To do....

Final presentation plan:

• 2 computers: one computer showing progress and storyline across the project and the other showing the flash animation
• Powerpoint presentation (Me)Posters showing: Problem space, Aim, tech description (Sarah & Yuan)
• Present 5 dices, showing 5 different ideas and materials to the potential users.
• Prepare intro for each team member
• Plan A: arduino
• Plan B: Animation and scenario

Real interface

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Take pics of the mockup
The posters are for information (Others to know what it is about, be descriptive)

ISSUES:

• Will not develop the powerboard, instead will have a "diorama" type interaction
• Instead of dots, have differente setups (kitchen, gaming, etc) on every face
• Gesture recognition (If I move the dice twice up and then to the left it will trigger a setup)
  
• How to make people aware of the battery level (indicator)?
  

Class Notes 7-20/4/09

• Possible use of vibration sensor so that when the dice stops it will trigger a signal
• Keep track on background and inspiration
• Assignments:
• Jono (Flash animation)
• Build a dice (foam, wood, plastic...)
• Show gathered data and organize it (Sarah and Yuan)
• Posters (Andy)

Stylish: Big issue!
Design for extreme cases...engage

Class Notes March 31st.

How to build the Power Dice?

• Mold: plaster and marbles
• Dice: Silicon
• Core containing the Hardware.

Got the shaking dynamo, probably will use bluetooth, probably will use arduino gyro...very doable?

Still to figure out:

• Power specifications
• Interconnect everything

Class Notes March 23th

Think of a different context
Domestic technology?

INTENDED EXPERIENCE
Playful: make it playful and educational (Family together) in the same room?
Metaphor (Improve communication among family members)

TECH:
Arduino + Accelerometer/Gyroscope
Dynamo (shaking torch)

CONSTRAINTS:
Bathroom, Technology?, cultural, support family coordination?

Use colour tags

At night it switches everything off!
Interaction with everyday actions
Are We designing for a specific situation?
LED's? Light the cube? Randomize pictures?

Class Notes March 16th

• Reuse components
• Collaborating projects
• Provide detail that demonstrates the level of engagement with the project (What is it?)
• Balance with something that can be feasible

Potential ideas:

• T-shirt that encourages a better behavior
• Self-erasing paper
• Clock or device that shows how polluted the air is
• Use body heat to recharge
• Solar-powered devices like remote controls
• Virtual or physical character whose ife depends on energy saving
• Marquee like "Wall of Eyes"
• USB heating device
• LED shoes (responses to steps...faster...etc)
• LCD screen that rotates using a remote control
• Acceleration chair that simulates movements (acceleration)
• Wall of LED's with sensors
• Electric saving dice

General Context? Interactivity?

Two main options:

Shoes:
Everyday user
Sensor or pedometer to measure pulse, how weared out the shoes are? Awareness at night, Weight measuring.

Dice:
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