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User Testing: Tweetlite
I tested the Tweetlite on 2 potential users. They both thought the product was marketable, would appeal to the Twitter community and gave me some great feedback.
Updates from March, 2009 Toggle Comment Threads | Keyboard Shortcuts
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Speak to Me//Breathe User Testing
Here is a short video of two interviews with my roomates after I set up my project in our apartment for a couple days and they checked it out. Overall I think they thought it was interesting but would like to see it as more of a decorative object when not in use. I agree with this after living with it myself, and would like to investigate making it a bit thinner and making the shell a lot more high fidelity (molded rubber or 3D printing??). I also tweaked the animation sequencing a bit, still not happy with it completely but I think its getting there!
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3837057&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
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Integrated Prototype
I have updated the programming and buttons on this prototype. Thanks to our class feedback and The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda, I decided to make the programming of sequences easier and with less steps. Now someone can walk up and push a button to start programming a sequence, wait 2 seconds to input that sequence and wait another 4 seconds to save the entire sequence. The prototype saves the last two sequences, with a pause in between sequences.
I also worked on the buttons to make them easier to press. The metal washers were not working consistently, so I made yet another trip to the hardware store and found some black rubber washers. These are good because they provide support all around the bottom of the button and contract a little bit to give a "push" feel to the button. I also backed up the pcb board with some wood pieces to support the board so that it does not break.
Check it out in action. The quality is crap cuz I am using a little web cam that has auto focus, so thats why it is annoyingly zooming in and out.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3786028&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ff9933&fullscreen=1
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Speak to Me/Breathe
Here is my final prototype for my LED Time Based project. I totally
reworked my project after a lot of user testing, and built everything
from the ground up. I spent a lot of time doing the woodwork/templates,
and the code as well.Speak to Me/Breathe is a project that shows communication over time
by displaying my incoming email messages in Braille format on a large
LED driven interface. The project is both an exploration of Braille as
a visual 6-bit binary form of communication vs its normal tactile form,
as well as a commentary on information security and encryption. Now
that everything in the world is connected through the internet, is any
of our data completely secure? By displaying my emails in an encrypted
form, they are readily available for anyone to read if they put in the
effort to learn and use visual braille. For the most part my
information is secure because this is entirely too much work for a lot
of people, but those who are determined enough will ultimately be able
to read my mail despite the encryption.http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3616219&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Speak to Me/Breathe: Part 1 from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3616506&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Speak to Me/Breathe: Part 2 from Steve Varga on Vimeo.
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Final prototype
For the final prototype I spray painted the inside of the cube to diffuse it some more and make it look more finished. I drilled holes in the back of the cube for the USB and power supply. The Arduino and LED are mounted on the inside. There are 3 programs/modes for the cube – 1 that fades the colors in and out with PWM, depending on the twitter feed and Morse code interpreted, 2 that does the same as 1 but without any PWM, 3 that is just a random pattern for use as a mood light.
Sales Sheets
Sales sheet – Long version
Sales sheet – Short version
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3619247&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3619234&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1
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Myriam – Final Prototype “Things will never be the same again”
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN,The beginning of a new era.
A frozen time when technology is taking over.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4182586&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Things will never be the same again from maryam aboukhater on Vimeo.For the final, I slightly changed my code. I tried different things such as playing the Leds one after the other but it disturbed more the eye than enhanced the "flame" effect. I figured it was too animated for a design in a home, but I would be more accurate if the piece was an big installation in a gallery space.
So I kept them shivering altogether, but I made the movement more subtle. As well, I added a "wind effect": in a random range of 100, every time the number 28 is played, the Leds goes off and back on one after the other as if a sudden wind blew on them.Here is the new code.Here is my reference sheet. I didn't put a price on it because it will be changing depending of the size of the new design.
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Luminosphere • v0.5 • FINAL
my final code is HERE. It uses a randomSeed in the setup, so that every time the arduino starts up, it has a new base to start it's "random" numbers from. This randomSeed is actually taking a reading from an analog pin, which is not connected to anything. By doing this, I am getting a truly random number that is determined by the environment of the arduino more than anything else. Subsequently I use the random(); function in several places, including both to determine the order of the LEDs (going up and down), as well as their fade-on and fade-off durations.
My product sheet PDF can be found HERE. But here's an image of the paper, so you don't have to download anything, unless you want to.
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:::Introducing a narrative :::
:::Look and Feel:::
I have continue to experiment with the ability of paper, specifically velum, to diffuse light and create a sense of depth through the manipulation of shadow. A parallel process has been experimenting with the different shapes the piece could take. A while ago, I came across an amazing book, for any body who builds with paper, titled “Paper Forms”. This book has introduced me to a variety to techniques that allows you to create more structurally complex forms with paper. This prototype integrates one of this techniques and also an element of story telling. In this iteration we can see the appearance of one character. The character is also made out of paper and it is one of the 4 that will be present in the next iteration of this prototype. This characters ideally offer the user an open narrative and a sense of discovery as the light is turned on.
:::lights off:::
“>:::lights on:::
:::The light piece as a light fixture hanging from the ceiling :::
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Ira – Prototyping
I spent a LOT of time trying to solve the code and the hardware issues.
Eventually, for the latest prototype I used the code and the hardware connections that I made before (with a few improvements).
Some of the code exp. that I was working on:
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// Made with Pablo Ripollés
***************************************************/* sheep
*/int inPin = 7; // the number of the input pin
int outPin = 13; // the number of the output pinint state = HIGH; // the current state of the output pin
int reading; // the current reading from the input pin
int previous = LOW; // the previous reading from the input pin// the follow variables are long’s because the time, measured in miliseconds,
// will quickly become a bigger number than can be stored in an int.
long time = 0; // the last time the output pin was toggled
long debounce = 200; // the debounce time, increase if the output flickersvoid setup()
{
pinMode(inPin, INPUT);
pinMode(outPin, OUTPUT);
}void loop()
{
b1Reading = digitalRead(b1Pin);
b2Reading = digitalRead(b2Pin);
b3Reading = digitalRead(b3Pin);// if we just pressed the button (i.e. the input went from LOW to HIGH),
// and we’ve waited long enough since the last press to ignore any noise…
if (b1Reading == HIGH && lastb1Reading == LOW && millis() – time > debounce)
{
alpha = HIGH;
// … and remember when the last button press was
time = millis();
}if (b2Reading == HIGH && lastb2Reading == LOW && millis() – time > debounce)
{
alpha = LOW;
beta = HIGH;
// … and remember when the last button press was
time = millis();
}if (b3Reading == HIGH && lastb3Reading == LOW && millis() – time > debounce)
{
alpha = LOW;
beta = LOW;
// … and remember when the last button press was
time = millis();
}if (alpha == HIGH)
{
ddddddd
}
else if (alpha == LOW)
{
if (beta = HIGH)
{
}
else if (beta = LOW)
{
}
}lastb1Reading = b1Reading;
lastb2Reading = b2Reading;
lastb3Reading = b3Reading;
}***************************************************
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// Made with Pablo Ripollés
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int pins[] = {3, 5, 6, 9, 10};
int numPins = 5;float Deltat;
float minDeltat = 3000.0;
float maxDeltat = 7000.0;int value;
int minValue = 0;
int maxValue = 255;void setup()
{
//
}void loop()
{for (int j=0; j<=9; j++)
{Deltat = minDeltat + 9*j/(maxDeltat – minDeltat);
for (int i=numPins-1; i>=0; i–) // from last group to first group
{
for (int t=0; t<=Deltat/2; t+=5) // fade-in
{
value = minValue + 2*t*(maxValue – minValue)/Deltat;
analogWrite(pins[i], value);
delay(10);
}
for (int t=Deltat/2; t<=Deltat; t+=5) // fade-out
{
value = minValue – 2*(t – Deltat)*(maxValue – minValue)/Deltat;
analogWrite(pins[i], value);
delay(10);
}
}for (int i=1; i<=numPins-2; i++)
{
for (int t=0; t<=Deltat/2; t+=5) // fade-in
{
value = minValue + 2*t*(maxValue – minValue)/Deltat;
analogWrite(pins[i], value);
delay(10);
}
for (int t=Deltat/2; t<=Deltat; t+=5) // fade-out
{
value = minValue – 2*(t – Deltat)*(maxValue – minValue)/Deltat;
analogWrite(pins[i], value);
delay(10);
}
}
}//
}
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***************************************************This is the final code, for today:
reference from: http://www.slideshare.net/bruzed/student-lecture-3?type=presentation
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int value = 12;
int pins[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13};
int numPins = 13;void setup()
{
//
}void loop()
{int i;
for (i=13 ; i>=0; i–)
{
for(value=0; value<=255; value+=5)
{
analogWrite(pins[i], value);
delay(30);
}
}int j;
for (j=0; j<=numPins; j++)
{
for(value=255; value>=0; value-=5)
{
analogWrite(pins[j], value);
delay(30);
}
}}
One of the hardware prototypes:
Tried different colors:
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3562095&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
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Myriam – Storyboards and Candles prototypes
My arrow is almost done, and it seemed unuseful to do it bigger for now. We can already see how it would look like by lookiing at the small one, and anyway my concept wouldn't be better if it was big or small.
Having this idea of "modern candles" a few weeks ago, I decided to start building my candles sculpture to check if my concept would work or not.The candles scultpure are a unique design, it is different everytime, and there wouldn't be a lot of it if it goes on the market. Some will be big, some small, and the candles melted would of course never be the same. Candles is a piece you put on the table of your living room, dining table, on your chimney, to give a special atmosphere and life to your space.I wanted the candles to be all white, to add a sense of purity. The main idea is the end of the candles and the beginning of the Leds growing in the wax, it is a frozen time piece when the organic meets technology, it is the pure confrontation of tradition and modernity, the representation of human versus machine.I started by looking if the Leds wouldn't melt or be too heated under the wax, and to see how the effect would be. I tried with an orange Leds, then with all the colors, then white.
I didn't like the colored Leds. Their effect didn't match my expectations so I decided to stick on the white ones. I enjoyed how the Leds were glowing under the wax.Then, I started with candles I bought, large ones. I wanted my piece to be long and and I wanted to test it on different materials and heights, so I melted my candles on a transparent piece of plastic to be able to put it later on anything I decided.The process of melting them was long, and the wax started to be more and more grey and black. I don't know if it was because I tried to do it faster or because the wax was bad quality.The candles melting looked nice, but the wax on the bottom looked like snow after three days, all brown and dull.
I didn't like the candles themselves as well, they were to large, making the flame dig a whole at the center and not melting nicely.I needed long and thin candles, such as church candles, that would add more spirituality to my piece, As well, I decided to melt them on a black material, to have to white wax appear more vivid.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3561850&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1
Candles Leds from maryam aboukhater on Vimeo.STORYBOARDScandles
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Organic Sea Lite
My objective for the second to last Passage of Time Prototype was to clearly demonstrate the physicality as well as the look & feel of the Sea Lite. Ultimately (by the end of the semester), I would like to make the Sea Lite out of plexi glass. I like the look of the velum but the end result feels flimsy and it was quite difficult to work with. Also, the Arduino and breadboard would have more support within a plexi glass container. After working on this prototype, I decided that I'm not loving the multi colored paper strips lying on the bottom. For Friday's "finished" prototype, I may decided to remove the colored paper and use plastic wrap to give the Arduino and breadboard support. For Friday's "final" prototype I'd like to focus more on the implementation – particularly the code.
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Twitlite
Roles
Twitlite is a cube that can be used in 2 ways:
1. A morse code messaging tool:
Users can use Twitlite to interpret their twitter feeds in morse code.
2. Mood light:
Users can place Twitlite in the living room, or any
other room, and let their twitter feed, or any other feed, augment the
ambience of the room.
Look and Feel
Twitlite is a white 4x4x4 cube with soft light emitted from the inside. The Arduino and tri color LED are mounted on the inside. Twitlite can be connected to the computer for internet usage and reprogramming using a USB, or to a power source using and adaptor.
Implementation
A python program is used to parse the twitter feed. You can change the credentials to use your own twitter feed. The python program parses and sends serial data to the Arduino program which interprets the received binary data, translates that into characters and processes it in the form of morse code. The color of Twitlite changes for each dot or dash with appropriate pauses between dots, dashes and letters.
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Prototype Layouts
The following diagram displays all of the correct dimensions and layout for the final prototype.
This is a potential placement and the desired look for the final prototype, white buttons and dark wood, trying to class it up.
So far I have begun adding the assets that will be concealed by the wood. I have also completed code for detecting button presses and for lighting the leds with pwm. The next step is to combine the code and have it working in conjunction.
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NYC Prototyping Resources and Supplies
Foundations Department Material
Resource List
2008-2009Retail Hardware Stores
Artie’s Hardware_______________________________________________________________
Address: 140 West 14th Street
New York NY 10011
Phone: 212 243 0021
Website: artieshardware.com
Location: 14th Street between
6th Avenue / 7th AvenueHours: Monday-Saturday 8:00-8:00,
Sunday 10:00-8:00Material: Hardware Store
Home Depot__________________________________________________________________
New York NY 10010
Phone: 212 929 9571
Website: homedepot.com
Location: 23rd Street between
5th Avenue / 6th AvenueHours: Call for Store Hours
Material: Hardware, Rust-Oelum
PaintVercesi’s Hardware_____________________________________________________________
Addresses: 152 East 23 Street
and 23rd and LexingtonNew York, New York 10010
Phone: 212-475-1883
FAX: 212-979-8482
Material: Tools, various—compare
to Home DepotJanovic Plaza/ Benjamin Moore
Address: 80 4th Ave
New York NY 10013
Phone: 212 477 6930
Website: janovic.com
Location: 4th Avenue between 10th
Street / 11th StreetHours: Monday-Friday 7:30-6:30,
Saturday 9:00-6:00, Sunday 11:00-5:00Material:Paint, Paint Supplies,
Respirators, Dust masks, Painter Suits, Krylon Spray PaintGreen Depot__________________________________________________________________
Address: Brooklyn, New York
1 Ivy Hill Road, Brooklyn, NY
11211Tel. (718) 782-2991
Fax. (718) 782-1258
Hours: Monday – Friday:
7:00am – 6:00pmSaturday: 7:00am – 1:00pm
Material: Green Building Materials,
no VOC (non-toxic) paint and adhesives, (“Green” home depot)Lumber and Building Supply
Prince Lumber_________________________________________________________________
Address: 404 West 15th Street
New York NY 10011
Phone: 212 777 1150
Website: princelumber.com
Location: 16th Street at 9th Avenue
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00-4:30,
Saturday 7:30-3:30Material: Plywood, Hardwood, Lumber,
Hardware Store
Chinatown Building Supply______________________________________________________Address: 72 Walker St Frnt 1
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 431-0099
Call for Store Hours and information
Metal/Jewelry
Metaliferous___________________________________________________________________
Address:
34 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 944-0909
Fax: (212) 944-0644
Materials: Tools, silver, base
metals, books, beads, vintageAllcraft_______________________________________________________________________
Phone: 212) 279-7077
Address: 135 W 29th St Rm 402,
New York, NY 10001+5
Materials: Offers metalsmithing
and jewelry making suppliesFabric Stores
Steinlauf & Stoller______________________________________________________________
Address: 239 W 39th St
(between 7th Ave & 8th Ave)
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 869-0321
Materials: Fabrics and sewing
suppliesDaytona Trimmings____________________________________________________________
Address: 251 W. 39th St., New
York, NY 10018nr. Eighth Ave
Website: http://www.yelp.com/biz/daytona-trimmings-company-new-york
Call for hours :(212) 354-1713
Materials: Fabrics and sewing
materials/tools
Paron Fabrics_________________________________________________________________
Address: 206 West 40th Street,
(7th Ave)New York, New York 10018
Phone: 212 768 3266
Hours: Mon-Fri : 9:00AM-5:45PM,
Thursday: 9:00AM-7:00PMSaturday: 9.00AM-5:00PM Sunday:
ClosedWebsite: http://www.paronfabrics.com/stores_locations.htm
Materials: Discount Fabrics
Spandex House________________________________________________________________
Address: 63 west 38th street
New York, NY 10018
USA
Phone: 212-354-6711
Fax: 212-354-743
http://www.spandexhouse.com/products.asp?id=37&pname=Printed%20Spandex
Materials: Stretch Fabrics
General
Art Supply StoresPearl Paint____________________________________________________________________
Address: 308 Canal St
New York NY 10013
Phone: 212 431 7932
Website: peralpaint.com
Location: Canal Street between
Church Street / BroadwayHours: Monday-Friday 9:00-7:00,
Saturday 10:00-6:30, Sunday 11:00-6:00Material: Art Supply Store, Krylon
Spray PaintSam Flax_____________________________________________________________________
Address: 12 West 20th Street
New York NY 10011
Phone: 212 620 3000
Website: samflax.com
Location: 20th Street between
5th Avenue / 6th AvenueHours: Monday-Friday 9:00-7:00,
Saturday 10:00-6:30, Sunday 12:00-6:00Material: Art Supply Store
Utrecht_______________________________________________________________________
Address: 111 4th Avenue
New York City NY 10003
Phone: 212 777 5353
Website: utrechtart.com
Location: 4th Ave between 11th
Street / 12th StreetsHours: Monday-Saturday 9:00-7:00,
Sunday 11:00-6:00Material: Balsa Foam, Art Supply
StoreNew York Central Art Supply_____________________________________________________
Address 62 Third Avenue
New York NY 10003
Phone: 212 473 7705
Website: nycentralart.com
Location: 3rd Avenue between 10th
Street / 11th StreetHours: Monday-Saturday 8:30-6:15
Material Art Supply Store
Plastics, Rubbers and Moldmaking
Canal Plastics_________________________________________________________________
Address: 345 Canal Street
New York NY 10013
Phone: 212 925 1032
Website: canalplasticscenter.com
Location: Canal Street between
Greene Street / Wooster StreetHours: Monday-Friday 9:30-6:00,
Saturday 10:00-6:00Material: Plastic Sheet Products,
Plastic Adhesive, Plastic Polishing ProductsCanal Rubber_________________________________________________________________
Address: 329 Canal Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 800 444 6483
Website: canalrubber.com
Location: Canal Street at Greene
StreetHours:Call for Store Hours
Material: Rubber and Foam Sheet
ProductsT & T Plastic Land______________________________________________________________
Address: 315 Church Street
New York NY 10013
Phone: 212 925 6376
Website: ttplasticland.com
Location: Church Street 2 blocks
below CanalHours: Monday-Friday 9:30-6:00
Material: Plastic Sheet Products,
Plastic Adhesive, Plastic Polishing ProductsCompleat Sculptor_____________________________________________________________
Address: 90 Vandam Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212 243 6074
Website: sculpt.com
Location: Vandam Street between
Hudson Street / Greenwich StreetHours: Monday-Friday 9:00-6:00,
Saturday 10:00-6:00Material: Plastic and Rubber Casting
Products, Balsa Foam, Sculpture Materials andTools
Online Resources
Grainger______________________________________________________________________
Address 150 Varick St.
New York NY 10013
Phone 212 629 5660
Website grainger.com
Material Industrial Supply Company
McMaster Carr_________________________________________________________________
Address P.O. Box 5370
Princeton NJ 08543
Phone 609 689 3000
Website mcmaster.com
Material Industrial Supply Company
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