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| Spoiled Gumball Machine | ||
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| Author(s): | Jane Oh Lara Muzicant Kaki Law |
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| Instructor: | Holoubek, Todd | |
| Class: | Introduction to Physical Computing | |
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gumball(JPEG)
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| Documents: | machine(JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | gumball, physical computing, fun | |
| It costs more than a quarter to get a gumball out of this spoiled gumball machine! | ||
| This project is basically creating user interaction between the gumball machine and users. It is a stand-alone gumball machine that asks for three different tasks to get through to get a gumball. Users need to pass all the tasks, and for the each task, they will get a feedback from the machine. It is a nostalgic approach to bring a gumball machine idea, yet also combining whole different experiences to people. | ||
| Background: | This idea started from bringing fun experiences to users. We wanted to think about what kind of joyful experiences people could get from the technology-driven works. It will talk to people, asking for their participation, and will give back some feedbacks as well as gumball(if they get through all the tasks). | |
| Audience: | Visitors for the winter show. | |
| User Scenario: | People will walk up to the gumball machine, and put their quarter in to start. Unlike their expectation, the machine will start talking to you rather than giving out a gumball. It will ask for the first task, and people will to follow the instruction. Then, they will move on to next task, and finally, when they get through all the tasks, it will give out a gumball. | |
| Technical System Description: | It is a solely stand-alone installation. We are using the regular gumball machine and modifying it. We built the stand for the machine as well to put the gumball machine on, so that we could drag out the right inputs from users. | |
| Project References, Research and Literature: | Todd Holoubeck has been a great support for the project. Danny Rozin gave us an advice on the design of the structure. | |
| Conclusions: | This project was a good practice to experiment many stuffs covered in Physical computing class; we used three kinds of sensors(PIEZO, FSR, and Microphone), tested motors and solenoids, got to understand the extra parts such as relays with hacked CD player. | |