Final Project Proposal-----Wanfang Diao

Option One

Music cubes

Description:

The Music Cubes is a set of toy designed for children to explore sound, notes, rhythm. Each cube is mapped to a certain pitch,position mapped to rhythm. Children can create a piece of melody by put the cubes in a circle.
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Goals:

1. Simple & direct

2. Educational

3. Playful

Timeline:

week1&2: Build circuits to make sounds first and then try to    the recognition part

week3: Focus on the size/appearance

            Laser cut the box and the plate

            Continually improve the circuits: add the recognition part(change pitch part record)

week4: Counterpoint /Other development/make more cubes

week5: Put them together and let children try it.

 References are in slide below.