Ladyada's research at MIT

[Andreas]

Coming from Helligkeitssensor TSL2591 auslesen - #13 by Andreas, we found a funny piece of art by Limor “Ladyada” Fried which just made our day.

Ms. Fried –

Not having any input from you about the incident on Dec. 5th, in
spite of repeated efforts to meet with you, I have to make a decision
in this matter based solely on the Campus Police report.

Your “art project,” a black metal box with wires protruding from it,
was discovered by the Campus Police attached to a girder in East
Garage in the early morning hours of December 5, 2002. A note
attached to it described as a Course 6 EE art project, a questionable
claim as art is not usually associated with electrical engineering.
The Campus Police tried to contact you at the email address on the
note but, receiving no answer, removed it from public view, to
prevent panic by anyone who might have thought it was a bomb.

It appears that you either disregarded the likelihood that someone
might be frightened thinking it was a bomb or you intended to cause
that reaction. That is not acceptable behavior at MIT. It is
fortunate that the Campus Police discovered and removed it before
that could happen, but that good fortune does not exonerate you.

Accordingly, I am issuing this written warning to you. You have a
disciplinary record as a result of this incident for one semester.
If you have no further incidents between now and next June, then your
record will be expunged.

I am willing to reconsider this decision if you come and talk to me.

Carol Orme-Johnson
Assistant Dean for Student Conflict Resolution & Discipline
Director of Mediation@MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E32-133
617-258-8423

– Selected feedback on my work at MIT Media Lab (2003 & 2004)

[Andreas]

A black plastic box with wires protruding from it

@Assistant Dean

A black metal box with wires protruding from it […] [and] the likelihood that someone
might be frightened thinking it was a bomb […] is not acceptable behavior at MIT.

@MKO

Hier das fertig aufgebaute Sensorkit.

– Workshop Hamburg 05/2019 - #14 by MKO

Thoughts: We might think about painting the box in red, blue or green to fly under the radar.

[weef]

@Andreas

might think about painting the box in red, blue or green to fly under the radar.

Erm, no.
Our boxes as well as the scale frames have to be white to increase their albedo:

@Thias

the box has to be colored in white to minimize radiation absorption. This is crucial!

[MKO]

A bomb with bees, could be considered as a splinter bomb because of the spines.

There you can not get away, with a disciplinary record .

[mois]

bee bombs have been used - to sabotage elections in portugal 2011.