Reilly Media and the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) facilitated a generous donation of 30 copies of my book “Building Wireless Sensor Networks” for the “First West African Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks” at Accra, the University of Ghana. According to their site: “The workshop is designed to impart skills and… read more

Exploratorium: XBee Workshop

December 05 2011

On the evening of December 1st, I got to teach an XBee Wireless Networking workshop for the staff at my favorite interactive science museum, the Exploratorium in San Francisco. We went over the basics of wireless networking, made a chat session, then built out interactive doorbell projects. Finally, the staff got… read more

Japanese Translation: “Building Wireless Sensor Networks”

November 28 2011

“Building Wireless Sensor Networks” has just been translated into Japanese, thanks to the tireless and inspired efforts of my friend and colleague Shigeru Kobayashi for the Make Projects series. Translation was done by Bun Mizuhara with design by Yosuke Nakanishi. The Japanese title roughly translates to read, “Wireless Sensor Networks Made with XBee,” which describes the content very nicely. Shigeru… read more

MIT Media Lab: Wireless Networking Workshop

November 22 2011

Last Thursday was spent visiting, lecturing and workshopping at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge. The Media Lab is similar in scope and mission to NYU’s ITP, where I teach. It operates at the intersection of design, media and technology. My host, Leah Buechley, is an Assistant Professor there. Leah was… read more

MoMA Acquisition Completed

October 31 2011

Five Botanicalls systems and one Botanicalls Kit were delivered to the MoMA Architecture & Design Collection last Wednesday. In the photo below you can see them beginning their journey into deep storage, where they will stay before being examined by a conservator for preservation recommendations. After that, it’s on to… read more
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