Making Toys

Midterm Concepts

Pandas

This concept involves two pandas, which both detect presence. One panda, when detecting someone near by, sends a message to the second panda, which sneezes, alerting the second person of the first person’s presence. Naturally this concept makes the most sense when the two pandas are in different places.

Time Bird

The tenatively named Time Bird monitors the amount of time someone spends in front the computer. The bird will chirp every hour, counting the number of hours that pass, and when someone gets up from the computer the bird will reset.

Ambient Sound Frame

This photo frame would play ambient sound from the day the photograph was taken, or a recorded message related to the photograph when someone picks up the frame or gets close to it.

Proximity Alert

I thought about this the other day while setting up a photo studio in my apartment. I came close to falling over the lights and cords several times and could have used a little extra help steering clear of all the obstacles.

Magic Music Box

The music box would play a short tune, much like a traditional music box (or snow globe), but it would mysteriously sense your presence and begin to play! Like Magic!!