For our final project, we have gone through multiple ideas to finally come to our final idea, the Black Box. Initially, we wanted to create a project that dealt with human emotion and interaction. Another aspect that we wanted to discover was use Muscle Wire in our design. We had several ideas initially but they [...]
Our team for our final project consist of Lu, Betty, Jon, and Nas. During our first meeting we discussed several ideas for the final project. My idea was to build on the Fluffy Clouds projects we did for Sketch 2. The expansion would include large size crayons that kids could use to draw on screen [...]
This week, we received comments regarding our presentation and our code. The suggestions for the presentation was to reduce the amount of information about the Jitter code and implement more examples of interaction into our presentation.
One of the examples that is included in the final version of our presentation is an interactive installation design for [...]
Currently, our team is working on completing Sketch 2 which is an interactive children game consisting of clouds shaped in animal form which the kids can use their hand to move the animal parts (head, body, legs…) to form the complete shape of the animal. So far it has been slow going because I am [...]
For sketch 2 we will be implementing motion recognition using Jitter. We will be using a camera that will take in the data and the modified data will be displayed on the projector. My team are thinking about making a children’s game that allows the kids to manipulate clouds with their hands. I have begun [...]
Recap of Sketch One
Last week, I completed our first sketch which was called “Drum Wear”. The concept revolved around the idea of drum circles but with a modern & intimate twist. My group modified a pair of pants by stitching 4 switches (made up of copper film & fabric) and running them to the arduino board.
The initial [...]
Before I get into our idea for sketch one, I must mention a website which I found a really interesting installation work called Flow 5.0 . The website describes the work as:
“Flow 5.0 is an interactive landscape made out of hundreds of ventilators which reacts on your sound and motion. By walking and interacting the [...]
In Week 2 we experimented with Arduino by triggering LED light with a button. We used a breadboard to attach the button, resistor, and LED to the Arduino and used a modified program from the Button Example.
The following is modified Arduino code:
/*
* Button
* by DojoDave <http://www.0j0.org>
*
* Turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected [...]
In Week 1 lab we conducted a brain storming session based on the use of sensors and their possible form of interaction or response. In the individual session, I was given light as the input sensor and air as the output sensor. I introduced the idea of a air quality monitoring system which is based [...]
