PROJECT PROPOSAL:
1. Sound Canvas
The project “Sound canvas” focuses on visualization of sound. Different notes will be representing the x-axis of the processing display screen, and at the same time, the volume of the notes will be representing the y-axis of the screen. A point for each note has thus formulated and therefore using sound to draw lines becomes possible. Additionally, the shape of the lines will also change according to different tones. For example, songs from Guns N Roses will definitely “look” different from that from Chopin. Also, the screen will refresh itself after certain time to avoid overcapacity. This idea is inspirited by the bubble project I included in my previous blog post, which all focus on integrating something happening in the real life into something virtual. The biggest problem of this project, is to figure out a way to best visualize the sound without letting the screen being too crowded. Furthermore, This project, especially, is designed for deaf people, who can’t feel the sound with their ears. This project intends to offer them an opportunity, and another way, to perceive, see and feel the sound.
2. Sand Art
Frankly speaking, this idea comes from my mid-term project, but, let me explain it again. Users will make sand drawings on a working pad where LDR will detect the intensity of the light and send in signals. The signals will be transferred to processing and what is drawing on the sanding painting working pad, will be displayed in pixels in the screen. This project, or more specifically, this game, requires at least two players. One person draws on the working pad and the other person tries to guess what he is drawing from the pixels displayed in the screen. The main challenge of this project is to find a way to use as fewer Arduino board as possible to control a large number of sensors. In other words, the challenge here is to avoid using countless boards (like my midterm project). This project is designed for kids mainly. I think the form of sand art can greatly strength children’s operational ability and the appreciation for art.
3. Drawing Gloves
“Drawing Gloves” is an idea suddenly posed up in my head, and it’s hard to tell where I get the inspiration of this form (maybe from the robotic hand of Luke Skywalker). The participant will use the glove to draw. Gestures will be used for change the color (The idea of using gestures comes from the MacOS). The second to the fourth finger will work together to control the direction of different lines. The first finger will be used to deicide how much the line will be curved. The interface of this project will eventually look like a kind of exoskeleton. The biggest problem of this project design is to optimize the process of using gestures and different fingers to draw. In other words, the problem is to find a best way for users to draw with this glove. This project is designed for kids. Different from the second project which is also designed for kids, this project aims to sparkle their enthusiasm towards the IoT and showing them novel ways to interact with the world.
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