Thursday, October 28, 2010

week 1 brainstorming


brainstorning notes from this past monday
  • FORM: tube worm, venus flytrap,  function: shy or friendly!, react to other tubes and/or people, potentiometer and actuator
    • degrees of freedom:
      • fabric = infinite degrees of freedom
      • maybe need only one or two motors -- corkscrew form to push up fabric, or fabric takes on form
    • construction material: fabric for plume (http://www.wikihow.com/Gather-Fabric-into-Ruffles, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lk36V9uVdA&feature=related),
      aluminium tubes/TP Roll
      spring book binding tube
  • ARRAY: clusters vs single units, the combination of both
  • GOALS next week: creating more degrees of freedom, fiber optic photoresistor,
  • RULES FOR INTERACTION: The individual tubes can respond to:
    • light
    • sound (or music, talking)
    • proximity (of people to object)
    • movement (of people or other tubes)
    • magnetism
    • touch
    • temperature
    • moisture
    • Responses can change with time:
      • e.g. the tubes can be very shy at first, then slowly acclimate to their environment throughout the course of the day.  The rules can change on a random, predefined cycle, or a cycle based on the environment.

Monday, October 18, 2010

inspiration

these are interesting considering movements from car to bike traffic circulation. i just saw some bike station in chicago a few weeks ago, but i don't remember seeing any last year. they have a similar system in france where you can bike to work and drop off your bike at various rental stations. a healthier and cheaper transport mode. maybe for our last project, we should make a mode of transport which makes the user look like an animal, biomimicry residing in human movement. that would cause quite a spectacle.



or maybe help a more practical end...

post - precedents & laughs

http://ffffound.com/image/172b44f5fc0a8884fbdfe8d8f5aea336d4775d12
I was trying to make a prototype like this for the very first project, but this one's craft is much better. It shows the positive/negative waves coming out of a surface. A multifaceted single surface


"paperCAD" aka pepakura


Above: ‘Domage a Corbu, grand confort, sans confort’ 
by Stefan Zwicky at Demisch Danant gallery.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

presentation 10/14



love doing presentation.


TBEdit
for the final project, we need to define mission/goals, SWOT analysis. here is my two cents:


mission
to create a positive inter/trans-disciplinary community
vision
we want to create a common ground, common language
values
expect respect. our disciplines have different values
goals and expectations
finish your work. specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-based


Strength - generating ideas, innovative
Weakness - inefficiency, lack of direction
Opportunities - specialization,
Threats - time scheduling, priorities


Team Structure

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

efffffffffffffffff

we have a problem here. my group is composed of very idealistic people and we can't decide on anything! i think it'd be fun to do some personality test and find out that either we're all incoherent with each other, or that we are all of the same independent personality category.

i'm INTJ just to put it out there... i know, independent.