Introduction
The world is becoming a place where the traditional technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have boiled over into the world of art to produce STEAM (that is, STEM with Art thrown in the mix). It is the beginning of a new Renaissance. Just like in Da Vinci’s time, cross-domain studies in all the STEAM topics are critical, and they are often unified via some form of electronics.
For example, an art installation may allow for a mechanical, interactive sculpture. This sculpture may require some “senses” to understand changes in the environment—everything from a change in temperature to the traditional senses of touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell. These changes are processed by some electronic ...
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