I like the idea that a successful feedback loop is said to trigger an emotional feeling or connection which then drives us to act on a rational goal. It is very effective to guide our emotional responses toward productivity. It is also important, when designing a feedback loop to make sure the feedback is given …
September 2013 archive
Sep 22
Maker Faire
1. Identify 3 “interfaces” you saw at Maker Faire that were interesting and describe what they did. i. “Sir Walter Cooler” by Microsoft. This project is a water cooler that displays different colors to demonstrate whether it is “feeling” happy or sad. In order to make the …
Sep 22
Mashups
My digital-digital mashup is the YouTube Party Editor. It consists of a YouTube video that you can add dancing characters to. The example shows the popular video “Charlie bit my Finger” and below you will find dancing characters that you can add to the video. This enables users to create their own mashup. In a …
Sep 22
Digital mashup ==> “Doggle”
My digital & digital mashup is called Doggle, it’s an application which help you to find out the nearest dog park/ dog daycare center/ dog clinic/ dog store and groomer on the map. Another function is that you will actually know your dog’s friends by using a sensor which embed in your dog’s neck chain. This …
Sep 22
Digital-Digital Mashup: Interracial Relationships In US
My inspirations of this project is from my own life, I have been in a interracial relationship for two years, I found although there are more interracial couples in US than before, people still know a very little about interracial couples around their life. My digital-digital mashup is a data representation video about interracial marriage …
Sep 19
Ditigal-Digital Mashup: McArabia
Due to bountiful (but unrenewable) reserves of petroleum and natural gas, many Middle Eastern countries are experiencing newfound economic power and individual wealth. Many of these countries are also entering the ranks of world’s most overweight and obese. Not coincidentally, fast food chain restaurants are rushing to open new franchises to support the emerging culture …
Sep 18
Some original idea sketch of Mashup
My mashup idea this time are inspired by my daily running habits, running is actually a repetitive activity and compared to some competitive games like basketball , it is easy for runner to get board , if runner could change their running route sometimes, that will make most of runners enjoy running. So this mashup …
Sep 17
7in7: Day 7
For my last project, I wanted to create an altered idea of a drum, again using Ikea parts. My idea behind this project was to be able to create a consistent rhythm with the tools tapping each other. So I decided to use a motor hooked up to an arduino that spins when pressing a …
Sep 17
7in7: Day 6
For my 6th project I wanted to build off of any earlier project from the week. Previously I had created in a sketch in processing that allowed the user to play sounds of ikea tools by clicking on an image of the tool. To build off of that concept, I wanted to build an interface …
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