Project #1: RayMatic A Thermostat with a Human Face
by CMU CoDeLab
what is it:
Looks like those photos in Harry Potter movies! RayMatic is a photo frame that holds active photos which can be interactive to people and environment.
technology:
It uses Flash with Actionscript 3.0. The author first took videos of himself and when the system detects a change in temperature through a sensor(LM35DZ) it plays corresponding movies. The 3M MicroTouch M1700SS Display also allows users to interact with the agent in the picture frame by touching.
interaction:
The system can respond to two kinds of input. The temperature and the touch. When the temperature goes up, the figure acts as if he feels really hot and vice versa. Also he can act as being pushed(when touched).
value:
Two major values: First, replacing digital feedback of traditional thermostat makes users feel natural and more willingly to interact with it. Secondly, the way of ambient displays inform people without demanding attention. It is naturally combined with our environment. There are a lots of ambient displays see (http://www.ambientdevices.com) and they are all seems so friendly and smooth to our living environment. It is really interesting when this nature is combined with human expression and anthropomorphizes. Whether it is an appropriate way to make ambient displays a human-like display and what effect can be generate if we do that are really interesting questions
Project #2: YourGloves, Device to Hold Hand at a Distance
by University of Bath, UK
what is it:
It is a hand-holding prototypes. It should be used in pairs to transfer sense of hand-holding between distant places. According to the author, it is used for support lovers in long distant relationship (I need one!!)
It is a hand-holding prototypes. It should be used in pairs to transfer sense of hand-holding between distant places. According to the author, it is used for support lovers in long distant relationship (I need one!!)
technology:
The hand is made up of a robotic hand controlled by string which, when pulled, cause the hand to contract. The holder's glove is activated by a switch out side the glove. When holder hold the glove, the switch is activated to cause the other glove to contract( this is a little ugly..)
The hand is made up of a robotic hand controlled by string which, when pulled, cause the hand to contract. The holder's glove is activated by a switch out side the glove. When holder hold the glove, the switch is activated to cause the other glove to contract( this is a little ugly..)
interaction:
Put on gloves, hand holding can be transferred between distant places.
Put on gloves, hand holding can be transferred between distant places.
value:
Intimate communication is of great value and is also very interesting for tangible interaction designers. Because that traditional ways of information transformation such as text messages and phone call or video chat are not tangible, there are great changes for us to design more tangible ways for lovers to communicate each others in distance. This device seems so prototyping but the result published in their paper is that it is of great work to improve lovers' relationship! Cool! What if we make it improved, what if we make it into a face of lover which we can touch and speak to.
Intimate communication is of great value and is also very interesting for tangible interaction designers. Because that traditional ways of information transformation such as text messages and phone call or video chat are not tangible, there are great changes for us to design more tangible ways for lovers to communicate each others in distance. This device seems so prototyping but the result published in their paper is that it is of great work to improve lovers' relationship! Cool! What if we make it improved, what if we make it into a face of lover which we can touch and speak to.
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