Final Project “Tea Table”
December 18, 2007 on 3:44 am | In Physical Computing | No CommentsThe tea table was the product of our imagination and our technical learning from this course. After a lot of hard work and ingenuity, we finally realized the fruition of our efforts. We created a link between the user, the technology and the Asian culture we displayed.
There were many technical difficulties with this project. We had to paint it multiple times. We had to create ripple effects that made it look like the fish were swimming. We accomplished this with the processing switches. We learned how to do fade in and fade outs with the LEDs through the FSR value.
The problem was to make the table look accurate to our culture, and to work as well. It was interesting to see how our technical demands had an impact on the creative element of the project. For example, after much discussion, we decided to make a “pond” with LED flowers.
AMS helped us cut the table, but we made the rest of it ourselves. Working with FSR was necessary to create the effect of the fade in and outs. Our goal was to let the LEDs fade in when people start to fill a cup with water, then fade out when they lifted a cup. The LEDs were programmed to fade in and out from sensors at the bottom of the cups. This also allows people to have some light if the tea party was in a darkly lit atmosphere.
The LEDs were programmed to fade out to let people know they could stop pouring the water.
Four switches were placed at each corner of the table to cause a ripple reaction in the pond, as if fish were moving to the approaching movement of people. Then the LCD monitor in the middle of the table shows the fish swimming as a group. As they press various switches, the fish run away from the movement and cause ripples.
This tea table will be a source of pride for me when I share it with my family and friends. They will see how I combined my respect for my native culture with my technical learning in the States.
Final Project (prototyping)
December 18, 2007 on 3:39 am | In Physical Computing | No CommentsSeung Jun and I are partners for the final project. We are both Asian and we decided to come feature some Asian custom in our project. We are going to feature a traditional Korean tea ceremony.
We will note that this ceremony is a casual affair. There are few rituals. Rather the point is to relax, converse freely and enjoy beverages and snacks.
Our project will include a table with four cups at each corner. An LCD will be installed in the middle of the tea table. When people remove a cup or place it back on the table, some fact about the tea ceremony will appear in the LCD.
We will use FSR sensors for the cups. However, this raises the problem of accurately setting up the codes to interact with the cups. There might be confusion if the cup is passed between people, rather than being removed once and then placed back by the same person.
Get creative
December 18, 2007 on 3:22 am | In Physical Computing | No CommentsI made a cake with three LED candles. A microphone was placed in the cake to activate the light. I tried to make the LEDs fade out when someone tried to blow out a candle. This project was for my 8-year-old nephew. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to make eight candles, but I hope he will still like it.
Final Documentation for ICM
December 17, 2007 on 3:52 am | In ICM | No CommentsFor my final project, I wanted to create something that incorporated
the most important things I learned in this term. My idea was to
create a visual image that synchronized with music. Initially, I hoped
to link the images to live music on a piano keyboard. The colors,
shapes and sounds would all interact with each other. Different
portions of the keyboard would control what patterns and colors
emerged.
The technical demands of this were quite intimidating, however. After
all, there so many variations possible on a piano keyboard. So I
decided to link the visuals to a single piece of music.
In addition to the technical demands required, this was also a
creative project. I had to link the music to color changes, image
zooms, shifting of patterns and other visual changes.
Getting the codes right for the visuals to react to the sound was very
difficult. It took a long time to synchronize this. Eventually,
however, I was able to fine tune the technical and the creative
aspects of this project.
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