CODACHROME
Margarita Dekoli, Bakhtiar Mikhak · 2004
CodaChrome is an interactive system for children to design and create their own electronic jewelry using both digital and traditional craft materials. Specifically, it describes the software and hardware components used for the jewelry design activity, and the two design sessions where children used the CodaChrome system to create their electronic jewelry out of a collection of beads and stones, and out of electronic materials like circuit boards, LEDs and wires. They programmed the animated color sequences (color patterns) using a custom made software environment that provides graphical tools (i.e. color palettes) and widgets like a timeline to facilitate the task.