Thoughts on the first week of Physical Interaction DH2400

So the first week is now done, and I must say that it has accomplished a few things. Before, I didn't have any interest in hardware, but now I see lots of potential and have lots of ideas that are swimming around. I had no knowledge of working with hardware, except for a single course during my first year at Computer Science. Now I am interested with what this course can teach me.
Going into this course with game development in mind, I played around with the different phidgets, and saw lots of potential.

I was having some trouble, however. Trying to use the slider to control the motor was hard, and I didn't manage to make it work before we ended.

I did get lots of ideas for a project however. Something that would interest me is to convert the game I made for DT2140 Multimodal Interaction, Blox360.

It uses fiducials through ReacTIVision and a webcam to control the paddles. Instead, it could be controlled with sonar sensors, and having a projector that shows the screen on the floor.

Looking around the internet, trying to get ideas for the prototype and the project, I also stumbled on this very interesting Kickstarter, Gameduino.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWn-6FB4cNQ
I'll leave it there for now ^^