Thank you, Greg and Jinsil for your instruction to our achievement throughout the course
Have a great Christmas ~~! :D
2010년 12월 14일 화요일
IAT320 - Body interface :: Final Project >> Documentation
We have finished our documentation for the final project
presentation slides
http://www.sfu.ca/~jya9/iat320/IAT320_Final.pdf
final paper
http://www.sfu.ca/~jya9/iat320/320%20research%20document.pdf
our documentation video has big size to be uploaded with this blog, but we included the video in the dvd submission.
presentation slides
http://www.sfu.ca/~jya9/iat320/IAT320_Final.pdf
final paper
http://www.sfu.ca/~jya9/iat320/320%20research%20document.pdf
our documentation video has big size to be uploaded with this blog, but we included the video in the dvd submission.
This is overview of our interface and projection
Animation: sleeping when bear is lying down
Our tester, Amy :)
IAT320 - Body interface :: Final Project >> Creating textile touch sensor
Conductive foam + fabric to create textile touch sensor
This is how we sewed our touch sensor inside the bear (paw)
overview of the bear with arduino board and accelerometer
2010년 12월 13일 월요일
IAT320 - Body interface :: Final Project >> Idea Brainstorming & Plan
Final Project :: Responsive Bear
Team Member :: Christine Sun, Tony Yang, Rosanna Stevens, Andy Yoo
Idea ::
During our first week of the final project working session, we brainstormed several ideas for the project; wishing wall, alchemist's set, and friendly bear, and we decided to explore friendly bear in a hope of increasing children's awareness of species endangerment. Aim of our project was to create tangible interface with panda dolls to accomplish our goal. As children play with the toy bear, (in other words, as they interact with the bear, animation of relevant behaviour of bear would projected on the wall to create more real-like environmental images to children). We would have touch sensors on each hand (paw), accelerometer, and switch on mouth with an object that would complete the circuit (with bamboo like object for eating interaction).
Plan ::
1st Week
- Brainstorming ideas
- Research for right sensors, and brief animation discussion
- Discussion of interactions
2nd Week
- Start on animation
- Schematics for soft circuits
- Start on paper / documentation video script
3rd Week
- Finishing each task and putting in together
- User study/testing
- Assembling videos
4th Week
- Presentation
- DVD
Team Role ::
Christine Sun - Main animator / presentation slides
Tony Yang - Main programmer
Rosanna Stevens - Assistant animator / documentation
Andy Yoo - Electronics / video
Research ::
Concept:
Our research focuses primarily on interactive projects dedicated towards increasing wildlife conservation. Karolina Sobecka’s Wildlife does just that, through projecting wild animals onto city buildings from cars. The animals run at a speed which matches the cars. The Wildlife Foundation also did a relevant exhibit this year which involves toy pandas that react to human movement.
Team Member :: Christine Sun, Tony Yang, Rosanna Stevens, Andy Yoo
Idea ::
During our first week of the final project working session, we brainstormed several ideas for the project; wishing wall, alchemist's set, and friendly bear, and we decided to explore friendly bear in a hope of increasing children's awareness of species endangerment. Aim of our project was to create tangible interface with panda dolls to accomplish our goal. As children play with the toy bear, (in other words, as they interact with the bear, animation of relevant behaviour of bear would projected on the wall to create more real-like environmental images to children). We would have touch sensors on each hand (paw), accelerometer, and switch on mouth with an object that would complete the circuit (with bamboo like object for eating interaction).
Plan ::
1st Week
- Brainstorming ideas
- Research for right sensors, and brief animation discussion
- Discussion of interactions
2nd Week
- Start on animation
- Schematics for soft circuits
- Start on paper / documentation video script
3rd Week
- Finishing each task and putting in together
- User study/testing
- Assembling videos
4th Week
- Presentation
- DVD
Team Role ::
Christine Sun - Main animator / presentation slides
Tony Yang - Main programmer
Rosanna Stevens - Assistant animator / documentation
Andy Yoo - Electronics / video
Research ::
Concept:
Our research focuses primarily on interactive projects dedicated towards increasing wildlife conservation. Karolina Sobecka’s Wildlife does just that, through projecting wild animals onto city buildings from cars. The animals run at a speed which matches the cars. The Wildlife Foundation also did a relevant exhibit this year which involves toy pandas that react to human movement.
resources
http://www.flightphase.com/about.html
http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pandamonium-world-wildlife-foundation-inspires-interactive-art.html
http://www.flightphase.com/about.html
http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pandamonium-world-wildlife-foundation-inspires-interactive-art.html
Technical:
Our technical research focused on different typess of sensors; touch sensors and accelerometer. For touch sensor, we decided to create our own soft circuit sensor on each hand for interaction, and accelerometer was also installed inside of the bear to control behaviour of the bear during interaction. Also, tony started to working on coding files with both arduino and processing, using libraries that exist within the software.
resources
http://www.sfu.ca/~jya9/iat320/
accelerometer testing image
2010년 11월 24일 수요일
IAT320 - Body interface :: Physical Interactive Skin >> Sketch 2
Whit.LED
Concept : Visualizing sound/wind into movement of light.
The concept of Whist.LED was derived from ordinary object; a whistle. A whislte is an object which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. However, instead of sound, Whist.LED produces visual output, movement of light among series of LEDs. Input of the sketch project is the wind that is being blown onto the whistle-like component of the system, and depends on how strong the pressure is determines the speed of the movement of the light along the series of LEDs. Also, LEDs are sewed on to the t-shirts in a image of wind blowing to visualize image of wind blowing (sound travel).
Input : Sound(from wind blown by users' breath) to an electret microphone.
- Sound sensor was used as input sensor, using electret micro
phone w/ amplifier. [schematic retrieved from tinker log]
- Sensor measures pressure of wind created by participant’s
breath, and also sound created by participants or envrionment.
Output : Lights(visual) through numbers of LEDs attached to the t-shirt.
- According to values read from the sound sensor, movement of
light along numbers of LEDs changes.
- Visualizing wind and sound with LED lights.
Research : I have done both concept and technical research for this project.
Concept research
- Examples from the lecture/lab
- Examples from the web
- On-line imagery research
- Drawing
- Exploration around the city
Technical research
- Sensor (Rotational sensor, hall-effect, wind sensor)
- Motor (for creating sensors)
- Lego(for creating sensors)
- Arduino programming
- Alternative sensors (sensitive touch sensors and etc)
Experiment with technical problems: I had technical difficulties with sensor and LEDs.
Sensor
- My intention was to use rotational sensor to measure change in
angle of the rotational sensor to give different value to delay
between LEDs, but noticed that normal rotational sensor only
rotates from 0 degree to 360 degree.
- I had to come up with different sensor that either reset every
time, it reaches 360 degree, or contiuously rotates.
- I researched over different types of sensors that can satisfy this
condition.
Concept : Visualizing sound/wind into movement of light.
The concept of Whist.LED was derived from ordinary object; a whistle. A whislte is an object which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. However, instead of sound, Whist.LED produces visual output, movement of light among series of LEDs. Input of the sketch project is the wind that is being blown onto the whistle-like component of the system, and depends on how strong the pressure is determines the speed of the movement of the light along the series of LEDs. Also, LEDs are sewed on to the t-shirts in a image of wind blowing to visualize image of wind blowing (sound travel).
Input : Sound(from wind blown by users' breath) to an electret microphone.
- Sound sensor was used as input sensor, using electret micro
phone w/ amplifier. [schematic retrieved from tinker log]
- Sensor measures pressure of wind created by participant’s
breath, and also sound created by participants or envrionment.
Output : Lights(visual) through numbers of LEDs attached to the t-shirt.
- According to values read from the sound sensor, movement of
light along numbers of LEDs changes.
- Visualizing wind and sound with LED lights.
Research : I have done both concept and technical research for this project.
Concept research
- Examples from the lecture/lab
- Examples from the web
- On-line imagery research
- Drawing
- Exploration around the city
Technical research
- Sensor (Rotational sensor, hall-effect, wind sensor)
- Motor (for creating sensors)
- Lego(for creating sensors)
- Arduino programming
- Alternative sensors (sensitive touch sensors and etc)
Experiment with technical problems: I had technical difficulties with sensor and LEDs.
Sensor
- My intention was to use rotational sensor to measure change in
angle of the rotational sensor to give different value to delay
between LEDs, but noticed that normal rotational sensor only
rotates from 0 degree to 360 degree.
- I had to come up with different sensor that either reset every
time, it reaches 360 degree, or contiuously rotates.
- I researched over different types of sensors that can satisfy this
condition.
* Solution was to come up with sound sensor that uses microphone to catch the sound when wind is blowing. [This sensor can be found in previous postings with schematics] *
LEDs
- I had to choose which LEDs to work with and how I am going to arrange them.
- I experimented with five different colours of LEDs; red, yellow, white, blue, and green. And, I
decided to use blue, because the colour, blue is closest colour that resembles the colour of the
wind. Also, I tried to use different set of colours to play around with the project, but most of times,
other colours (other than blue) got dimmer as time passes, so I decided to stick with the blue,
only.
decided to use blue, because the colour, blue is closest colour that resembles the colour of the
wind. Also, I tried to use different set of colours to play around with the project, but most of times,
other colours (other than blue) got dimmer as time passes, so I decided to stick with the blue,
only.
* Blue LEDs in parallel was the choice that I made to make all LEDs light up, reasonably at same rate(brightness) and to make circuit more safe. *
Also, I haven't used any resistor for the LEDs, because when I was experimenting, whenever I attached resistor on it, it did not work, so for the purpose of demonstration, I removed the resistor from the circuit (only for LEDs). But, I do realize it is not really safe to do that, it might damage the LEDs and the Arduino board as well.
2010년 11월 23일 화요일
IAT320 - Body interface :: Physical Interactive Skin >> Sketch 2 Progress
* Since I did not have a group, I worked by myself *
Brief movie clip of how it reacts to different pressure of air created by person's breath.
if pressure is higher, LEDs light up faster and fade out faster
if pressure is lower, LEDs light up slower and fade out slower
2010년 11월 22일 월요일
IAT320 - Body interface :: Physical Interactive Skin >> Sketch 2 Progress
* Since, I did not have a group, I worked by my self *
After completing any preceding tasks, I started to sew on the actual T - shirts
As I sewing, I experimented few more things
number, place, color of LEDs
design
placement of each component
Sewing process took me really long hours.. since I had no previous experience, except simple soft-circuit assignment :(
So, the project, itself is not very visually impressive, but it works!
* ~ Nov.22nd 2010 *
After completing any preceding tasks, I started to sew on the actual T - shirts
[First try on sewing]
* I failed to get sensor working on first try, so I had to take them off and start again
[Second try on sewing]
* I did some experiments on placement, colour, and number of LEDs
[Finalized version of sketch]
[Circuit of sensor]
[LEDs' connected together]
As I sewing, I experimented few more things
number, place, color of LEDs
design
placement of each component
Sewing process took me really long hours.. since I had no previous experience, except simple soft-circuit assignment :(
So, the project, itself is not very visually impressive, but it works!
* ~ Nov.22nd 2010 *
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