721 Broadway
at Waverly Place
4th Floor
South Elevators
New York, NY 10003
For additional
information email
itp.inquiries@nyu.edu
or call 212.998.1880
| Fire Fly handbag | ||
|---|---|---|
| Author(s): | Hyejoo Lee |  |
| Instructor: | Papadopoulos, Despina | |
| Class: | Personal Expression & Wearable | |
| URL: | http://itp.nyu.edu/~hl614/wearable/project/sonic_bag/index.htm | |
| Documents: |
image(JPEG)
|
|
| Documents: |
00(JPEG)
|
|
| Documents: |
01(JPEG)
|
|
| Documents: |
(JPEG)
|
|
| Documents: | sound activate handbag(JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | Personal expression and Wearble technologies, Interactive electronic textilegarment | |
| A wearable accessory for music devices | ||
| Description: This The Fire Fly Sonic bag has LED decorations that are activates activated by sound. It has three options. : 1. On: All LEDs are ON. 2. Activating Activated by all sounds: LEDSs are reacted by to sounds that surround the users by microphone. 3. Activateding by one input sound: LEDS LEDs are reacted by to one input; that of a sound device like such as an MP3 Player. It The Fire Fly has a switch and a sensitivity controller. This Sonic sonically-enabled bag is perfect for the users who like to go to dance clubs with special sound activate accessories or who want to share what they are listening to with other people. | ||
| Background: | Content: People nowadays are always listening to music in the street. Because of this, they have a rarely have a chance to communicate with others. I started to think about potential applications that enhance listeners’ ability to communicate with others while they are listening to music, and. I came up with an idea of for approaching music players listeners emotionally. I further developed that idea into a wearable technology that communicates with sound devices. It In doing so it can comprehends the user’s emotion and interacts with him/ or her. Moreover It also it helps to share their emotions with others by showing what they are listening to with a sound a visualizing system. | |
| Audience: | Audience: A woman, who is always listening music, and who likes to go to dancing, for example,e and wants to capture have an attention of people’s attention with special accessories. | |
| User Scenario: | User Scenario 1. A woman wears a special Sonic Fire Fly bag that has LED decorations. 2. She puts her music device into a Sonic bagthe Fire Fly. 3. While she plays musiclistens, LEDs in her Sonic bag are activateds by the sound of her music.sound bits. 4. At Nightnight, she goes to out to clubs, ; now her Sonic bag Fire Fly reacts by to the beat of the club’s soundsmusic. | |
| Technical System Description: | Technology: It The Fire Fly has a specially-developed sound activating system built into a very low-profile package.s. I used designed it to utilize both a microphone and the direct input of a music device. | |
| Conclusions: | Conclusion: Sonic bag The Fire Fly is a wearable technology, which is able to share emotions and communicate with others. Sonic bag It can be a powerful kitsaccessory for members of the young generation. Sound activating accessories can be a handbag, ring, earring, bracelet or clothes. For example, tThere is a Hoodlüum project (sound activating activated clothgarment) that I collaborated on with Joshua Klein (NYU ITP first year). It a It also shows the potentials of diverse sound activating activated accessories. | |