The final iteration of my interactive touch project has gone a long way since my original concept, although this iterative process only reinforced my chosen under-appreciated truth: Nothing is Holy! The inputs are 6 sensors, 5 for each digit and one to “power on” and “power off” the system. It is usable for either left…
Input Touch Sketch
For my input touch sketch I painted a pigeon on a cardboard piece. I placed some of the computer parts that I had already including an Arduino processing unit and a battery. I’m still waiting on a few more parts I ordered (including a small LED, mini camera and mic) to place on.
Interactive Touch – Input Sketch
I’ve finished the physical component of my interactive object. The object is a cloth creation, using an old cardboard box as a canvas. The visual is a bit abstract and made of many pieces. This project has been a bit experimental in terms of style, as I allowed the piece have a loose, sketchy, look,…
Interactive Touch Input Sketch
As of now, the physical component of my project is complete! I now have to connect the Makey Makey to my laptop and start animating. My project is based around a dandelion, so I decided to create a model of a dandelion out of felt! The base of my object is made out of wood…
Interactive Input Sketch – Growth Mindset
Papier Mache took a day to dry but is finally ready for painting and integrating the makey makey. The top is the head opening where I am going to place objects in and remove the frame which was holding the mache. Somethings that have changed is I am focusing on how to acquire a growth…
Interactive Touch Input Sketch (Hanwen Xu)
This is the input sketch of my interactive touch project. As I mentioned before, I wanted to look into the idea of falshbacks triggered by drinking. So I tested out different ways to trigger a signal through drinking (essentially touching the liquid by my mouth) and this is the most consistent structure I came up…
Interactive Touch Input- Hannah Miller
So far, my project is functioning exactly as I intended- yay! I have attached a bunch of photos of what the moth-jar looks like below. I also caught a single moth last night but let him go just so that I could test and make sure the moths will repsond to light and trigger the…
Sydney’s Interactive Touch Input Sketch
I used the input sketch phase to do a sort of proof-of-concept for my idea. It’s just a prototype and I’m hoping to remake it to look cleaner, but for now it shows the general idea. I started making a more polished board that has a cleaner way to hold the MaKey MaKey, but I’m…
Conor Dolan – Interactive Touch Input Sketch
For my interactive touch project’s input, I decided to make five buttons out of some model magic that I picked up at the local art store. I wanted to continue my project’s minimalistic feel, and make it clear which buttons activate which animation, and I think I was able to do that successfully. Also, I…
Nathan Clune – Interactive Touch Input Sketch
This is the physical component of my interactive touch project. It’s the input device for a special kind of puzzle which will be shown on screen. The clips which are unattached or attached to the cardboard are mobile, but the clips attached to the Makey Makey must stay in place. The function of these clips…
Hannah Belan – Interactive Touch Input Sketch
So here are some images of my input device, which is a canvas I will eventually paint a background color. The input devices will be on the front of the canvas to be interacted with while the wiring itself will be hidden behind. I’ve included some short videos of me messing around with different aspects…
Warren’s Interactive Touch Input Sketch
I have redesigned the interface for my Interactive Touch Project. To make the object more recognizable as being related to music, I tried my best to make the input device look similar to a keyboard. Each of the inputs are toggle switches that the user presses once to turn on, or off. As labeled, each…
Interactive Touch Input Sketch – Empathy
For the interactive touch project, the goal is to have a series of animations activated upon the user’s discretion. The input sketch above shows a sewing needle attached to conductive thread. The user will hopefully use the needle and thread to touch three different copper strips which will activate their own animation. Each animation will…
Dylan Valev Touch Input Sketch
If there’s one thing that I learned the value of this week, it’s physical constraints. I anticipated this issue when beginning the class, but now when I’m stripped of the convenience of my digital workspace, I get to truly experience an entirely new realm of improvisation and iteration. Initially, my concept had taken the form…
Will Aaron- Interactive Touch Input Sketch
So I’ve decided to change my original idea and form pretty significantly. For my input instrument, I instead modeled it as a sort of Harp/ Lyre form. The instrument has 12 conductive strings each mapping to one of twelve possible keyboard inputs in the Makey Makey. Each of the twelve inputs will map to a…
Interactive Touch Input Sketch: A Comforting Home
I basically spent the time creating the diorama and setting up three interactive pieces. Three brass fasteners act as “buttons” for the interactive elements. The wires feed through holes in the furniture and in the walls. I do want to add more interactive stuff, though. I also want to add more cosmetic things. Unfortunately, I…
Interactive Touch Input Sketch
Here is my input sketch! The materials are all held in aluminum foil cups so that they are conductive from all around, and the wires are all underneath. The cups have cotton balls, leaves, fabric, and water (which is kind of hard to see in the photo). To make the cotton balls and fabric conductive,…
Interactive Input Sketch (John L)
I am thinking about masking the whole project with newspaper, in order to get rid of the glue and cardboard. However, I also like the way it looks because of how it looks more “industrial.” My question is should I use newspaper to cover some areas of the project?
Interactive Input Sketch
This object, composed of paper mache and fitted with aluminum foil to guarantee conductivity, is the input I’m using for this project. Thanks to the strips, a unique touch on a different section of the hand will trigger a unique response, mapped to any of the controls a MakeyMakey can reproduce. I tested this out…
Interactive Touch Concept: Stretched Too Thin
One thing that’s been on my mind recently is how we spend our time and energy. We only get so much of it in a day, and it’s very quickly expended. It’s a very obvious point, yet I find it resonates anyway. My concept is that I would make a board of sorts that has…
Interactive Touch Concept Sketch-deja vu (Hanwen Xu)
I took inspiration of this interactive piece from a short Makey Makey video. The person was touching waters in jars to complete the circuit and I felt the whole idea of using liquid was very cool. I want to build upon the whole idea of touching liquids. Instead of touching, I figured out I could…
Nathan Clune – Interactive Touch Concept “Sketch”
So I don’t actually have a sketch because I had this idea half an hour before class. I was planning on submitting my first idea late since I wanted to discuss the project more to get idea, but inspiration came to me out of nowhere. I’m not able to draw up a compelling sketch as…
Conor Dolan – Interactive Touch Concept Sketch
For my contribution to the Museum of Underappreciated Truths, I decided to make my project around a topic I’m involved in and passionate about: The benefits of joining a fraternity. The reason I chose to do this is because joining my fraternity has greatly impacted my life for the better, so much so that I…
Interactive Touch Concept – Birds are Government Spies
After following the Birds Aren’t Real movement on social media and news, despite the movement seeming to gain momentum it is still an uncommon and underappreciated belief amongst people. For my Interactive Touch Project I thought it would be funny and interesting to explore this idea that birds aren’t real and are rather government spies…
The Cafe’ | Interactive Touch Concept
For my interactive touch project, I was thinking of creating a somewhat immersive scene that you can interact with. To go along with “the museum of undeniable truths” I decided to go with the idea of “not everyone is always their true self”. In this café setting, the use will be sitting down at a…
Interactive Touch Concept: A Comforting Home
For my project I just wanted to bring attention to the wonders of having a place you can call home. I think it’s important that we who have homes appreciate that ability to sleep, eat, and exist in a sheltered, warm place. I want to create a diorama, mostly out of cardboard, that represents the…
Shiib’s Interactive Touch Concept Sketch
With Autumn quickly approaching and the atmosphere around WPI working hard to achieve a crispy cool perfection (you can especially feel it in the early morning!), I felt that it was only appropriate to share the nostalgic feeling that Autumn provokes through this project. I aim to set up several items that remind me of…