Making Studio

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The wHOLE.

it’s an interactive information hub in real life. So literally a hole in your wall where you can find random thing from the internet for 1 min a day.

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Bike grid,

if always wondered what my bike pattern looks like in the NYC grid.  My inspiration is this video:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2822099/Innovative-new-pointe-shoes-turn-ballerina-s-movements-unique-works-art-digitally-tracking-dancing.html#v-3876657565001

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ALLO : food project

My mission is to educate people about food choices and options through and interactive experience with sound.

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How positive or negative your day is?

MIDI controller and sound collector:

a sound collector that can be used as a monome so you can make a music remix of your life.

-knitting machine that works with sound

Evening Ladies and Gents !

This is going to be a hell of a class and for those that are reading in, check out the rest. Some great concepts ! Today’s blog post is a dive into the ideas that were generated for the final project for SVA’s ProductsOfDesign Making Studio Class. Here we go !

I personally found the conception of the ideas for this project rather difficult. I wanted to create something useful, that I would use and want and that would have an impact as well as serve as a good instructable. So after a range of brainstorms into fields, from football to culture to travel, I placed my eyes on my computer and realised the answer was right in front of my eyes… Music.

The following concepts were generated with the idea of creating a system that would register the BPM produced by the music playing and create a light show in reaction to these elements. The way of achieving this was yet not clear and after further research it was decided that I would use an MSGEQ7 chip to separate the music into frequencies and react to these relatively. Below are the three concepts that were generated!

Please note that the components that are believed to be required for each concept are demonstrated in the drawing below.

Concepto Numero Uno : El Brazalete

‘El Brazalete’ was generated with the vision of delivering a neat wearable to the party people around the world. A neat, slim bracelet that would light up in reaction to the music through an LED strip, giving a subtle power to the holder.

Concepto Numero Dos : La Cupula

‘La Cupula’  is a small desk accessory that would sit on your desk and would change colours according to the music that was played. Additionally, ‘La Cupula’ would include a IR sensor that would activate a programmed light effect by maintained your hand on the IR sensor for a period of time.

Concepto Numero Tres : ‘El Obelisko’

‘El Obelisko’ is the third and final concept for the final project and consists of a acrylic pyramid that would be covered by a series of 3D printed elements creating a pattern on the outside of the pyramid. Then, using a series of LED lights and an MSGEQ7 chip in combination with an audio input, the pyramid would light up and react in reaction to the music.

Final Chosen Concept: The Obelisk (The Pyramid in Drawing)

Game on !

O.

Invisible table menu
This table is for a restaurant. It is a table that at first looks totally normal, but once we sit and are waiting for the menus, the waitress will just press a button (that would be placed on the side of the table – or under it) and a light inside the table will light up and will show the menu that would also be hidden in the table.

Low “illusion” table
This low “illusion” table will look very simple at first. It will have a cylindrical shape, with a mirror on top of it and inside it. Inside the cylinder there will be LEDs that light up whenever we drop something on the mirror. Then we will have the impression that there’s a hole in the floor (because of the LEDs reflected in the mirror inside of the table).

Welcome sculpture
This sculpture will be a transparent ‘welcome’ panel that lights up every time you/someone enter/s your place. It will be placed on the wall in front of the door. ‘Welcome’ would be written with LEDs and all the ‘electrical stuff’ will be seen, because I like to see how many strings we have used and how everything is connected to each other.

Lou

A couple months back, I saw the videos of Matthew Borgatti’s soft robots on the Adafruit website and was really captivated by them.  They inspired me to think about building a soft robot using pneumatic pressure for motion for my final project.  Plus,  I was really thrilled when I found out that our guest critic last week was Matt (thank you Becky)!

CONCEPT 1- RESCUE ROBOT WORM

I looked at the locomotion of worms as one idea.  Worms move by stretching out one end of their body while the contracted end holds onto the earth with little setae feet.  They keep alternating this front-back stretching to propel forward.   This soft robot worm that could be perhaps used for emergency situations to rescue victims that are buried in rubble, snow, mud, etc.

CONCEPT 2 – ELEPHANT TRUNK INTERACTIVE TOY

CONCEPT 3- MEDUSA TENTACLES INTERACTIVE DEVICE

CONCEPT 4- PNEUMATIC THERAPY DEVICES

One version would be a seat or bed lined with silicone bubble surface.  Air pressure would push out the bubbles in a rhythmic pattern.  I could see this helping patients that needed acupressure or massage therapy.  Or for patients that are bed-ridden and need a moving surface to prevent bed sores.   A more practical size might be a glove for the hand.