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 further iteration users will be able to select a YouTube video from a drop-down menu or simply by entering the url into a text box and when their video starts to play then can add characters. I got motivation for this project from gifdanceparty.com.

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My digital-physical mashup is the Obesity Map Controller. I mapped data about obesity rates in the United States (which you can see here). Using this information I have created a prototype of a device that allows you to choose a state on the map and once you have done so, when you reach for an eating utensil, the utensil will react based on the state that you chose. For example, if you choose Colorado (the least obese state in America) your utensil will move toward you. If you choose Mississippi (the most obese state in America) your utensil will move away from you.

You can see my project here. <———————-