The Senses
Our assignment was to think about the senses, or a sense, either in an abstract or literal manner. I thought a lot about how memories are associated with scents. The smell of a box of crayons takes me back to pre-school, the smell of Chanel No. 5 takes me back to grade school (Ms. Johnson's signature scent) and the smell of bounce dryer sheets takes me back to college.
My freshman year roommate, Sara, used dryer sheets for everything: her laundry, dirty cleats and basically anything else that you can think of. For my project I wanted to incorporate this scent, into the form of a wearable air freshener.
The materials: A motor and fan, dry sheets and a jacket.
I bought a handheld, electric bubble blower for my hack a toy assignment, but didn't end up using it. So I took apart the bubble blower gun, resoldered some connections hot glued the fan on top of the battery holder and had my own portable, pocket fan. Then I cut open the pocket of a jacket, incorporated the pocket's button into the motor switch, added a dryer sheet and then I was done.
Here is my wearable, dryer-sheet scented fan powered jacket.
